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<title>London Southend Airport News Feed</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com</link>
<description><![CDATA[Keep up-to-date with the latest news from London Southend Airport]]></description>
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<title>Continued business jet growth at London Southend Airport </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/continued-business-jet-growth-at-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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	2nd August 2007&#046;

	Continued business jet growth at London Southend Airport

	Business Jet operations at London Southend continue to grow ahead of the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s

	expectations with business traffic up over 20&#037; in the first six months of the year&#046;

	Users are particularly attracted to Southend&amp;rsquo&#059;s proximity to London&#044; its 24 hour

	opening and port of entry status and the availability of slots&#046;

	Typical of the growth at the airport is Terry Holding&#046; Whilst domiciled in Guernsey he

	uses Southend as his base when in England&#046; Terry cites the friendly staff and

	convenient location as the main drivers of his choice&#046;
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<title>All Aboard for a taste of Yesteryear</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/all-aboard-for-a-taste-of-yesteryear/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	All Aboard for a taste of Yesteryear 

	Southend Airport is once again hosting a weekend of flying nostalgia when&#044; in September it is organising a number of pleasure flights in conjunction with specialist operator Classic Flight using their Dragon Rapide Aircraft&#046; 

	The Rapide is a classic British biplane aircraft with eight velvet seats&#044; each of which offer a great view through windscreen&amp;&#035;8208&#059;sized cabin windows&#046; 

	Commenting on the pleasure flights Managing Director Alastair Welch said&#058; &amp;lsquo&#059;following the huge success of the Dakota Flights which we hosted in May this year we are very pleased to once again be offering people the chance to take a trip in this classic biplane&amp;rsquo&#059; 

	The pleasure flights are operating on September 27th and 28th and the round trips are priced at &#163;65 per seat&#046; They can be booked through www&#046;classicflight&#046;com who can be contacted on 08703 304747 

	26th August 2008 
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<title>London Southend Airport installs new Cash Machine</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/london-southend-airport-installs-new-cash-machine/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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	PRESS RELEASE&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 6th April 2009 

	London Southend Airport installs new Cash Machine 

	A new cash machine has been installed in the passenger terminal at London Southend Airport&#046; The ATM is the first in South Essex to dispense both Stirling and Euro without any fees or commission charges&#046; 

	The new cash point is part of the on going refurbishment of the current passenger terminal which is included within the phase one development plans&#046; The cash point will prove a useful and much needed facility at the airport both for current users as well as for future passenger operations&#046; 

	For more information on future developments at London Southend Airport please visit our new website www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com&#046; 
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<title>Behind the Scenes Tours May 09</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/behind-the-scenes-tours-may-09/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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	Press Release 01&#047;06&#047;2009 

	Behind the Scenes Tours May 09 

	Once again the airport opened its doors on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd May&#044; to give members of the public the opportunity to come and have a look behind the scenes at Southend&#046; 

	Places were allocated on a first come first served basis to those who had responded to a recent newsletter&#046; 

	Over the 2 days over 400 people from Leigh&#044; Westcliff&#044; Southend&#044; Thorpe Bay and Rochford were shown around the airport&#046; The tours involved a briefing by Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director on the future plans for the airport and a question and answer session&#044; followed by the opportunity to climb onboard a Stobart Coach for a tour around the airfield&#046; The tour involved a demonstration by the Airport Fire Service of their new vehicles and visitors also had the chance to see a number of large organisations based on the airfield and find out a little bit more about what work they do&#046; 

	Following the tours visitors were asked a number of questions about the airport &amp;ndash&#059; over 95&#037; of responses were very strongly in favour of the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s development&#046; 

	Due to the popularity of these tours we will be looking to organise further opportunities to open our doors to the public later in the year&#046; 
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<title>Southend Airport: Consultation on our Plans for Development</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/southend-airport-consultation-on-our-plans-for-development/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	Press Release 

	Southend Airport&#058; Consultation on our Plans for Development 

	Over recent months&#044; many detailed questions have been asked about the airport and the impacts that our proposed developments may have&#046; The possible runway extension&#044; and what this might mean for local residents&#044; is obviously a key issue&#046; 

	At Southend Airport&#044; we are absolutely committed to listening to the questions&#044; concerns and aspirations of local resident and key partners&#046; To this end we are holding a meeting today&#044; 25th June&#044; where representatives from over fifty organisations including residents associations&#044; parish&#044; town&#044; district and borough councils as well as a number of statutory and community organisations have been invited to hear more about our plans and give us feedback on these&#046; 

	The purpose of this day is to enable those attending to hear first hand from our experts what we are going to be looking at as we develop an environmental impact assessment for our proposed developments and how we are going to go about doing this&#046; Areas for examination will include noise&#044; safety&#044; traffic impact and the overall economic impact of the proposed developments&#046; 

	Feedback from those attending on the day will be critical in helping us to finalise our plans for the completion of this Environmental Impact Statement which would accompany any future planning submission&#046; In involving so many organisations in this scoping work&#044; we will ensure that our final results take account of the issues raised&#046; 

	Following this exercise we will be undertaking further public consultation in July and August when we propose to share the early results of our assessment 
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<title>Southend Council Development Control Decision</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/southend-council-development-control-decision/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	Statement on Southend Council Development Control Committee Decision 

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director of Southend Airport said &quot;We are very pleased that members of the development control committee of Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea Borough Council&#044; having listened to the views of all sections of the local community have approved proposals for the extension to the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s runway&#046; 

	This project also has the support of the adjoining district councils &amp;ndash&#059; Castle Point&#044; Rochford and Essex County Council and a host of local and national bodies&#046; 

	We believe the arguments in favour of the runway extension are compelling&#044; we expected the Secretary of State would serve an Article 14 notice and we trust that the minister who will review this project recognises the urgent need to progress with it to allow Southend to showcase what it does best in time for the 2012 Olympics&#046;&quot; 

	Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	20 January 2010 

	
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<title>Airport Development Flying Along</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/airport-development-flying-along/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	Preparation for take-off picking up pace 

