I think Southend will establish itself as a new airport for London but it will not be as easy as some folk here think. Only 14 passengers on a 737 has to be viewed as bad news but it is still very early days.
New routes will come and some routes will fail but as long as the easyjet bean counters can see an eventual profit at the end of the tunnel they will stick with Southend.
That's correct LTNman - Not all routes will be profitable..BLK lost routes to Prague and Amsterdam due to lack of interest, also Geneva went down the pan..
At BLK we lost Ibiza and MAH for no apparent reason, and got Jersey instead..
Regional airports are at the whim of the airlines..I am sure SEN will survive, there will be disappointments along the way...
BTW - I thought for some reason I was going on a 757 or 737 from Liverpool to Fuertaventura with eazy, turned out to be an A320 which I don't like.
Came back with FR on a 737-800, would rather have an old 757 any day for comfort.