All sounds very deja vu. The last guy was in various roles at the airport for a long period of time as well. Too early to write the new guy off just yet, just think some new blood was probably what SOU needed.

They have no competition, they have slowly swallowed them all up over the years only to sit on their laurels. There are no national operators with regional aircraft. Hence why we are all frustrated that investment has not been forthcoming to open up SOU to the low cost operators (with their bigger aircraft). I am with Canberra though, this topic has been discussed at length now, so can probably be parked. The irony is that it has been discussed at such length because there is nothing else to talk about.......

good news re Dusseldorf but as previous posters have mentioned, the airport seems to have stagnated recently and new route announcements are very much needed!

For starters ​​​​​​the business community in the south, of which there are many, would gladly jump on a plane to the likes of Munich, Frankfurt and Brussels, yet instead they have to slog their way up to Gatwick and Heathrow. Munich has recently come to an abrupt end although as I understand the route was popular and yields increasing nicely. SOU airport placed on their twitter page months ago for feedback on a Brussels link but no more has been heard and other financial cities in Europe have come and gone. For an airport that prides itself on business connectivity instead of bucket and spade, the destinations for corporates in the south are not overly well served and the airport I am certain could do better!

bore off back to the BOH thread Nakata. Your attempt to claim a vicotory for BOH over SOU is laughable. EZY have only operated out of SOU for one season and it went on sale pretty late. Given time I expect the route to be up to 5/6 rotations a week, whilst BOH is reduced to a weekend rotation.

arguements about LGW and LHR being up the road are a load of rubbish. I suppose the likes Luton, Stanstead, City and Southend should give up as well? The south is probably the most affluent area outside London, ripe market for city breaks and weekends away. Nobody flies from Heathrow unless it’s longhaul or connecting. Yes LGW is currently the default low cost carrier home, but it’s an awful airport and a right pain to get to. SOU could easily take a share of their market. And why would EZY cannibalise it’s own routes you might ask? Well, firstly they would not be losing any money stealing from themselves. Secondly, for an airline to remain profitable/competitive, it needs to maintain a certain growth, which the London airports cannot or shortly cannot provide for. Thirdly, if EZY based 6 aircraft at SOU and maxed out the stand availability, is there much chance of Ryanair being able to open a base and compete with them? They would have a captive market. The likes of flymaybe, BMI are wishy washy, their constant chopping and changing is no reflection on SOU.