Didn’t BE try for ORY before going pop? Don’t reckon any of these routes are happening however

Gotcha.
I always liked the idea that Concorde arrived in New York before it left london. Never got the chance though.

Woop woop - managed it once from Paris New York - think we took off at 11:00 and arrived just before 09:00 to an empty JFK arrivals

Does this mean they want to fly Southampton to Sumburgh? If so at least they aren't taking on Loganair again! Sorry if I have misunderstood.

Good news and at last it has begun, just hope they have an airline/s lined up asap to offer some much needed route expansion!

Guess this will now put a stop to a few posters on this thread doubting this project would ever take off, they won’t be missed with their continued pessimism. Now to wait and see if/when some new airlines and routes will materialise. I did read somewhere recently of rumours in Hungary that EZY will be operating BUD

I'm sure I'm not the only one who can't wait for it to be finished.

I suspect there will be a great deal of frustration when the runway is open. So what is deemed as a success or a failure? I think there will only be the odd flight that needs the extra length but we will wait and see.

Blue Islands EMA and NCL are charters

Football related I presume?

Southampton play Newcastle on the 30th

work finally starts on the runway - spades are out digging - Expect works to be completed by the end of AUG (they say the 17th)

so look out for Summer 2024 for new routes and new airlines >>> if we get lucky !

I wonder if there will be anything added for W23?

There is a ''rumour'' that EZY was looking at flying in from Budapest...
They do of course have their popular winter GVA flights which have seen increased services - as has their GVA-BOH too.

Neither SOU or BUD are bases so flying a W pattern

Is that from #1347?If so, we are in danger of creating a self re-inforcing cycle!

If easyJet were to set up an operation at SOU I would expect the routes to be Malaga, Alicante, Faro, Palma, Ibiza, Menorca and maybe even Bordeaux, Amsterdam and Paris.

Also BFS, EDI, BER, NCE, BCN, BUD may be possibilities

Why would SOU-BUD be a priority for Easyjet ? Their other routes to Budapest are to significant Easyjet bases... they don't even fly Milan-Budapest. I don't recall SOU-BUD being of importance for Flybe pre Covid