Originally Posted by
racedo
Luton has a 360 Degree catchment area, Southend has a 90 degree catchment area and with Stansted just as easy for many people there is little likelihood of mega expansion.
JFK, Hong Kong, and many other successful coastal airports have a directional catchment area, however SEN can never be a mega airport, just a small to medium London airport. It will have it's part to play but there will be physical and infrastructure constraints on expansion as we are already seeing at LTN.