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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Feb 2024, 20:59
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Aeroitalia website shows the Southend - Bergamo...

Aeroitalia website shows the Southend - Bergamo route starting on 25 March 2024 and ending on 29 March 2024. As an aside, Aeroitalia has cut a few Italian domestic routes for dates after 30 March...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Feb 2024, 12:34
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Most loan agreements between companies will have...

Most loan agreements between companies will have a technical grace period of a few days somewhere in the legal agreement. This is to allow for something unexpected and out of the borrower's control...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Feb 2024, 18:29
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Why should we be certain that Carlyle will...

Why should we be certain that Carlyle will operate SEN on a flights-as-usual basis for a few years unless they absolutely have to ? See Peel at Doncaster-Sheffield.
Southend council will need to be...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Feb 2024, 15:51
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

What on earth are Carlyle going to do with SEN...

What on earth are Carlyle going to do with SEN once they (presumably) take ownership ? They just wanted to make money on the loan, not become a facilities management company with legal responsibility...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jan 2024, 14:00
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Alsie Express every year does a few long weekend...

Alsie Express every year does a few long weekend (3 or 4 days) one-off trips on an ATR 72 to various places from Sønderborg. It's a somewhat remote region of Denmark that is poorly linked to places...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jan 2024, 16:00
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Zero emissions airlines do not and will not exist...

Zero emissions airlines do not and will not exist for decades. Newtonian laws mean that in a non-frictionless environment you have to expend energy to travel anywhere. We as a society have not yet...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jan 2024, 15:16
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Whenever an aviation related company talks about...

Whenever an aviation related company talks about the environment, there is always greenwash involved. However companies can try to minimise whatever environmental evils they commit. One should...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Jan 2024, 11:52
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Cutting multiple routes at LHR after less than a...

Cutting multiple routes at LHR after less than a month is unusual at best. I've flown with Aeroitalia a few times last year - even on trunk routes like Rome-Milan, aircraft have been very empty....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Jan 2024, 10:45
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Aeroitalia at Heathrow did not go well. Are we...

Aeroitalia at Heathrow did not go well. Are we sure it's going to work at Southend ?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Dec 2023, 18:34
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Lots of corporate speak. Anybody able to put this...

Lots of corporate speak. Anybody able to put this into straightforward English ? Initial reading is "Esken and Southend are in an awful mess and nobody knows if SEN will remain open long term"
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Nov 2023, 14:13
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

LTNman - perhaps rather than just going to...

LTNman - perhaps rather than just going to inspect the landside of SEN, you might like to buy a ticket to fly somewhere and get to visit airside and see the whole SEN experience. At the very least,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Nov 2023, 12:53
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

I would be more reassured if there was a company...

I would be more reassured if there was a company with credible interest in operating airports that had expressed clear and serious interest in buying SEN. At the moment, it seems to be a case of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Oct 2023, 18:42
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Marc Watkins' contacts at Mahan Air are unlikely...

Marc Watkins' contacts at Mahan Air are unlikely to help Southend. But his contacts from working for several years at anna.aero might. Give the guy a chance... or explain why you would be better at...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Sep 2023, 18:48
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Would the council really give permission for a...

Would the council really give permission for a significant change of use ?

Or maybe Gatwick could pay £250m to Carlyle, and then persuade the PM that if they get full permission to operate twin...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Sep 2023, 12:08
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

1 million pax per year seems to be a number often...

1 million pax per year seems to be a number often quoted as a rough benchmark for a financially viable "full service" airport. In 2019, SEN saw over 2m pax
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Aug 2023, 21:57
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Geneva is physically nowhere near Bolzano... but...

Geneva is physically nowhere near Bolzano... but the French/Swiss Alps and the Italian Dolomites both compete for UK residents wanting a week of skiing
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jun 2023, 11:50
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

After all the noise about ElonJet, I don't think...

After all the noise about ElonJet, I don't think anybody seriously expects anonymity on a private jet
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElonJet
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Jun 2023, 09:55
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

I think we all had a good idea of this already...