	Just days after plans for a stunning 129-bedroom hotel at London Southend Airport were unveiled&#044; Managing Director Alastair Welch has confirmed other vital construction projects required to make London Southend Airport a fully-functioning regional airport by 2012 are on target to meet their completion dates&#046; 

	Trains have carried out successful test runs through the new London Southend Airport Railway station which sits on the National Express East Anglia Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street line&#046; The &#163;12 million scheme is being funded by London Southend Airport and its owner&#044; the Stobart Group&#044; with the work on schedule for completion later this summer&#046; 

	The long-awaited new air traffic control tower is also progressing well&#046; The current structure was originally erected in the 1960&amp;rsquo&#059;s as a temporary measure but will finally make way for a &#163;3 million replacement - built by Essex firm Readie Construction &amp;ndash&#059; equipped with state-of-the-art systems and which gives much-improved views of the runway&#046; The new tower&amp;rsquo&#059;s windows have been installed and the scaffolding has just been removed&#046; It too is on schedule and is expected to be fully operational from February 2011&#046; 

	Road works required to enable the diversion of Eastwoodbury Lane will begin in autumn&#044; and plans for the new terminal building are also beginning to take shape&#046; 

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director of London Southend Airport&#044; says &quot;The regeneration of London Southend Airport is gathering momentum and we are finally starting to see everything we have planned and worked for taking shape&#046; I&amp;rsquo&#059;m delighted to say&#044; we&amp;rsquo&#059;re on course for our target of playing a pivotal role in the 2012 Olympics&#046;&quot; 

	He adds&#044; &quot;This investment and development programme will provide the opportunity for local people to fly to a range of holiday and business destinations across Europe&#044; as well as creating local jobs and playing a major part in helping to regenerate the area&#046; These are very exciting times for London Southend Airport&#046;&quot; 

	Local people can already fly to Jersey for a reasonable cost on a weekly service from London Southend Airport&#046; Bookings at flybe&#046;com or through Travelsmith on 01621 784666&#046; This service lasts until 18 September 2010 
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<title>New Hotel for Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-hotel-for-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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	New Hotel Planned for London Southend Airport 

	Plans for a stunning 129&amp;&#035;8208&#059;bedroom hotel at London Southend Airport have been unveiled&#046; 

	The proposed hotel will be sited on land adjacent to the Harp House Roundabout and provide high quality facilities for airport passengers&#044; local residents as well as serving airport businesses&#046; 

	In an ambitious and innovative concept&#044; airport owners Stobart have designed a unique hotel that incorporates both 3&amp;&#035;8208&#059;star and separate 5&amp;&#035;8208&#059;star facilities &amp;ndash&#059; including twelve executive suites &amp;&#035;8208&#059; in the same building&#046; 

	It will feature cafe and bar areas&#044; plus conference and meeting facilities&#044; while a top floor restaurant will give diners panoramic views of the airport&#046; 

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director of London Southend Airport&#044; says &quot;High quality&#044; convenient hotel facilities are an essential ingredient of successful regional airports and are an important part of our plans to modernise London Southend&#046; The new hotel will greatly improve facilities for passengers and flight crews using the airport&#046; It will also benefit local businesses&#046; We hope that the local community will make use of the services&#044; particularly the restaurant &amp;&#035;8208&#059; our vision is to make it one of the top places to eat in the region&#046; 

	He adds &quot;The hotel application &#091;recently submitted to Southend Borough Council&#093; follows on closely from the plans approved earlier this year to extend the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s runway and the ongoing construction works&#044; which are progressing well&#044; for the new airport railway station and control tower&#046; Like our other developments&#044; we hope to have the hotel open for business prior to the 2012 London Olympics&#046; &quot; 

	The hotel operator will be announced at a later date&#046; 

	18 June 2010 
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<title>New airport Train Station prepares for take off</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-airport-train-station-prepares-for-take-off/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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	New Airport Train Station Prepares for Take&amp;&#035;8208&#059;off 

	Another milestone in the construction of the London Southend Airport Railway station was achieved on Saturday 27 March 2010&#046; Stobart Rail lifted the new railway station footbridge in to place during Saturday night &#047; Sunday morning&#046;

	The footbridge installation is yet another critical step in this flagship project&#044; and a highly visible sign of the good progress being made on site&#046; 

	The &#163;12 million project is being funded by London Southend Airport and its owner&#044; the Stobart Group&#046; 

	The new station will be on the National Express East Anglia Southend Victoriato London Liverpool Street line&#046; 

	Work is on schedule for completion by July 2010&#046; 

	30 March 2010 
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<title>Southend Airport ready to take off after Minister's Approval</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/southend-airport-ready-to-take-off-after-minister-s-approval/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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	Government Minister gives Airport Development Green Light 

	John Denham&#044; the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government&#044; has today approved plans to extend the runway at Stobart Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s London Southend Airport&#046; 

	The planning application was subject to review by Government after an Article 14 notice was served prior to Southend Council&amp;rsquo&#059;s Development Control Committee voting 14&amp;&#035;8208&#059;3 in favour of the application in January 2010&#046; 

	However&#044; their decision was subject to ministerial ratification and after a thorough review the Minister has now given the final go&amp;&#035;8208&#059;ahead for the development&#046; 

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director of Southend Airport said&#044; &quot;We are incredibly pleased that the project can finally and fully get underway&#046;&quot; 

	The approval will see a 300m south west extension to the runway and the diversion of Eastwoodbury Lane&#046; Works will now get underway as soon as possible to meet the target completion date in 2011&#046; 

	Work has already started on the new Rail Station and Control Tower which are due to open in Summer 2010 and Spring 2011 respectively&#046; 

	Alastair Welch added &quot;It is not just about the convenience of a local airport serving popular destinations&#044; it is about the regeneration that this will bring to the wider Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea area&#044; with the potential to enable many thousands of additional jobs over the next ten years&#046; This development will make a significant contribution to increasing the attractiveness and prosperity of the South Essex area for businesses&#044; which experts believe will have a positive effect on house and commercial property prices&#046; Southend will also now be able to showcase what it does best in time for the 2012 Olympics&#046;&quot; 

