KLM dropping Southampton from Mar 19
Dec 11, 2018, 11:24 am
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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?
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?
Dec 11, 2018, 5:44 pm
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Dec 13, 2018, 9:38 am
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Dec 17, 2018, 2:22 am
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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.
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.
Dec 17, 2018, 8:22 am
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Jul 28, 2020, 5:29 am
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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/
KL0919 AMS 1635 SOU 1645 daily E175
KL0920 SOU 1720 AMS 1935 daily E175
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/185...ton-amsterdam/
Jul 29, 2020, 6:52 am
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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.
Jul 29, 2020, 7:48 am
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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