So boring reading posts saying it’s the end of SOU, so what some irrelevant company who no one really knows has failed - yes it’s sad for holidaymakers who have holidays ruined but it won’t lead to the closure of the airport. The runway extension should happen, and the airport needs to focus on getting someone like EasyJet to set up base. Everyone always goes on about the airport not having enough custom but it’s the heart of the UKs eight largest urban area and can sustain established routes with high frequencies that other comparable airports including CWL, EXT and BOH can only dream of. |
Originally Posted by The Nutts Mutts
(Post 10454790)
Has the whole company gone under or have they just dropped the SOU programme?
Originally Posted by adfly
(Post 10454896)
I did find it very odd that you had two well experienced industry professionals involved with Flylolo yet much of their online presence seemed rather amateur.
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No fears...2020 beckons.
The CEO chappie blames "owners of an aircraft who pulled out over uncertainty surrounding Brexit" The CEO "could not disclose who the owner is due to a non-disclosure agreement". Any payments will be refunded within 10 days. Are hopefully looking to operate from SOU in 2020 now. |
Originally Posted by southside bobby
(Post 10455725)
No fears...2020 beckons.
The CEO chappie blames "owners of an aircraft who pulled out over uncertainty surrounding Brexit" The CEO "could not disclose who the owner is due to a non-disclosure agreement". Any payments will be refunded within 10 days. Are hopefully looking to operate from SOU in 2020 now. It's pretty obvious that the bookings must have been rubbish. |
Just had a look at the CEO’s LinkedIn page as I haven’t been able to find the Flylolo statement about cancelling the SOU flights and thought it might be on there. He’s sticking up for Jason Unsworth’s (of Atmosphere Airlines fame) plan to rescue Jet Airways by becoming the majority shareholder. If he’s a serious fan of Mr Unsworth then I completely doubt his decision-making abilities and business acumen. |
Find it on thebreeze.com
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Originally Posted by Chris_747
(Post 10455689)
Doesn't look to have gone under, they're still offering charters from Manchester and Gatwick for Christmas, but their SOU ops have been canned, even though they're still advertising it on their home page.
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What's is happening at SOU?,well frankly very little!. Airlines dissapear,frequenties diminish,and no new routes or increases. Its May and we are no further down the line on any announcements on runway extension,really could there be a more depressing situation. It's seems the airport is on a increasing decline spiral,with very little to look forward to.
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Originally Posted by RW20
(Post 10462104)
What's is happening at SOU?,well frankly very little!. Airlines dissapear,frequenties diminish,and no new routes or increases. Its May and we are no further down the line on any announcements on runway extension,really could there be a more depressing situation. It's seems the airport is on a increasing decline spiral,with very little to look forward to.
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Well at this rate I can't see SOU surviving long term,Good luck to BOU who seem to be on the up and up with the right management!
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Originally Posted by RW20
(Post 10462137)
Well at this rate I can't see SOU surviving long term,Good luck to BOU who seem to be on the up and up with the right management!
BOH (!) is on the up a bit at what it does, but the reality is it's never going to be able to offer the high-frequency routes for business that SOU does (and hopefully continues to), simply because of where it is and how badly it's connected on the ground. |
Some good news for the airport, BE/VS look to be closely mirroring their winter timetable from last year for 19/20 with the only exceptions being Aberdeen, Nantes & Alicante being dropped. A clear commitment from the new company for SOU!!
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Originally Posted by stewyb
(Post 10465207)
only exceptions being Aberdeen, Nantes & Alicante being dropped.
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ABZ was an outlier anyway as it wasn’t a proper scheduled route- it seemed to be seats sold on a positioning flight which went ABZ-SOU on Friday evenings and SOU-ABZ on Sunday evenings. The aircraft operated flights from SOU over the weekend. Loads were usually around 75% |
According to CAA stats, Alicante is Southampton's 11th busiest route in 2018 carrying almost 39,000 Flybe pax, BOH only carried 61,000 despite it being operated by Ryanair. Not much in it!
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Originally Posted by shamrock7seal
(Post 10465423)
According to CAA stats, Alicante is Southampton's 11th busiest route in 2018 carrying almost 39,000 Flybe pax, BOH only carried 61,000 despite it being operated by Ryanair. Not much in it!
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Beat me to it 61, 000 is a pretty good figure for Alicante from BOH and 39 , 000 with Flybe from SOU slightly less
There is nothing to say that Flybe / VS may well operate to ALC on the DHC. 8 later on next winter, once they have established what their core routes are going to be Good news for SOU that the network remains intact for the winter |
Originally Posted by Planespeaking
(Post 10465516)
Err my maths was never very good, but isn't 61,000 rather more than 39,000? Just thought I'd ask and perhaps I'm missing some vital and valid point. |
Originally Posted by darren1
(Post 10465596)
Considering the large difference in the size of planes used it’s pretty good going from Flybe. |
Originally Posted by stewyb
(Post 10465649)
The year round Alicante service of 39000 passengers gives a 'back of a fag packet' load factor of circa 85% (using a mix of Q400/E95), a great performance and clearly demonstrates the viability of this route in competition with RYR at BOH. Not sure whether it will be back this winter with BE's med routes being cut although any perspective operator I'm sure will have their eye on this once the runway extension is complete!
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