	Andrew Tinkler Chief Executive Officer of Stobart Group said&#044; &quot;This project has been subject to very intense scrutiny&#044; and has the support of the adjoining district councils&#044; a host of local and national bodies&#044; and now the Minister&#046; It has been thoroughly examined and the resounding opinion is that the Southend Airport development is a positive thing for Essex&#046; I am delighted that we can now make these plans a reality&#046;&quot; 

	Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	19th March 2010 
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<title>London Southend Airport appoints Head of Business Development</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/london-southend-airport-appoints-head-of-business-development/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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	London Southend Airport has appointed Jonathan Rayner as its new Head of Business Development&#046; 

	Jonathan has worked at both East Midlands and Newcastle Airports &amp;&#035;8208&#059; and joins Southend following two years as Commerical Manager at Exeter Airport&#046; 

	He will be based at London Southend Airport&#044; leading business development for Stobart Air in both Southend and Carlisle&#046; 

	In Southend&#044; Jonathan&amp;rsquo&#059;s role will be to develop passenger numbers and aviation activity at London Southend Airport&#044; with the goal of reaching two million passengers per year by 2020&#046; He will also be overseeing the vital role London Southend Airport will play in the logistics for the 2012 Olympics&#046; 

	Jonathan says&#058; &quot;I am delighted to be involved in such an exciting project as London Southend Airport&#044; and at such a key stage in its development&#046; For too long the residents of South Essex have been under&amp;&#035;8208&#059;served in respect of air travel and forced to take long rail or car journeys to other airports in order to fly to Europe&#046; In addition&#044; local businesses have lacked crucial links to key business centres&#044; both foreign and domestic&#046; The investment by Stobart Group after their acquisition is exactly what the airport needed&#044; in order to realise its potential&#044; and I am looking forward to being part of this process&#046;&quot; 

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director of London Southend Airport said&#058; &quot;Jonny brings a wealth of experience with him and will make an incredibly valuable contribution to our development programme and ambition to turn London Southend Airport into a fully functioning regional airport by 2012&#046;&quot; 

	15 March 2010 
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<title>Essex Chambers of Commerce back the Airport Development</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/essex-chambers-of-commerce-back-the-airport-development/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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	&quot; It will be a total disaster if Southend is seen as &amp;lsquo&#059;closed for business&amp;rsquo&#059; &quot; 

	Local business leaders say business will take&amp;&#035;8208&#059;off if airport development is cleared 

	Essex Chambers of Commerce is urging the proposed airport development is given the go&amp;&#035;8208&#059;ahead&#044; warning it will be a tragedy if the opportunity is missed&#046; 

	Chief Executive John Clayton says &quot;What type of message will this send out if the airport is not allowed to develop&#063; It will say Southend is &amp;lsquo&#059;closed for business&amp;rsquo&#059; and does not want job creation&#044; investment&#044; regeneration and a bright future &amp;&#035;8208&#059; instead it wants to stagnate and deteriorate&#046; The Stobart Group is offering to invest a huge amount of private money to boost Southend&#046; This is a once in a generation opportunity which others will be watching closely&#046;&quot; 

	He adds&#044; &quot;The airport proposals are vital to the future prosperity of Southend and one of the keys to the whole Thames Gateway South Essex regeneration programme&#046; As a leading business representative organisation&#044; it is the Chambers&amp;rsquo&#059; view that the proposals represent a fair and workable balance between the interests of the various stakeholder groups&#044; including local residents&#044; many of whom are also Chamber Members&#046;&quot; 

	Managing Director Denise Rossiter affirms&#044; &quot;In June 2009 we carried out an online survey to see what our members thought&#046; 90&#037; of respondents said they support the expansion of Southend Airport&#044; with over 70&#037; also backing the proposed runway extension&#046; 

	&quot;Now is the time for Southend to declare it IS open for business and for reasonable&#044; controlled development of the airport to be a catalyst for growth locally&#044; allowing us all to look forward to a bright&#044; thriving future&#046;&quot; 

	&quot;Expansion of the Airport brings so many possibilities&#044; not just for creating employment&#044; but to add to the Southend&amp;rsquo&#059;s proposition as a tourist destination&#044; hospitality and cultural centre and a tourist departure point&#046; After all&#044; Southend Airport used to be the 3rd largest airport in the UK just a few decades ago&quot;&#046; 

	&quot;We simply cannot miss this opportunity&quot;&#046; 

	Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea Borough Council Development Control Committee will review a planning application for the development of Southend Airport at its meeting on 20 January 2010&#046; Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	17 January 2010 
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<title>Severe Weather keeps Southend Busy</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/severe-weather-keeps-southend-busy/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	Severe weather keeps Southend Airport busy 

	This morning &#040;13 January&#041; Southend Airport has taken several flights that have been diverted from London City Airport due to the severe weather&#046; 

	A total of five passenger aircraft arrived at the South Essex terminal between 7&#046;12am and 8&#058;50am from various destinations including Antwerp&#044; Rotterdam&#044; Dublin&#044; Edinburgh and Glasgow&#046; 

	Coaches were ordered and smoothly transferred the passengers to London City Airport&#044; their original destination&#046; Taxis were also made available&#044; with some passengers opting to take them and drive to a train station and continue their journey by rail&#046; 

	Being located in&#044; what is normally&#044; the warmest and driest part of the UK&#044; Southend Airport has an excellent weather record&#046; 

	Southend airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s Managing Director&#044; Alastair Welch says &quot;Airlines like to choose Southend&#044; as they know they will get a good service here&#044; with their passengers dealt with quickly&#044; courteously and efficiently&#046;&quot; 

	Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea Borough Council Development Control Committee will review a planning application for the development of Southend Airport at its meeting later this month&#046; 

	Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	13 January 2010 
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<title>Dedman Gray backs Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/dedman-gray-backs-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	&quot;Let&amp;rsquo&#059;s not make the same mistake Southend did with the Marina&quot; 

	Local Property Consultant calls for Southend Airport development to go ahead 

	A leading Essex Property Consultant is calling on the Southend business community to get behind the development of Southend Airport&#046; 

