Well that begs a further question. Easy seem to have Gatwick sewn up to the south of London and appear to be expanding Luton to the north of London maybe in readiness for an expanded Luton despite Luton being the UK's most unpopular airport.
So what's the long term future of their Southend and Stansted bases? Does easyjet really need to operate out of 4 London Airports particularly when Southend has no public transport access for early morning departures or late arrivals, a CAT 1 ILS, which means the airport can close at short notice due fog and a terminal that closes overnight?
I never did really understand their motive for creating a Southend base with a catchment area much smaller than Stansted, which at least has land in all directions rather than the sea.