CTR for EGMC
Now that Easyjet have committed to Operation out of EGMC, how long will it be before the Class D CTR/CTA question is raised.
Give it a year! Make the most of it now chaps they will do a Norwich on you soon, up will go the landing and approach fees, no more training IFR slots.
Bad news See below
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The Sun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EasyJet launches Southend routes
New routes ... easyJet to operate from Southend next year
BRITAIN has a new international airport - SOUTHEND.
EASYJET today announced plans to launch ten routes from the Essex coastal town next April.
Bosses claim it will make London Southend a key "gateway to the Olympics" from cities such as Milan, Madrid and Berlin.
The first confirmed routes are Southend to Ibiza, Barcelona and Faro in Portugal.
Tickets go on sale in July - despite the fact the airport has yet to finish a new terminal building and extend the RUNWAY.
EasyJet customer director Catherine Lynn said: "This will put Southend on the map."
Hundreds of jobs will be created - with some transferring from Stansted.
Southend currently only offers flights to Jersey and Ireland but the owners - the Stobart Group - is targeting two million passengers a year.
Airport boss Alistair Welch boasted a new rail route into London would give passengers the fastest "plane to train" service in the country.
He said: "If you're only carrying hand luggage you'll be able to go from standing on the top of the stand leaving the plane - to the train platform in 15 minutes."
It's full circle for the airport. In the Sixties, Southend was Britain's THIRD biggest - behind Heathrow and Manchester.
It laid claim to having the world's busiest route - Southend to Ostend.