	Mike Gray&#044; Managing Director of Dedman Gray Commercial says &quot;In the 1970&amp;rsquo&#059;s Southend missed the chance to build a Marina&#044; which was subsequently developed at Brighton &amp;ndash&#059; we must not miss the airport opportunity by using the same approach to the marina&#046;&quot; 

	He adds &quot;It was great news when Southend airport was acquired by the Stobart Group because of the business opportunities and economic growth that developing it would bring&#046; Increasing the activity and services offered at Southend airport will add real strength and uplift to the local commercial sector&#046; This will include business opportunities&#044; increased commercial property rental and capital values and a much improved demand for vacant space&#046; Our support should be strongly voiced to ensure this development goes ahead&#046; 

	&quot;The expansion and growth of the airport is imperative for the future success of a great many businesses within the South East Essex Area&#046; The Southend business community will have more doors opened from the airport development being delivered and I strongly believe that the Southend business sector should give every support and encouragement to make sure it happens&#046;&quot; 

	A planning application for runway improvements at Southend Airport will be reviewed by Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea Borough Council Development Control Committee at its meeting in January 2010&#046; 

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	5 January 2010 
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<title>New Railway Station on Track</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-railway-station-on-track/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	New Railway Station on Track 

	Construction of the new railway station at Southend Airport has continued throughout the festive season &amp;&#035;8208&#059; including both Christmas and Boxing Day &amp;ndash&#059; and despite the snow&#044; work is on schedule for completion by July 2010&#046; 

	The &#163;12 million project is being funded by Southend Airport and its owner&#044; the Stobart Group&#046; 

	It will be on the National Express East Anglia Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street line&#046; 

	Major works completed to schedule over the Christmas period included new overhead gantries&#044; which replaced previous structures&#046; All the earthworks needed to facilitate the remaining construction work to get underway have also been successfully completed and approximately &#163;4m &#040;of the total budget&#041; has been spent to date&#046; 

	Laying the foundations for the platform and station building is now underway&#044; as is enabling work to ensure that the new footbridge base is in place during February&#046; 

	The railway station &amp;ndash&#059; along with the new air traffic control tower &amp;&#035;8208&#059; is another stage in Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s investment and development programme to enhance the airport&#044; providing the opportunity for local people to fly to a range of holiday and business destinations across Europe&#046;&#160; 

	Southend airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s Managing Director&#044; Alastair Welch says &quot;The airport development already has and will continue to create jobs and play a major part in helping to regenerate the area&#046;&quot; 

	Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea Borough Council Development Control Committee will review the planning application for the development of Southend Airport at its meeting in January 2010&#046; 

	Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	7 January 2010 
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<title>Light Aircraft Incident - 04/07/2008</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/light-aircraft-emergency-landing/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:33:13 +0100</pubDate>
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	04 July 2008 - 11&#058;45

	At 1109hrs this morning a single engine light aircraft enroute from Panshanger to Ostende declared an emergency and diverted to Southend Airport&#046; The light aircraft landed with its undercarriage in the up position&#046; 

	Airport emergency services were on the scene immediately after the aircraft came to a halt and none of the four people on board sustained any injuries&#046; 

	The airport was closed for one hour whilst the aircraft was removed and the runway fully checked for any debris or damage&#046; The AAIB have been informed&#046; 
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<title>Southend Airport Boss Looks For Boost</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/southend-airport-boss-looks-for-boost/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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	Southend Airport boss looks for boost 

	28&#046;06&#046;08 

	London Southend Airport could soon be offering regular holiday flights to the Mediterranean&#044; as boss Alastair Welch hopes to model the airport on the success of Southampton&#044; the Echo reports&#046; Mr Welch believes the airport can emulate the success of Southampton Airport&#044; which generates &#163;86&#046;5million a year&#046; It has similar constraints to Southend as it is edged by housing developments and yet every year it serves almost two million passengers&#046; 

	Mr Welch told the newspaper&#058; &amp;lsquo&#059;They are fairly heavily hemmed in&#046; They also have a railway line that goes right past&#044; as we do&#044; and they&amp;&#035;39&#059;ve got a fair bit of housing around them&#046; They are doing about two million passengers a year now from a runway which is a little bit longer&#044; and at the length we&amp;&#035;39&#059;d like to go to&#046; That&amp;&#035;39&#059;s why for me it&amp;&#035;39&#059;s a good comparison&#046;&amp;rsquo&#059; 

	There are 15 airlines at Southampton providing services to 43 destinations - including Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Dusseldorf&#044; Frankfurt&#044; Brussels and Malaga&#046; Mr Welch said&#058; &amp;lsquo&#059;What is different between our airports is they have a significant number of passengers&#044; whereas we have maintenance and component manufacturing that they don&amp;&#035;39&#059;t have&#046; But from a passenger point of view there are similar communities in Southampton and Southend&#046;&amp;rsquo&#059; 

	The runway at Southampton is currently much longer&#044; at 1&#044;723m&#044; and at that length can accommodate the larger aircraft needed for package holidays to the Mediterranean&#046; However&#044; Southend plans a 250-metre extension to allow medium-sized aircraft - such as an Airbus 319 - to land while fully loaded&#044; which is not possible at the moment
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<title>New joint policy for the development of Southend Airport launched </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/another-news-article/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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	22nd February 2007&#046;

	New joint policy for the development of Southend Airport launched&#046;

	A joint policy for the development of Southend Airport has been launched by Southend Borough Council

	and Rochford District Councils&#046;

	The Joint Area Action Plan has been welcomed by the airport operators&#044; Southend Airport Company and

	by the many companies based on the airport&#046;

	The airport company&#044; a subsidiary of Regional Airports Limited &#040;RAL&#041;&#044; who also own and operate Biggin

	Hill Airport in South London&#044; has recently appointed ex BAA man&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; 39&#044; as Managing

	Director of Southend Airport&#046;

	Commenting on the future of Southend Airport&#044; Andrew Walters&#044; Chairman of Southend Airport&#044; said

