Talk:Southampton Airport

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Loads of these destinations aren't true. Correct them please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.40.14 (talk) 13:25, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Expansion

If you notice any expansion plans post-2011, please try to look for sources and post them here, especially with the current on-going debate on the new Kent Airport and Heathrow expansion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PantherBF3 (talk • contribs) 11:45, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Southampton Airport

Is the name not Southampton (Eastleigh) Airport?Betty Butt (talk)

No. See the official website for example. WaggersTALK 14:40, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Used to be!!--Petebutt (talk) 05:33, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

3.5 nautical miles?

The edge of Southampton is less than a mile from the airport, would it not be 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north north-east of Southampton City Centre as opposed to just Southampton? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Subtlemammoth (talk • contribs) 14:43, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Deletion request

Dear deleting admin, please do not delete this article -- instead delete Talk:Southampton Airport and move it back to where it should belong. Cheers, ^{My name is}not^dave (talk/contribs) 17:33, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Moved the talk page back to Southampton Airport where the main article exists. MilborneOne (talk) 17:42, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

BMI Regional

The Southampton to Munich has not been axed. It's been temporarily suspended to allow for "recruitment and training". http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/16072950.Air_service_between_Southampton_and_Munich_suspended/ RWhite9629 (talk) 17:00, 24 March 2018 (UTC)

Country location

Article doesn't say that the airport is in England or the UK anywhere near the top of the page. ~ merlin 1987 ~ (talk) 10:52, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Added country to 1st sentence. --Wire723 (talk) 11:21, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Volotea

Volotea is still chartered by TUI. BA also provides flight on this route, and TUI also sell tickets for the BA flight. The BA flight wil be automatically selected though as it is cheaper. Confusing, I know Kai Phillips (talk) 22:22, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

The BA flight also starts earlier in the year. Kai Phillips (talk) 22:24, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Table of busiest routes

The table as presented is incoherent. It seems to be conflating (a) destinations served in 2019 with (b) who, if anyone, is currently providing the service. The preceding text states (correctly) that Flybe was providing 95% of services at Southampton Airport, but it does not feature at all in the column of service providers in 2019. It needs amending, or to be divided into separate tables covering 2019 and 2021 services.Ntmr (talk) 10:27, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Bronze age field system under the carpark

https://www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications/hampshirestudies/digital/2010s/Vol_65/Sulikowska.pdf

©Geni (talk) 03:49, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Additional accident to add?

not sure if this needs adding to the list of incidents?

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980727-1 31.53.81.205 (talk) 19:31, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Wording of BA Flight 5390 incident

I have updated the wording in the “Accidents and incidents” section. The article previously said the captain was “sucked halfway out of the cockpit.” While that phrase is common in contemporary media coverage, it is not technically accurate.

The official AAIB report describes the captain as being forced part-way out of the cockpit window, and other aviation sources (e.g. FAA Advisory Circular 61-107B and Airbus Flight Operations Briefing Notes on Cabin Decompression Awareness) explain that rapid decompression produces an *outward rush of cabin air*, which can eject unsecured occupants. For this reason, the main text now reads **“partially ejected from the cockpit”**, with a short explanatory note clarifying why “sucked out” is misleading.

This approach:

• Keeps the article text neutral and technically accurate (backed by AAIB wording).
• Provides a note explaining the change, with reliable aviation references.
• Aligns with other accident pages (such as Southwest Airlines Flight 1380), which also use “partially ejected.”

This is intended to prevent confusion and to avoid future reverts to the less precise “sucked out” wording. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:4B00:8308:3200:3D4A:E853:DF71:6E84 (talk) 10:09, 31 August 2025 (UTC)