Stobart Air Division made a loss due to the £100million+ investment they spent on SEN, but I wouldn't have thought the airport itself is operating at a loss
I thought it was a lot less than that but if it is £100m it will take quite a few passengers to pay that investment back seeing that there are day to day costs in running an airport.
I would have thought that if Southend did come on the market there would be a queue of buyers if it was priced right.