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Pain in the R's
I am just wondering if the Southend fans here can take their rose tinted glasses off for a minute and give their honest views of where Southend is going and whether it has a long term future from a business prospective.
It seems that every UK airport is well on its way to recovery except Southend, which will get the odd random flight starting next month. Eleven years on from the opening of its new terminal and the airport is handling less passengers now than it did then with even Wick in Scotland now handling more passengers than Southend, yet serves a population of just 50,000 in Caithness.
Has the dream ended and should the airport follow Blackpool airport’s lead and just abandon any thoughts that there is money to be made from a passenger operation?
pre-covid - Dream was on until Ryan air was allowed in. Post covid - possibly let’s wait and see what happens this year.