I agree, it's no fault of Southend. I said airlines are attracted to it (which is the job of SEN and have done a good job so far) but haven't really made much success out of it yet (which is more the job of the airline). I think the good Eddie Stobart ownership is a thing to attract airlines but because of the runway length, I don't think you're going to get Ryanair, Monarch or a decent amount holiday charters setting up, just regional or A319/20 aircraft at best. I doubt SEN will be extending it's runway again anytime soon, so it looks like it's going to be mainly these smaller, regional airlines that SEN is going to be dealing with other than further EasyJet growth, which may be problematic for them in the future.
Last edited by FRatSTN; 6th Oct 2012 at 13:34.