London Southend Airport

News from exhibitors and delegates attending Routes Europe 2024 in Aarhus, Denmark.

Esken says Carlyle Group will exercise a convertible loan of £193.75 million ($246.97 million) due to Carlyle from SEN into an 82.5% stake in the airport.

The two-year-old airline plans to launch its first service to the UK with a 6X-weekly service between Milan Bergamo to London Southend beginning March 25.

Aeroitalia, which launched operations in 2022, will open service between Milan Bergamo Airport (BGY) and London Southend Airport (SEN) in March.

Nigel Mayes, business development director, London Southend Airport, discusses easyJet’s recent expansion from London Southend Airport and SEN's competitive advantage.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

UK's easyJet has announced a number of network additions for the forthcoming winter 2023-24 season, as well as plans to open a seasonal summer base in Alicante.

The LCC has unveiled a string of new routes, including the resumption of flights between London Southend and Amsterdam after an absence of three years.

Routes Europe attendees have their say on whether or not an airport’s sustainability credentials will influence airline network planning decisions in the future.

The airport has a 'compelling' business case that is giving it the confidence to draw up future investment plans, CEO Glyn Jones says.

The LCC's two-aircraft base will shut at the start of the upcoming northern winter season.

Aer Lingus and British Airways step in to plug connectivity gaps in the UK and Ireland after the failure of regional carrier Stobart Air.

The airline will compete directly with Wizz Air on its return to the London market.

Ryanair is expanding its UK-Greece network this summer.

The LCC expects to fly just a quarter of its normal schedule over the coming months although looking ahead to next summer and two new seasonal bases will open in Spain and Portugal.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Virgin Atlantic’s move into the UK-Pakistan market; Jetstar’s resumption of Sunshine Coast-Adelaide flights; and the launch of a new Widerøe route from Bergen.

The airline is trying to avoid involuntary layoffs.

This week: AirAsia begins routes to Belitung; Volotea to station two A319s in Naples; Loganair to start Cornwall Newquay flights; SAS expands network with 14 new routes and more.

This week: Wizz to begin London Southend operations; Avianca Brazil departs Star Alliance; Air New Zealand names interim CEO and more.

Discover which airports, tourism authorities and individuals have been recognised in the industry’s most coveted awards.

Ryanair is to base three aircraft at London Southend Airport from next year and launch 13 routes.

This week: Air Italy adds a fourth international route from Milan Malpensa and Air Malta to serve London Southend.

Return of Croatian routes lead summer growth for 2018.

Irish regional carrier CityJet has reached a heads of terms agreement with Stobart Group to launch a network of up to 18 routes from London’s Southend Airport. The proposed up to four aircraft operation from April 2017 will bring up to 600,000 new passengers to Essex airport and complement the existing operations from easyJet.

London’s newest airport topped the poll with a customer score of 86 per cent - a one per cent increase on last year - and a maximum five star rating in four of the seven categories assessed (queues at bag drop, queues at security, passport control and baggage reclaim).