There is a statement from the Airport MD today that states that the government have not called in the planning application,but this is tempered by him quote "Sadly though, the permission may still be subject to a legal challenge. I would encourage the opposition groups not to seek any further delay to the delivery of the construction phase – and the 265 jobs that go with it – by seeking to challenge the permission. "
How would this challenge be implemented?

Judicial Review? If you have deep pockets to fund it if the final decision doesn't go your way!

A bit more information on the Section 106 agreement:

Southampton Airport agrees Section 106 Agreement in relation to its approved runway extension | Business South

The basis on which the Council agrees airport activity.

BA S22
 

Some good news, BA appear to have some S22 flights on sale from SOU starting from 30/04, currently bookable up to early June. Pretty much identical to the original plan for this year at the moment but it is early days.

Alicante - 1x weekly
Bergerac - 3x weekly
Berlin - 1x weekly
Edinburgh - 1x weekly
Faro - 1x weekly
Florence - 2x weekly
Ibiza - 2x weekly
Limoges - 1x weekly
Malaga - 2x weekly
Mykonos - 1x weekly
Nice - 1x weekly
Palma - 2.5x weekly (2 dep, 3 arr)

EDIT: KLM to Amsterdam is also on sale 2x daily at the same times as before on an E75 for S22

legal challenge coming shortly from the campaigners,reported widely!

Some creative minds writing that press release:

Unemployment is at record levels after the pandemic

Is it? Yesterday's unemployment figures were pretty good all things considering and fell for the fourth month running.

Delaying tactic only as the outcome will not be any different, waste of time and money but hey this is what they do!

...& perhaps not if the legal challenge gets caught up in a reformulated/restrictive Government regional airport policy coupled with a tough green agenda coming down the track.

Princess Nut Nut/Attenborough & our future King were all hard at work at the G7.

SKOJB

100%. I think the government is a bit busy at the moment not that these delusional hypocrites would notice. What a world we live in where bullying and nuisance is tolerated so long as it’s wrapped up in a supposed noble cause. The airport was having over 2 million annual passengers not so long ago so a cap of 3 million isn’t much more.

The one thing that I wish the airport would mention more is that during the planning process anyone can lodge an objection or a support. It’s my understanding that the majority were in support of the application which should be the end of the argument. More residents support the extension so how these extremists think they speak for all of us is lunacy. Let’s not forget the planning meeting went on for a few days to hear all their baseless moaning so it’s not like they haven’t had a fair chance to speak all their rubbish. Meanwhile the fifth cruise terminal is in its final stages of completion just next door to the historic flour mill that ABP pulled down and there is a brand new huge cruise ship fresh from the ship yard spewing huge clouds of smoke non stop. Funny how these mentalists don’t have a problem with all that.

RW20

Have just looked at the AXO website, their case for a review and the attempt at crowdfunding. Had considered invoicing them for my valuable time taken to read such drivel!

KLM back on 28 June.

Looks if AXO & Co will shortly reach their £10K crowdfunding target to mount the Judicial Review. Apart from the enrichment of their legal team Leigh Day and David Wolfe QC and delay to work starting, doubt it is going to result in anything more. Now a waiting game for all concerned.

TCAS FAN,
It looks like ASK and Co are going to be a serious threat to the Airport plans,they seem to be building up cash and steam with a strong backing.
one things for sure and that is there won't be any work going on this year!

With all due respect, you have been wrong in your assumptions in every step of this process to date. It will happen and most likely commence early next year!

RW20

I doubt that £10k is going to go far, have you checked QC's hourly rates? That assumes that he/she is not one of the local NIMBYs or a fellow tree hugger!

Good to see KLM resume on Monday and Aurigny to Alderney on Thursday. BA will hopefully commence IBZ/PMI soon and may look to run MAH as they do at LCY!

TCAS FAN

The 10k has now been reached and passed, I'm not sure where DW QC sits morally on the whole climate topic? He has helped fight against the 3rd runway at Heathrow so guess this is why AXO have appointed him, the CCC (Climate Change Committee) published there parliament progress report yesterday, which could be bad timing for SOU and there plans, as you say a waiting game, but no doubt a long and drawn out one.

T3 also now using the e190 on the Gibraltar route.

See that the goalposts have moved, AXO & Co now target £25K, with just under half of it raised. Have they worked out that QCs are an expensive playmate?

Likelihood is there’s going to be an expensive bill for them to pay at the end of this process!

I noticed that as well, how many times will the budget get stretched? I'd say the more times they raise the limit, the more people might loose interest in backing them.