	&amp;ldquo&#059;this new JAAP will be running together with our own study of strategic options as to how we develop

	both Southend Airport and our approved railway station in time for the Olympics&#046;

	The airport is in the Thames Gateway regeneration zone and located to the east of London&#044; alongside

	the main railway line into London Liverpool Street Station&#046; It is being developed as important new

	infrastructure for both the Thames Gateway and London&#046;

	This is an exciting time for Southend Airport and we are receiving many encouraging offers of support

	and investment&#046;

	Andrew Walters

	Chairman

	London Southend Airport Ltd
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<title>Inaugural Issue of &amp;quot;TAKE OFF&amp;quot; newsletter distributed to </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/inaugural-issue-of-take-off-newsletter-distributed-to/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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	LONDON SOUTHEND AIRPORT 

	LAUNCHES NEW COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER 

	London Southend Airport has outlined its exciting development plans to the local community by producing and distributing its inaugural newsletter &amp;lsquo&#059;Take Off&amp;rsquo&#059; to 55&#044;000 local residents&#046; 

	The up and coming airport is currently embarking on a major multi million pound redevelopment programme designed to improve the infrastructure and facilities of what was one of the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s busiest airports&#046; Phase One of the proposed developments&#044; including a new control tower&#044; a dedicated railway station&#044; a new four star hotel&#044; improved car parking and terminal building facilities&#044; are due for completion in 2009&#046; 

	Managing Director Alastair Welch said&#058; &quot;We are working closely with regional and district councils&#044; the Airport Consultative Committee&#044; Local Authorities and resident groups to ensure that the growth and development of London Southend Airport is one that meets the needs of the community as a whole&#046; 

	&quot;A successful airport is hugely important to the regeneration of Southend and the wider Thames Gateway area and will significantly improve regional transport networks for the London Olympics in 2012 and beyond&#046; We are making every effort possible to ensure that we clearly communicate every aspect of the proposed activity at the airport&#046;&quot; 

	Having recently been awarded the title of &amp;lsquo&#059;Growing Business of the Year&amp;rsquo&#059; at the Southend District Business Awards&#044; London Southend Airport continues to grow&#044; and in the new year&#044; will reveal plans for flights for the Summer season&#046; 

	Ends 

	For more information&#044; please contact Matthew Trace at Remarkable PR on 02380 713020 or matthew&#046;trace&#064;remarkablegroup&#046;co&#046;uk
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<title>New Man at the helm </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/test-news-item/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
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	9th February 2007&#046;

	New Man at the helm&#046;

	London Southend Airport has appointed a new Managing Director&#046;

	Alastair Welch&#044; 39&#044; joined Southend this month&#044; from BAA Stansted where he played a key role in the

	development of the airport&#046;

	He has wide ranging experience across engineering&#044; terminal management and development roles within

	BAA at Heathrow and Stansted over the past 11 years&#046;

	Trained initially as an engineer and later in accountancy&#044; Alastair was actively involved in small and

	medium sized businesses before entering aviation&#046;

	Southend Airport is recognised as an important driver for inward investment and regeneration in the

	Thames Gateway and is well placed to serve the London Olympics in 2012&#046; It also has the potential to be

	an important Essex transport interchange with six services an hour into Liverpool Street via an airport

	railway station&#046;

	Alastair said&#058; &amp;ldquo&#059;It&amp;rsquo&#059;s a great time to be joining Southend&#044; as we enter a critical stage in our development&amp;rdquo&#059;&#046;

	ENDS

	Enquiries to&#058; 01702 608115
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<title>Pictures Fly In</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/pictures-fly-in/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	&#160;

	Pictures fly in for A History of Southend Airport in Pictures 

	Photographic memories are landing at London Southend Airport for a special exhibition celebrating its 75th anniversary&#044; this September&#046; 

	The event also marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain&#044; during which 54 and 264 squadrons - based on what was then known as RAF Rochford - played their part in defending Essex&#044; the East End and the Port of London&#046; 

	To mark these two important commemorations&#044; A History of Southend Airport in Pictures will be held at the airport during the summer&#044; leading up to the anniversary in September&#046; Visitors will be asked to pick their favourite pictures&#044; with the winning images taking pride of place in a permanent display in the soon to be built new terminal building&#046; 

	Ian Hawks was one of the first to send his picture in&#046; He says &quot;I worked for Canvey Island boat builders G Prout &amp; Sons&#044; and during the 1960&amp;rsquo&#059;s and 70&amp;rsquo&#059;s a lot of the catamaran&amp;rsquo&#059;s we were building were exported to Holland via Southend Airport&#046; We would take them down to the airport on a trailer and load them on to the air ferry - our agent in Rotterdam would pick them up at the other end&#046; My picture shows the loading taking place &amp;ndash&#059; I am the one on the right with a beard&#033;&quot; 

	Managing Director Alastair Welch says &quot;We need the help of Southend people to be able to tell the story of Southend Airport through pictures&#046; I am sure there are lots of amazing photographs out there &amp;ndash&#059; stored in boxes or tucked away in attics &amp;ndash&#059; so please dig them out and send them to us&#046;&quot; 

	Please send your photos to A History of Southend Airport in Pictures&#044; c&#047;o Sam Petrie&#044; Southend Airport&#044; Southend on Sea&#044; Essex&#044; SS2 6YF &amp;ndash&#059; making sure you write your name and address on the back of each&#046; Closing date for submissions is 10 August 2010&#046; All photos will be returned to owners once the exhibition is over&#046; 

	21 July 2010 
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<title>Airport Launches Exhibition</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/airport-launches-exhibition/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	&#160;

	Memories of Southend&amp;rsquo&#059;s &amp;lsquo&#059;Few&amp;rsquo&#059; to be seen by many 

	A History of Southend Airport in Pictures launched 

	Photographic memories are being sought for a special exhibition celebrating London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s 75th anniversary&#044; this September&#046; 

	The event will also mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain&#044; during which 54 and 264 squadrons - based on what was then known as RAF Rochford - played their part in defending Essex&#044; the East End and the Port of London&#046; 

