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There is a prospective executive charter for the Champions League final in Madrid being operated from Southend. The only problem is the aircraft's destination in Spain is Zaragoza over 300 kilometres away! Then I assume a minibus ride to Madrid on a motorway which is quite busy by Spain standards. If they cannot get a slot near Madrid both Salamanca or Valladolid are over 100 kilometres nearer. The cost by the way is well over four figures per person.
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- UPDATE 5/10/19: Special slot allocation rules are in effect May 30-June 3 at LEMD, with May 15 being the deadline for slot requests.
- UPDATE 5/10/19: Time on ground will be limited to 4 hours on May 30-31
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It appears SEN is introducing a chargable drop off / pick up zone.
hittps://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/17656613.southend-airport-revamps-car-parking/
Mr Jones seems to be reluctant to call it that.
hittps://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/17656613.southend-airport-revamps-car-parking/
Mr Jones seems to be reluctant to call it that.
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£3 for 10 minutes matches Luton’s drop off charge but Luton offers 1 hour free parking in their long term car park. Stansted charge £3.50 while Gatwick is free as is I believe Heathrow. Not sure about City.
If there is one thing that winds up passengers like nothing else it is the drop off charge so this will chip away at Southend’s image.
If there is one thing that winds up passengers like nothing else it is the drop off charge so this will chip away at Southend’s image.
With Easyjet and Ryanair having non-trivial operations at Southend, the airport will be considered as a credible airport both by people living in London/Essex and also by other airlines. It's taken a while to reach this stage, but they have now arrived.
The time has come to shift away from desperately trying to win the beauty parade... to focussing on being a profitable business
The time has come to shift away from desperately trying to win the beauty parade... to focussing on being a profitable business
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Don’t forget there is still the free 15 minutes parking at Long Stay 3 car park opposite the Holiday Inn which is a 5 minute walk to the terminal. So there is still a free drop off/pick up point available for those who want to save £3.
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It appears SEN is introducing a chargable drop off / pick up zone.
hittps://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/17656613.southend-airport-revamps-car-parking/
Mr Jones seems to be reluctant to call it that.
hittps://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/17656613.southend-airport-revamps-car-parking/
Mr Jones seems to be reluctant to call it that.
The reason for the Flybe SEN-ANR rroute not being bookable beyond October is presumably because KLM and Cityjet are establishing Air Antwerp, whose first route will be ANR-LCY using F50 equipment. Other routes from ANR are planned and an aircraft upgrade can be expected once the routes establish their viability.
Drop off charges should be illegal and are disgusting