Originally Posted by
LTNman
For many reasons despite the Stobart investment, a good passenger experience and a convenient station the airport is going to struggle big time when there is capacity at London’s other airports. It is the furthest away from Central London, has the longest travel time and doesn’t have a direct link to the UK motorway network. Southend will flourish again but only when the other airports run out of slots and when airlines feel they have a need for SEN due to a lack of alternatives.
In fairness Southend does have the A127 that I have driven many a time and a faster road than some motorways I could mention, on to the M25 a short dash southbound to the Dartford and then 'freedom', heading north then a slightly longer dash M25 to M11 then the A14, avoiding the M25/M1 congestion hotspot, to connect up with the M1 & M6 significantly farther north, heading for the west or south-west though then one is buggered!