	To mark these two important commemorations&#044; A History of Southend Airport in Pictures will be held at the airport during the summer&#044; leading up to the anniversary in September&#046; 

	Visitors to London Southend Airport will be asked to pick their favourite pictures&#044; with the winning images taking pride of place in a permanent display in the soon to be built new terminal building&#046; 

	The airport will be once again be running airfield tours for members of the public - taking place in late August &#047; early September - giving people an opportunity to see firsthand the developments going on at the airport&#046; 

	Managing Director Alastair Welch says &quot;We are really hoping to be able to tell the story of Southend Airport through pictures&#044; but we need the help of Southend people to make this happen&#046; I am sure there are lots of amazing photographs out there &amp;ndash&#059; stored in boxes or tucked away in attics &amp;ndash&#059; and we would be delighted if you could dig them out and send them to us&#046; We know how precious photographs are&#044; and we promise to look after all your photos and return them to you once the exhibition is over&#046;&quot; 

	Please send your photos to A History of Southend Airport in Pictures&#044; c&#047;o Sam Petrie&#044; Southend Airport&#044; Southend on Sea&#044; Essex&#044; SS2 6YF &amp;ndash&#059; making sure you write your name and address on the back of each&#046; Closing date for submissions is 10 August 2010&#046; 

	6 July 2010 
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<title>Airport Full Emergency Exercise</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/airport-full-emergency-exercise/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160;

	AIRPORT FULL EMERGENCY EXERCISE 

	23rd October&#044; 2007 

	Staff at Southend Airport took part in a &amp;lsquo&#059;full emergency&amp;rsquo&#059; exercise on Monday&#046; Following a briefing given to the relevant departments and local authorities&#044; the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s fire brigade and local emergency services were put to the test&#046; 

	The exercise was to assess the emergency arrangements at London Southend Airport and additionally to provide an opportunity for each service to assess its&amp;rsquo&#059; capability to respond to an incident at the airport&#046; In attendance were the Civil Aviation Authority&#044; Essex Police&#044; Fire and Rescue and Ambulance Service and Emergency Planning Officers from Rochford and Southend&#046; Alastair Welch&#044; managing director of London Southend Airport commented that &quot;today was an excellent opportunity to practice how we respond to a very serious incident at the airport&quot;&#046; 

	Once the aircraft &amp;lsquo&#059;landed&amp;rsquo&#059; the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s fire vehicles were first on scene to deal with the fire and they were assisted by a further 4 appliances from Essex fire and rescue&#046; Over 20 casualties were on board the aircraft&#059; played by students from South East Essex College and were covered in make-up and prosthetics for authenticity&#046; Injuries included cuts&#044; broken bones and one casualty was convincingly impaled by a bar&#033; 

	Following the exercise there was a debrief to discuss any issues that arose&#046; Alastair Welch said whilst he hopes never to put into practice for real&#044; we will learn from this exercise to ensure we are well prepared&#044; should the need arise&#046; 

	For further information contact enquires&#064;southendairport&#046;com
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<title>Black Buck Pilot visits the Southend Vulcan</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/black-buck-pilot-visits-the-southend-vulcan/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	Black Buck Pilot Visits the Southend Vulcan

	2007 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Falklands Conflict and Southend Airport was host to a historic event&#046; The Vulcan bombing raids on Port Stanley&#044; recently made famous through Rowland White&amp;&#035;39&#059;s bestselling paperback &amp;&#035;39&#059;Vulcan 607&amp;&#035;39&#059;&#044; are legendary and were&#044; at the time&#044; the longest bombing raids in history&#046; These missions were codenamed &amp;&#035;39&#059;Black Buck&amp;&#035;39&#059; and the Vulcan pilot on the first raid&#044; Martin Withers&#044; and his Air Electronics Officer&#044; Hugh Prior&#044; visited Southend Airport as guests of the Vulcan Restoration Trust and during the morning of Saturday 6th October&#044; took the controls of Southend&amp;&#035;39&#059;s own Vulcan Bomber to carry out a routine engine run&#046; During the afternoon&#044; both men were guests at the Vulcan Restoration Trust&amp;&#035;39&#059;s Autumn Members Day at Hawkwell Village Hall where a large audience was given a unique insight into this hair-raising and truly remarkable bombing raid&#046;

	&#160;

	Whilst Southend&amp;&#035;39&#059;s Vulcan will not take to the air again&#044; she is in the throes of a deep engineering programme designed to ensure that she is able to continue performing the hugely popular taxiruns for which she is renowned&#046; This programme of work is expensive and the Vulcan Restoration Trust is in the midst of a major fund-raising campaign entitled &amp;&#035;39&#059;426 RETURN TO POWER&amp;&#035;39&#059; in order to finance the work&#046; Martin&amp;&#035;39&#059;s visit attracted a large crowd and since performing the engine run at Southend&#044; he has been up at Bruntingthorpe Airfield&#044; the home of another famous Vulcan XH558 which will return to flight after 14 years in late October&#059; Martin will be one of the display pilots next year when the Vulcan makes its welcome return to the airshow circuit&#046;

	VRT Website&#058; www&#046;avrovulcan&#046;com
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<title>Continued Passenger Growth at Southend Airport </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/continued-passenger-growth-at-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	&#160;

	PRESS RELEASE&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 23rd January 2008 

	Continued passenger growth at Southend Airport 

	Passenger numbers continue to rise at Southend Airport&#046; Statistics for 2007 show a 61&#037; passenger growth compared to 2006&#044; confirming sustained growth over the last 5 years&#046; This is due to high demand for flights to Jersey&#044; continued growth in business aviation and an increase in aircraft that divert into Southend&#046; Further growth is expected this year as Flybe start their second weekly service Jersey in May and regular flights to Le Touquet take-off in March&#046; This growth has led to staff numbers at the airport increasing by 35&#037; in 2007&#046; Commenting on this&#044; managing director Alastair Welch said &quot;whilst 2007 has been a good year for the airport&#044; we have a far bigger role to play in the region and we look forward to building on this current success in 2008&#046;&quot; 

