Originally Posted by
Planespeaking
It's good to see SEN growing for all sorts if reasons, however before it even gets to 5mppa there will have to be major infrastructure improvements. Local road access is heavily congested now, the main London route, the A127, suffers badly at peak times too.
The terminal will need to be considerably enlarged, though I understand planning permission exists for that, and airport parking will need a major upgrade, perhaps with provision of multi stories or park and ride.
Airside more stands will be required, possibly remote, therefore requiring coaching between a/c and the terminal.
But it's rather nice to think SEN has problems of success to deal with rather than the naysayers who have prophesied it's demise.
So plenty more money to be spent? Isn't the total well north of £100m already? To be honest, operating SEN should be like fishing in a barrel - they're the only operator with plentiful peak time availability in one of the worlds most buoyant aviation markets. Unless the bubble bursts the only issue should be whether they can develop effectively, especially given the constrained site, and get to the tipping point before the money runs out.