Its quite common for these crowdfunding schemes to extend the donation target once they hit one. In anything like this you can never have too much money so they usually extend it with a small explanation of what the next stage would support.

It's clear that there will be a substantial delay in the runway extension,and with many covid mutations to come,the question is will this ever happen?
The airport can and will survive ,but the hope of progressing to the next level must be very dubious at least!.

Airport fees increasing, air traffic navigation charges likely to rise and the price of oil heading slowly to $150 a barrel, does not bode well for fares. This may well impact discretionary travel.

Drove by airport recently and noticed Eastern’s E190 nose in on stand 10. Didn’t think these stands capable of accommodating this size of aircraft, bodes well for BA ops!

Some years ago a FlyBe E195 was parked nose out on stand 10 or 11 and the APU exhaust set fire to the stand number sign. The signs were lowered after that.

BA at SOU are taking their time to adapt to the changing rules. Also not sure why the Spain routes are not being run this year. They would probably be the most popular given BEs long-standing offering. Flights to Spain being done from most the other airports and have been for a while, so cannot point to the rules for that country.

BACF commence PMI and IBZ on 17th July with all remaining routes starting on 07th Aug (according to BA website)

Good spot! Guess that’s not long to wait.

BA318

looks like they have reached a level of funding to fully engage a company to sustain a judicial review to stop the expansion
They certainly mean business,and the expansion doesn't look like starting for some time,if not ever?

More chopping and changing and cutting as per, but here is an up to date summary. Stars by the stuff that looks like it could just be a placeholder. Govt are proudly placing more nails in the industry coffin by not allowing double vaxxed to return from France without isolation (what is the :mad:ing point of everyone getting vaccinated if this sort of rubbish rubbish is still a thing?)

Southampton to Newquay has also appeared in Eastern's booking engine but is not presently bookable. Probably a fair market for that in the summer - much better than the awful 4-5 hour drive!

As of today Southampton has the following operating:

Aurigny

Alderney - 14 weekly D28
Guernsey - 14 weekly AT7 - Blue Islands aircraft used for some flights

BA Cityflyer

Edinburgh - 1 weekly E90
Ibiza - 2 weekly E90
Palma - 2 weekly E90

Blue Islands

Jersey - 14 weekly AT7

Eastern Airways

Belfast City - 6 weekly AT7
Gibraltar - 2 weekly E90/E70/ER3...
Leeds Bradford - 4 weekly J41
Manchester - 4 weekly AT7

KLM Cityhopper

Amsterdam - 4 weekly E75

Loganair

Edinburgh - 14 weekly ER4
Glasgow - 14 weekly ER4
Newcastle - 14 weekly ER3/ER4


19/07

Eastern start Dublin - 4 weekly AT7

26/07

Loganair increase Edinburgh to 19 weekly
Loganair increase Glasgow to 20 weekly

01/08

* Blue Islands resume Guernsey - 14 weekly *

02/08

Blue Islands increase Jersey to 20 weekly

07/08

BA Cityflyer resume Faro
BA Cityflyer start Alicante, * Bergerac *, Berlin, Florence,* Limoges *, Malaga, Mykonos,* Nice *

31/08

Blue Islands start Dublin - 7 weekly AT7
Blue Islands start Manchester - 19 weekly AT7

01/09

Loganair increase Edinburgh to 24 weekly
Loganair increase Glasgow to 25 weekly

03/09

Blue Islands increase Jersey to 23 weekly

06/09

Eastern increase Belfast City to 11 weekly
Eastern increase Leeds Bradford to 10 weekly
Eastern increase Manchester to 11 weekly
Eastern start Nantes - 3 weekly AT7
Eastern start Rennes - 3 weekly AT7
Loganair increase Newcastle to 18 weekly

Thank you for the update of the schedule of operation at SOU.....your efforts are appreciated

Thanks for keeping up these posts, very useful. It looks like KLM are often using the E90 on the route which hopefully is a good sign.

Florence has been put back until S22 and EGC has Tue departure removed

Noticed recently (I think sometime last week) that a SOU-LBA flight was operated by a J41 that came from NQY.

Eastern booking engine shows that there are flights on Saturday and Sunday to Newquay, but not bookable yet.

The launch of BACF flights to Limoges and Nice has been pushed back to S22

No surprise given the ridiculous quarantine rules applied to France. Assume Bergerac remains as many passengers using this service will be 2nd home owners in the Dordogne and 10 day quarantine will not be an issue!

EZY GVA has added an additional early evening departure on Sat (excluding Jan where Sat has been removed altogether) now up to x 4 weekly!

G-LCYU is inflight to SOU for a big day tomorrow for BACF.