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krispy84 Dec 11, 2018 11:24 am
KLM dropping Southampton from Mar 19
 
I’ve just seen this from another source and it is mentioned in the new destinations thread, but I think it is a great shame. I live a fast 15 min drive (20 if being sensible) from SOU and leaving home an hour before departure always felt very daring. My sister used to commute from SOU and I think her record was leaving home 30/35 mins before departure and still making the flight.

KL via AMS was a great one-stop gateway to the world, with the start and end in a very small and homely airport. I remember as a child moving back to the UK in 1995 from the Middle East and flying via AMS. At that time SOU had a wooden shack style passport control area. How long have KL been flying from SOU?

AlicorporateUK Dec 11, 2018 12:13 pm
Originally Posted by krispy84 (Post 30523498)
How long have KL been flying from SOU?
Since May 2016.

G

skycruiserNL Dec 11, 2018 5:44 pm
Originally Posted by krispy84 (Post 30523498)
I think it is a great shame. I live a fast 15 min drive (20 if being sensible) from SOU
Well, you can still take FlyBE on a flight for AMS and book to anywhere in the world from there (on a separate ticket though). But, it is perfectly doable of course ;)

krispy84 Dec 13, 2018 9:38 am
Originally Posted by AlicorporateUK (Post 30523695)
Since May 2016.

G
My memory is clearly playing tricks on me. I thought it was earlier than that.

Reload Dec 14, 2018 1:34 am
Disappointing news this, the AMS-SOU route was a convenient one for me, obviously not profitable for them anymore.

Aviatrix Dec 17, 2018 2:22 am
KLM was code-sharing with Flybe before they put their own metal on the route. Does anyone know for sure that they are not going to go back to that?

KLM's association with SOU actually goes back a lot longer than 2016, and a lot longer even than the Flybe code shares. Air UK was operating the route for a long time, and they were part-owned by KLM and offering through connections. The route was taken over by Suckling Airways in the mid-1990s, but flights continued to have AirUK (UK) codes for a couple of years, until AirUK disappeared.

johan rebel Dec 17, 2018 8:22 am
Originally Posted by Reload (Post 30533983)
obviously not profitable for them anymore.
Or just not as profitable as the alternatives.

With the number of slots at AMS capped, KL may have come to the conclusion that they can make more money using the SOU slots for flights to other destinations.

Johan

irishguy28 Jul 28, 2020 5:29 am
KLM returns to Southampton from August 31
 
After a 17 month suspension, in which time the only remaining operator of the route, FlyBe, collapsed, Southampton will again be served by KLM from August 31.

KL0919 AMS 1635 SOU 1645 daily E175
KL0920 SOU 1720 AMS 1935 daily E175

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/185...ton-amsterdam/

Reload Jul 28, 2020 5:32 am
That's awesome news! By far the best UK airport for me and after flybe went down not completely surprising.

All we need now is for all this covid crap to bugger off!

dave31 Jul 29, 2020 6:31 am
It is really good news (and Southampton Airport needs some) but very poor arrival time into Amsterdam if you are looking to make an onward connection longhaul.

Reload Jul 29, 2020 6:52 am
Originally Posted by dave31 (Post 32566523)
It is really good news (and Southampton Airport needs some) but very poor arrival time into Amsterdam if you are looking to make an onward connection longhaul.
That's a good point, albeit one that doesn't effect me, but as things slowly return to normality over however long I would expect an additional morning flight to be scheduled as they had before.

irishguy28 Jul 29, 2020 7:48 am
Originally Posted by dave31 (Post 32566523)
It is really good news (and Southampton Airport needs some) but very poor arrival time into Amsterdam if you are looking to make an onward connection longhaul.
It's good for making East-bound longhaul connections; indeed, not so great for making transatlantic connections.

However, you can expect that once travel comes round again, there should eventually be a morning frequency too.

The last time KLM announced a restart of service to SOU, this was their timetable from May 2016:

KL915 AMS0835 – 0845SOU F70 x67
KL919 AMS1640 – 1650SOU F70 D

KL916 SOU0920 – 1130AMS F70 x67
KL920 SOU1725 – 1935AMS F70 D


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