I think we all had a good idea of this already but now formally made public... airport up for sale and material risk as a going concern....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Mar 2023, 17:15
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

I thought Dinard CCI / local Govt decided that it...

I thought Dinard CCI / local Govt decided that it wasn't worth subsidising the airport to the level required to retain Ryanair, and made many of the airport staff redundant. St Malo is just across...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Mar 2023, 10:15
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

No harm in having a phone conversation... but...

No harm in having a phone conversation... but Binter flying London-Canaries with an E195-E2 would seem to be very focussed towards LCY.

SEN business development need to focus on potential...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Mar 2023, 19:13
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Why should Binter choose Southend instead of...

Why should Binter choose Southend instead of other London airports, unless SEN management offer some ultra-cheap fees deal ? If an E195-E2 can fly non-stop from LCY to the Canaries without the risk...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Mar 2023, 14:52
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Ryanair are very slow (and that's being kind to...

Ryanair are very slow (and that's being kind to them) at removing routes from their website and app when they cease flying routes. More surprising is they sometimes forget to add a route to the app...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Mar 2023, 16:23
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

In the early 1990s, London City airport had a few...

In the early 1990s, London City airport had a few tough years before finally coming good. I seem to recall during this period there was some speculation as to whether LCY should be closed
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Jan 2023, 11:36
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Perhaps a little academic if LCY's application...

Perhaps a little academic if LCY's application for longer opening hours on Saturday afternoon gets even partial approval by Newham council ?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jul 2022, 12:51
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Plenty of Wizz flights due to land at Luton...

Plenty of Wizz flights due to land at Luton before midnight end up 2 or 3 hours late... would an A320 due to land at 23:00 at SEN still be welcome at 02:00 or would it have to divert ?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jul 2022, 15:57
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Luton to Southend airport *should* take a minimum...

Luton to Southend airport *should* take a minimum of 1h15 (i.e more than 60 mins), assuming no traffic. Unless your car has a lot of "go faster stripes"... :}
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jul 2022, 13:17
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

The "it" lasting is perhaps a little ambiguous. I...

The "it" lasting is perhaps a little ambiguous. I suspect the current operator will be unable to sustain the losses and may even go bankrupt between now and 2024... just in time for another company...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jul 2022, 12:17
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Certainly more could be possible. However, LCY's...

Certainly more could be possible. However, LCY's terminal is not particularly large... and in 2019, even after the gate expansion a few years ago, was already significantly stretched at times.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st May 2022, 20:32
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Why do Air Horizont want to go for VIP charter...

Why do Air Horizont want to go for VIP charter market.... when the likes of BA, Easyjet and TUI are desperately short of capacity and presumably will pay for wet leases ?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th May 2022, 11:04
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Could I ask what Air Horizont might plan to do...

Could I ask what Air Horizont might plan to do with one or two aircraft based at SEN ? They seem to be a largely passenger charter based airline with 30 year old mainly high density 737s - is there...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th May 2022, 22:53
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

8674 - do you have any URLs for that ? Not trying...

8674 - do you have any URLs for that ? Not trying to say "I don't believe you" - more a case of hoping to find more info on this. Alas one aircraft positioning into an airport once doesn't...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Apr 2022, 16:00
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

If I were the CEO of SEN... I would set a target...

If I were the CEO of SEN... I would set a target of 2024 to get at least 1m pax per year with revenue per pax meaning a company profit if scaled up to 2.5m pax. Also a significant half-way review in...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Apr 2022, 18:42
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

If you were the person responsible for persuading...

If you were the person responsible for persuading airlines to come to SEN... how much more difficult would it be if you had to admit in summer 2022 post-Covid, you had ZERO commercial scheduled...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Apr 2022, 09:52
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Who would operate beach flights from Southend at...

Who would operate beach flights from Southend at a price point suitable for the market, apart from LCCs ?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Dec 2021, 21:52
Replies: 1,426
Views: 450,447
Posted By davidjohnson6

Have multiple city break routes got the potential...

Have multiple city break routes got the potential to do well amongst Essex residents ? The locally orignating market in the past has shown strong support in the past for beach routes.

EZY has no...
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