Not necessaily, MME is on BE's list as well. Who knows, maybe BD regional will be back. Third rwy changes everything, it's also a long way off. Everything will be different then.
Now this would be interesting, and may even offer up some kind of competition to BA at LBA/NCL. easyJet could certainly make it work, as their fares are generally pretty good and thus would attract a wider audience.
Indeed!
As long as the fares were on a par with the train fare to Heathrow, then why not. More passengers are using Heathrow as a hub for connecting flights, not just business but leisure as well.
What train to Heathrow? Trains do not run from the north to Heathrow, and never will, despite the fact that the reopening and upgrading of just 4 miles of track could make it possible.
Thr truth is that a MME-LHR link will be the making of the airport.
Bare in mind the destinations suggested from LHR are theoretical, and the vast majority of them unrealistic. Why choose MME when you have a base in NCL, why PIK over GLA, who the hell would fly CWL-LHR for example??
Who knows what will be viable several years hence? Clearly it isn't feasible now, but carriers are looking at the possibilities and they must have good commercial reasons for doing so.
Actually hypothetically if slots were plentiful you could see the likes of BRS/CWL/NWI to LHR. Very short routes exist at other hub airports for feed eg BRU-AMS, NAP/PIS-FCO, DUS-FRA. Even more so in the USA.
Of course the roads are ever more congested, gridlocked, and journey times cannot be guaranteed, the railways are over crowded, expensive, riddled with delays cancellations and strikes, and journey times cannot also be guaranteed. It's entirely possible that air may provide the remedy for many...........don't discount it yet!
Out of curiosity but seeing how easyJet don't pay any fees at Southend and they are about to have Ryanair as competition next year, it begs the question why for now they are not offering all these airports a service to Southend .
After all doesn't the new Crossrail link to Liverpool Street or close enough., Public transport in the capital by year's end is going to be pretty good.
It would prove if nothing else demand for London services , ok it's not direct but Crossrail had the Heathrow link, if they could work with the TFL or whomever operates Crossrail then perhaps some kind of through the ticketing as far as Heathrow.
Trouble is EZY are not linked unlike Flybe to the bigger carriers , so the onus is on the passenger to grab bags and hot foot it to wherever the connection is .
Time had come for them to join the club and be a star alliance member
For some unknown reason crossrail isn't going to Southend! The tracks are electrified, the infrastructure is there and the route is an extension of the line to/from Shenfield. The line is also a major commuter area, so who knows why? This means that Soutend airport will not be on crossrail. Apologies for the thread drift.