	&#160;

	For further enquiries please contact&#058; 01702 608108 Passenger Figures at Southend 
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<title>Railway Station Plans Cleared for Take Off </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/railway-station-plans-cleared-for-take-off/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	PRESS RELEASE&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 28th January 2008

	Railway Station Plans Cleared for Take Off

	Following approval of the railway station on the 24t h January&#044; Southend Airport

	is very pleased to confirm the timetable for the construction and opening of the

	new airport railway station&#046; The project&#044; due to cost &#163;12 million&#044; will take 17

	months to complete and is due to open in August 2009&#046; Alastair Welch&#044;

	Managing Director of the airport&#044; commented &amp;ldquo&#059;the decision made by the

	members of Rochford District Council is excellent news for the continued

	regeneration of Southend Airport&#046; Whilst there is much work to do&#044; we look

	forward to the opening of the new railway station next year&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	A new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to

	Stratford &#040;for Docklands and Canary Wharf&#041; and to central London&amp;rsquo&#059;s Liverpool

	Street Station will provide passengers with faster door-to-door times into to the

	City of London than most other London airports - and at lower costs&#046;

	Time Scale&#058; 

	Approve principal contractor&#044; September 2008&#046;

	Work starts on site&#044; February 2009

	Track Disruptive Possessions&#044; March - June 2009

	Station opens&#044; August 2009

	For further enquiries and access to images&#044;

	please contact Hayley Ketley on &#040;01702&#041; 608108
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<title>Proposed Sale Announcement</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/proposed-sale-announcement/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	&#160;

	London Southend Airport Company Limited 

	&#040;&quot;LSACL&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;&#041; 

	Proposed Sale of London Southend Airport 

	Regional Airports Limited &#040;&amp;lsquo&#059;RAL&amp;rsquo&#059;&#041;&#044; which owns London Southend and Biggin Hill airports&#044; announces that&#044; following expressions of interest from a number of parties&#044; it is to invite offers for London Southend Airport &#040;&amp;lsquo&#059;LSACL&amp;rsquo&#059;&#041;&#046; 

	LSACL&#044; one of the few remaining privately owned large airports in the UK&#044; presents a unique strategic opportunity to develop a major regional airport serving the Thames Gateway&#044; London and the broader South-East of England region&#046; 

	Southend&#044; once the third busiest London airport&#044; had seen its prospects impacted by repeated proposals for a major new London airport in the Thames Estuary area&#046; With the firm commitment in the Government&amp;rsquo&#059;s 2003 White Paper not to proceed with any new greenfield airport but to focus on developing existing airports&#044; Southend can once again emerge as a significant London gateway&#046; 

	LSACL is especially well placed to take advantage of the increasingly severe capacity constraints at other London airports&#046; Projected growth in passenger numbers across the UK has increased exponentially and&#044; directly as a result of the Thames Gateway initiative and 2012 Olympic Games&#044; especially so at London Southend&#046; 

	The airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s prospects are further enhanced by its close proximity to London&#044; being located just 49 minutes by train from Liverpool Street in the City of London or 42 minutes from Stratford&#044; the site of the 2012 Olympic Games&#044; which in addition offers short transit times to Canary Wharf and Docklands&#046; 

	The future for LSACL is exciting&#046; There are development plans in place for its own railway station&#044; a new passenger terminal&#044; a hotel and a car park as well as a number of hangars&#046; Furthermore&#044; there are plans to extend the runway which will make it ideally suited to meet the demand for European business and leisure travel which is best served by up to 150-seat capacity aircraft&#044; such as the Embraer 195 and Airbus 319&#046; 

	The Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s congestion-free airspace location offers some of the fastest gate-to-destination times of any designated London airport&#044; including London City Airport &#040;LCY&#041;&#046; 

	LSACL is specifically included in the Thames Gateway blueprint plan&#044; projected to become one of the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s fastest growing development regions&#046; It already includes the new DP World London Gateway Port opening nearby in 2010&#046; 

	With such a development programme in place and to take advantage of the opportunities of the Olympic Games in 2012 and the plans for the Thames Gateway&#044; RAL has concluded that for Southend Airport to achieve its full potential to the benefit of all stakeholders it should introduce a well capitalised investor experienced in developing turnkey infrastructure projects by way of a sale of the majority or all of its interest in LSACL&#046;

	Andrew Walters&#044; Chief Executive of RAL&#044; commented&#058; 

	&quot;London Southend has a great future ahead of it&#046; We have already invested a great deal in the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s infrastructure and have secured approval for exciting development plans&#046; What is required now is for an owner with the required resources and expertise to realise fully the potential that we know is there&#046; London Southend is ready to once again become an internationally recognised airport&quot; 

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					28 January 2008 Enquiries&#058; 
			
		
		
			
				
					Opus Corporate Finance 
			
			
				
					Tel&#058; 020 7025 3600 
			
		
		
			
				
					Nigel McNelly 
			
		
		
			
				
					Frances Davies 
			
		
		
			
				
					College Hill 
			
			
				
					Tel&#058; 020 7457 2020 
			
		
		
			
				
					Mark Garraway 
			
		
		
			
				
					Robert Pugsley 
			
		
	

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<title>Sale Update </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/sale-update/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	&#160;

	London Southend Airport Company Limited 

	&#040;&quot;LSACL&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;&#041; 

	Update Regarding Proposed Sale of London Southend Airport 

	Regional Airports Limited &#040;&amp;lsquo&#059;RAL&amp;rsquo&#059;&#041; announces that it has received an exceptional level of interest from potential buyers of London Southend Airport with over 50 parties receiving copies of the Information Memorandum&#046; 

	Following the receipt of first round bids&#044; the Company has now commenced the second stage of the sale process with a high-quality shortlist of seven potential buyers&#046; 

	Andrew Walters&#044; Chief Executive of RAL&#044; commented&#058; 

	&quot;The degree of interest shown in acquiring Southend Airport reinforces our confidence that we will achieve a sale price fully in line with our expectations&#046; Potential buyers clearly share our view that Southend Airport represents an outstanding opportunity to acquire an airport within 50 mnutes of central London&#046;&quot; 

