Oh dear, poor Matthew Hall. I do hope someone has picked up all those toys and they're safely back inside the pram. Perhaps the validity of his opinion can be judged against the fact that he also claims that Luton and Stansted cannot be considered London airports: indeed he goes as far as to suggest that only City can truly claim that prefix.
One certain thing is that the time from arriving on chocks SEN to reaching Central London by train is likely to be at least as quick as an arrival at STN, LTN, or LHR can achieve. That seems a fairly good basis upon which to describe it as London Southend and I doubt that IATA made their decision lightly.
Last edited by Expressflight; 6th Aug 2012 at 17:31.