Southend v Stansted
Advantages for Southend
No Ryanair
Close cooperation with airport management
Better customer experience at the moment due to low passenger numbers.
Maybe lower fees
Short walk to station
Short walk to plane.
No slot restrictions (edit to add this one)
Disadvantages for Southend
18 hour airport and not 24 hours thus reducing flexibility in airline operations.
20 hour terminal
No public transport links by rail or coach for the airports busiest periods for the city it claims to serve.
Slowest rail link to London
No dedicated non stop rail service
Miles away from the nearest motorway
Catchment area in two directions only
Cat 1 ILS
Short narrow runway limiting destinations that can be served
I am sure I have missed a few in either camp and there would be some advantages for easyjet to close Stansted but Southend could not offer Easyjet the sort of operation it has at Stansted.
Last edited by LTNman; 25th Apr 2017 at 12:56.