Can anyone shed some light on the rumour that FlyBe is planning a SOU-style base at Southend that is dependant on the Airport extending its terminal and constructing a dedicated railway station on the adjacent Southend to London Liverpool Street railway line? The airport claims it'll bring Southend to within 48 minutes of London (still longer than Stansted's 45 mins, Gatwick's 30 minutes, Luton's 25 minutes and Heathrow's 15 minutes [to the Central Area]!!).
But if true, it could make air traffic control east and northeast of London rather challenging...
