Southend Update

[airhumberside]

Southend have gained a couple of mail flights from Bournemouth in the new year

Any idea what airline?

[panjandrum]

Nakata77

I think u r confusing Southampton SOU (on South coast)
with Southend SEN (on East coast).

[girt big un]

The only thing wrong with EGMC is the runway length. Forget the Church go East young man and take the runway across the railway and the road. There is just open land to the East and hardly anyone lives there. AW and the team at RAL maybe do not have deep enough pockets so get someone in that can invest.

Unless the runway gets to 2000m or more forget it. The airport will not make enough money to pay for a railway crossing let alone a station and a terminal unless the runway is lengthened.

JF's aiforce with their egg beaters will never bring enough capacity to SEN. Most of the people in the very large catchment area want to go south to Spain, Italy etc. To get the right seat rate the smallest jet like the B733 needs to be able to operate with a ful payload. Forget the 146 with its hairdriers no one could afford to buy the seat.

Come on get real you are sat on a goldmine. The nearest airport to Western Europe and London. Operating to SEN could save at least 20 block minutes per sector from and to Western Europe. How much is that in Euros for the airline that is brave enough to takeover the airport as its "London Gateway"

[girt big un]

There is obviously no interest in SEN. I mailed on Jan 1 went on holidays and today on my return no response. SEN is probably the best opportunity for airport development in the London area. MSE eat your heart out for our population. No I do not work for RAL and would never want to. Hey come on where are you airlines