Stobart Air

[Ray Finkle]

Irish regional carrier Stobart Air has announced 12 new routes from London Southend airport for next year.

The new routes, which can be booked at flybe.com, are as follows:

• Three times-weekly flights to Budapest from May 4
• Six times-weekly flights to Cologne from May 4
• Twice-weekly flights to Dubrovnik from May 16
• Twice-weekly flights to Zadar from May 27
• Twice-weekly flights to Figari (Corsica) from May 19
• Twice-weekly flights to Perpignan from May 25
• Four times-weekly flights to Lyon from May 1
• Five times-weekly flights to Milan Malpensa from May 1
• Twice-weekly flights to Venice from May 7
• Three times-weekly flights to Vienna from May 10
• Three times-weekly flights to Reus from May 10
• Five times-weekly flights to Prague from May 8

https://www.businesstraveller.com/b...-launch-12-new-flybe-routes-southend-airport/

 

[a300boy]

Wow !!! Looking good down there.

 

[Aviador]

The airport seems to be going from strength to strength.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

SEN is well placed to take some of the London travel with a rail station on site although I understand journey time is not as quick as some might like.

 

[Jerry]

Stobart Air have cancelled of their new routes out of SEN for 2017. Figari, Corsica will no longer be operated due to operational reasons.
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/152...latest_route_to_summer_hot_spot_is_cancelled/

 

[Jerry]

Stobart Air have signed a wet lease deal for 2 E195s with Flybe. Flybe will operate the 2 aircraft on behalf of Stobart Air on routes out of Southend under the Stobart Air and Flybe franchise arrangement and Stobart crew will takeover the aircraft no later than 1st January 2018.
http://m.lse.co.uk/news/view-article.asp?article=sc_25876606

 

[Jerry]

Stobart Air Flybe franchise winter schedule 2017/18
Budapest 3 weekly Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Dublin 15 weekly 3 daily Monday and Friday, 2 daily Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Saturday and daily Sunday.
Glasgow 8 weekly 2 daily Monday and Friday, other days daily with no flight on Saturday
Lyon 2 weekly Wednesday and Saturday
Manchester 18 weekly 3 daily Monday to Friday 1 daily Saturday and 2 daily Sunday
Milan MXP 4 weekly Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
Prague 5 weekly Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
Rennes 7 weekly daily
Vienna 2 weekly Thursday and Sunday
To be flown on ATR 72 and E195 aircraft.

 

[Ray Finkle]

New route to Antwerp along with increases elsewhere, 230 flights per week in total.


The airport has released its summer schedule for Stobart Air/Flybe, which is now up to 230 flights a week.

Included is the return of Croatian destinations Dubrovnik and Zadar alongside a new route to Antwerp which will be served with a 70-seater ATR72-600 series aircraft.

A total of 15 routes will be operated with extra seats to European cities such as Budapest, Cologne, Vienna and Prague and daily flights are also on offer to Prague. French destinations will include Rennes, Caen and Lyon and will have an additional 15,500 seats.

http://www.routesonline.com/news/29.../?hootPostID=5ba85eb9905d353c71a3ee76bea70c67

 

[Silvercity]

What do you think about Manchester as a route, air from the NW to London now has moved to rail so much as it's so fast these days, think they might struggle. I did fly this route years and years ago, it was a positioning flight I think for Burstin Travel, came down from Manchester over a weekend on a 146 of Air Eccose I think.

 

[Jerry]

It will be interesting to see what traffic they get for a SEN-MAN route. I can see some transiting pax but with SEN being where it is will it become a preferred option to the train for many in East London, Kent and Essex?

 

[Silvercity]

It will be interesting to see what traffic they get for a SEN-MAN route. I can see some transiting pax but with SEN being where it is will it become a preferred option to the train for many in East London, Kent and Essex?

I think East London and Essex maybe, but when you think Virgin Trains run numerous services to the Northwest from Euston it pretty fast time, my own station at the Runcorn does London in 2 hours, it's hard to beat.

 

[Jerry]

I think East London and Essex maybe, but when you think Virgin Trains run numerous services to the Northwest from Euston it pretty fast time, my own station at the Runcorn does London in 2 hours, it's hard to beat.

I'm surprised they didn't go for Edinburgh instead. I'd thought that would've been a better option.

 

[Silvercity]

Yes or to a city without a London air link, I think Carlisle is due to get a link to Southend again it's another Stobart Airport.

 

[Seasider]

They obviously think they can make money on this route.

 

[Jerry]

Curiously none of Stobart Air's flights from Southend are onsale on Flybe's website from the 31st March 2019.

 

[Silvercity]

SEN to MAN and GLA appear to be axed from Jan 19. CAX is still planned.

 

[Jerry]

SEN to MAN and GLA appear to be axed from Jan 19. CAX is still planned.

It sounds like the Stobart Flybe franchise may well end after March 2019 as i believe there aren't any flights onsale.

 

[Silvercity]

It sounds like the Stobart Flybe franchise may well end after March 2019 as i believe there aren't any flights onsale.

I don't really understand how it works, they just get other carriers to run their routes ? So Loganair to Carlisle ?

 

[Silvercity]

It sounds like the Stobart Flybe franchise may well end after March 2019 as i believe there aren't any flights onsale.

Maybe its because Ryanair going in there ? I think Flybe were doing some French routes also ?

 

[Jerry]

Maybe its because Ryanair going in there ? I think Flybe were doing some French routes also ?

Caen, Lyon and Rennes. Whether Stobart keeps them going? I honestly can't see them operating flights under their own name but it's been wondered whether they'll use Ryanair to sell them after March. They have been though advertising for E jet pilots in Dublin apparently so it's possible they'll shift to there.