Yawn!
You are one person who strangely enough lives locally so of course are going to prefer SEN.
You even complain about having to travel to Stansted within Essex!
Think about all of those who would have to travel past a major and better connected airport like Stansted right down to Southend because we no longer have the choice to use Stansted!
The truth is, very few people will. I have nothing against Southend, but it covers only a much more local catchment area.
EasyJet may well fill planes ok at SEN, but the people in them will be generally a lot more local, hence EasyJet has reduced it's catchment area as it seeks a way to increase yields.
And by the way, Fuerteventura, Madeira and Tallinn also no longer available from Stansted and massively less choice of flights to Malaga, Palma, and even city routes like Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Munich, amongst others!
Last edited by FRatSTN; 28th Aug 2013 at 19:20.