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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Apr 2024, 17:49
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

This from the man who got his arse handed to him...

This from the man who got his arse handed to him on the Loganair thread for an angry rant about he can't comprehend Loganair and they're doomed to failure for abandoning Southampton for "barren...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Apr 2024, 19:15
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

I'd rather have been wrong but all the eggs are...

I'd rather have been wrong but all the eggs are goin' in the orange basket who now have SOU by the balls.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Apr 2024, 15:09
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Some context : Return seats available per day...

Some context :
Return seats available per day with various models :
Loganair
5 x Daily J31=190 seats
5 x Daily J41=290 seats
3 x Daily ER4=294 seats

flybe
4 x Daily Q400 = 624 seats
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Apr 2024, 21:34
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Do easyJet have any other bases with no night...

Do easyJet have any other bases with no night stopping aircraft? Any AMS/BCN aircraft would surely be operated by EJU (Austrian AOC) and not EZY (UK AOC)? Isn't that bending the post Brexit rules as...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Apr 2024, 23:21
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

easyJet policy is following Ryanair in up-sizing...

easyJet policy is following Ryanair in up-sizing the core fleet. The A319s are leaving and more A320Ns/A321Ns are coming. Stated aim is that the A320-200N will be the smallest aircraft type.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Mar 2024, 15:25
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Yes, BUT they'd need to dump the current...

Yes, BUT they'd need to dump the current aspirational growth strategy and accept they need to be a niche, relatively high cost operation. It's very tough to shrink to success as most managers only...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Mar 2024, 16:56
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Isn't the issue that SOU cannot make money at 1M...

Isn't the issue that SOU cannot make money at 1M pax per year? So it's structural / financial issue as well. There was a time when they could and did make money at a similar or lower throughput? But...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Mar 2024, 19:55
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

AGS is an underperformer, look at how GLA, once...

AGS is an underperformer, look at how GLA, once the undisputed gateway to Scotland now does against EDI.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Jan 2024, 14:51
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Can you supply some evidence of "desperate" BOH...

Can you supply some evidence of "desperate" BOH "giving big incentives" now that it's "not sustainable"? Any proper business would indeed be prepared to offer a sensible incentive if there was a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jan 2024, 11:41
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

No option to cut costs and slim down to...

No option to cut costs and slim down to profitability? Very tough to do.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Dec 2023, 19:36
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Anyone with working eyes only needs to read up a...

Anyone with working eyes only needs to read up a page where you consistently throw playground insults and demean others. I have answered your points in detail before, little point in doing so for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Dec 2023, 16:12
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Oh be nice, he's giving us "daft people" "blinded...

Oh be nice, he's giving us "daft people" "blinded by anger", the "FACTS", and he has to be right 'cos he's writing it in caps.
Rivet Joint might actually work in Business Dev for AGS come to think...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Dec 2023, 09:06
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

easyJet make better money on longer routes into...

easyJet make better money on longer routes into Europe due to a higher demand for on board service, hence the domestics are a lower priority and that's reflected in relatively poor frequency or sub...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Dec 2023, 15:55
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

You blame Loganair for SOU not being where it...

You blame Loganair for SOU not being where it "should be"? You really do have a chip on your shoulder with LM. Your inability to get your head round the fact that flybe failed exactly because of the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Dec 2023, 22:21
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

So they literally cannot survive without growth...

So they literally cannot survive without growth into LCC or they'd need to cut costs for a changed world? If the offering was only Loganair and Aer Lingus ATRs, channel islands and KLM they'd have to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Nov 2023, 22:36
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Are you intentionally misrepresenting what others...

Are you intentionally misrepresenting what others say just to call them names? Loganair operate on wafer thin margins, they're hardly on Ryanair levels of money making.
If you want frequency, you...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Nov 2023, 23:25
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

There you go again. "Small planes and high...

There you go again. "Small planes and high prices" = Bad. So high volume low price is good? Until small plane frequency is lost due to easyJet using high volume low frequency to kill of Loganair. I...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Nov 2023, 15:42
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

No unregulated free market works like this....

No unregulated free market works like this. Perhaps once in the days of say BA and Air Canada pooling seats to Canada, but never as direct competitors, which easyJet and Loganair are. Huge majority...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Oct 2023, 13:01
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Growth in this market can come from using bigger...

Growth in this market can come from using bigger aircraft, easyJet are moving from away from A319s to A320/A321, Ryanair have 20% more seats in the MAX vs. the B737-800. So on a per movement basis,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st May 2023, 17:45
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

They need to be careful legally here, if easyJet...

They need to be careful legally here, if easyJet want to compete on existing routes the airport is obliged not to discourage this even if it may impact their longer term goals. Competition if offered...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th May 2023, 13:36
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

No that's not fair, Loganair make low margins in...

No that's not fair, Loganair make low margins in a good year and absolutely need to charge non LOCO fares to remain in business. People say "They're overcharging!" Well, no, they're charging what...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th May 2023, 18:47
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Nope, Loganair also needs the leisure market and...

Nope, Loganair also needs the leisure market and must offer higher fares to make multiple daily frequencies work on a smaller aircraft. They will likely lose enough volume to easyJet to tip the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th May 2023, 12:17
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

This was the battle on IOM, multiple daily...

This was the battle on IOM, multiple daily connections vs. at best once daily volume on the same route. You guys may end up with very little net new routes and losing out on existing flexibility on...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Feb 2023, 13:44
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Genuine question, how many flights per day is the...

Genuine question, how many flights per day is the multi million pound runway extension at BHX needed for? I don't think Emirates needs it most of the time, so while the extension is welcome at SOU,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Oct 2022, 00:48
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Locos need both, if they don't FILL their...

Locos need both, if they don't FILL their aircraft, they move the asset to another base or route. Ryanair and easyJet have a long track record of closing profitable routes because they under-perform....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Oct 2022, 22:22
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

And volume, masses and masses of high volume...

And volume, masses and masses of high volume throughput. High yield is possible in small turboprops at 50% load factor, with the locos, they'll be expecting to fill every possible seat on every...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2022, 21:45
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

What would an easyJet and a Ryanair departure do...

What would an easyJet and a Ryanair departure do to the terminal? At 186 + 189 that's 375 seats, or 5 x Q400s in olde world flybe terms. Now if you did have 5 Q400s and/or ATRs boarding at peak...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2022, 13:45
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Great reply, thanks for the detail. Interesting...

Great reply, thanks for the detail. Interesting that the business model which once upon a time made them money isn't ever going to do so again. It looks like they need to step change up the way, or...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Oct 2022, 19:46
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Why can't the airport survive long term without...

Why can't the airport survive long term without multiple A320s per day? I mean that busines model worked a treat for PIK, SEN, MME and DSA among others. I sometimes think that #avgeeks only see their...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Aug 2022, 10:31
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

All flybe will do is make inroads into Loganair's...

All flybe will do is make inroads into Loganair's existing traffic, there's not enough room for both operators to make a decent margin . If you want high frequency you need higher fares, some low...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th May 2022, 22:14
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Why does the very survival of the airport depend...

Why does the very survival of the airport depend on a marginal runway extension? SOU's core bread and butter will surely remain what it has done well with in recent years? That is one VERY...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Feb 2022, 18:19
Replies: 3,331
Views: 838,444
Posted By Skipness One Foxtrot

Is your house on the flightpath by any chance...

Is your house on the flightpath by any chance RW20 ? That might explain why a Southampton based person has such a bee in their bonnet?
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