There is a prevailing view on this forum that Southend has an entitlement to new routes. It does not. Until now, competition from Stansted has not cost Southend any new routes. It was inevitable that was going to change.
I don't think that's a fair comment, I can't see anyone feeling that SEN is entitled to anything at all, only that its advantages need to be more widely publicised, not least by Stobart. Competition from Stansted lost SEN its new Cologne route before it even started.....
No reason to panic. In fact, it would be good to see if Stobart could run a NQY service from SEN in competition with flyBE from STN - I think there is room for both.