	10 April 2008 i 
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<title>Sale Update</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/sale-update/178/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	Local Media Briefing

	Update Regarding Proposed Sale of London Southend Airport

	Release 11 April

	Regional Airports Limited &#040;&amp;lsquo&#059;RAL&amp;rsquo&#059;&#041; has announced that it has received an

	exceptional level of interest from potential buyers of London Southend Airport

	with over 50 parties receiving copies of the Information Memorandum&#046; This has

	led to a pleasing number of formal expressions of interest in the airport and its

	operations&#046;

	Following the receipt of these first round bids&#044; the Company has now short-listed

	seven high quality organisations to progress to the second round of the sale

	process&#046; These companies will be invited to submit more detailed information

	about their bids&#044; following visits to the airport to review the current operations and

	potential for the future&#046;

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director of LSA&#044; commented&#058;

	There have been many rumours flying around as to who the potential bidders

	might be&#046; Whilst it would be wrong to make this information public&#044; I can say that

	I am very excited about the quality of companies who have taken an interest in

	the airport and its operations&#046; I am sure that we will be able to pick the right

	company to support the development of the airport to ensure it becomes the first

	class facility local people want&#046;

	Andrew Walters&#044; Chief Executive of RAL&#044; commented&#058;

	Potential buyers clearly share our view that Southend Airport represents an

	outstanding opportunity to acquire an airport within 50 minutes of central London

	and with significant potential to deliver an exceptional regional airport
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<title>Sale Update</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/sale-update/179/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	&#160;

	London Southend Airport Company Limited 

	&#040;&quot;LSACL&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;&#041; 

	Update Regarding Proposed Sale of London Southend Airport 

	Regional Airports Limited &#040;&amp;lsquo&#059;RAL&amp;rsquo&#059;&#041; announces that it has received a number of strong second round bids from potential buyers of London Southend Airport&#046; 

	RAL and its advisers have fully evaluated the bids in detail and a third round stage has now commenced&#046; 

	A further announcement will be made in due course&#046; 

	Andrew Walters&#044; Chief Executive of RAL&#044; commented&#058; 

	&quot;The process has been going very well&#046; We are delighted to have received such strong interest from parties of exceptional quality with proven track records in the aviation industry&#046;&quot; 

	6 June 2008 
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<title>Consultation on Joint Area Action Plan Launched</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/consultation-on-joint-area-action-plan-launched/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	&#160;

	Consultation on Joint Area Action Plan Launched 

	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and Rochford District Council have launched their formal stakeholder consultation on the Joint Area Action Plan for London Southend Airport and the surrounding area&#046; The document looks at strategic land use&#044; Green Belt boundaries&#044; transport and regeneration of the area over the next decade&#046; 

	The plan contains very different scenarios for the area&#044; each looking at different growth levels for the airport and surrounding businesses&#046; These scenarios have been put forward following detailed technical studies and will be open for public and key stakeholder consultation until 8 August 2008&#046; This consultation period is known as &amp;lsquo&#059;Regulation 25&amp;rsquo&#059; and at this stage&#059; the councils have no preferred scenario&#046; 

	The Joint Area Action Plan presents a real opportunity to steer growth of the airport and the surrounding employment areas&#046; The four options put forward are very different &amp;ndash&#059; with one delivering stagnation at the airport to the other delivering a small but thriving regional airport in time for the 2012 Olympics&#046; 

	The option entitled Scenario 3 presents an option to deliver a fully functional regional airport which is attractive to carriers&#046; The proposals would mean the regeneration of the local area&#044; stimulate significant investment in the airport and create hundreds of new jobs for Southend&#046; The airport will become a commercially attractive base for airlines serving a wide range of European destinations and holiday hotspots such as Spain&#044; Portugal and Italy&#044; finally delivering an airport we can be proud of&#046; This is the only option which includes the extension of the runway &#040;without touching the church&#041;&#046; 

	The proposals include&#058; 





	&amp;bull&#059; Improved access to new employment areas 

	&amp;bull&#059; Diversion rather than closure of Eastwoodbury Lane 

	&amp;bull&#059; Inclusion of a new terminal&#044; parking and rail station 

	&amp;bull&#059; New mixed use development on the brickworks site 

	&amp;bull&#059; A new park and ride facility for Southend opposite the RBS building 

	&amp;bull&#059; Larger airport business park designed to create over 3&#044;700 new jobs 

	Feedback from this consultation&#044; alongside comments from statutory consultees&#044; businesses and detailed technical studies will inform the councils&amp;rsquo&#059; choice of scenario&#046; Following this&#044; the two councils open up the preferred scenario for wider and more detailed public consultation&#044; which will seek a greater involvement from the wider community&#046; This is likely to happen towards the end of 2008&#046; 

	If you would like to take part in the consultation&#044; you can find the consultation document at the link below and make comments online&#046; 

	http&#058;&#047;&#047;rochford&#046;jdi-consult&#046;net&#047;jaap&#047;index&#046;php 

	If you wish to submit your views but are unable to do so online&#044; please contact your respective Council&amp;rsquo&#059;s representative who will explain how&#058; 

	Rochford District Council 

	Sam Hollingworth 01702 318102 

	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 

	Debee Skinner 01702 215408 

	You can also email to JAAP&#064;rochford&#046;gov&#046;uk 

	If you would like to discuss the options with the airport in more detail to help to inform you about development&#044; please do contact our information line on 0800 093 8100&#046; 
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<title>Leading Aerospace Companies back Airport Development</title>
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	Southend Airport businesses unite behind development call 

	Three local firms are calling on Southend Council to approve the proposed airport development plan&#044; believing it will boost their businesses and create jobs&#046; 

	ATC Lasham&#044; Inflite Southend Ltd and Avionicare all claim more airlines using Southend will lead to increased opportunities in a variety of areas&#044; including&#059; aircraft maintenance&#044; catering and looking after crew during stopovers &amp;ndash&#059; all of which will need to be provided locally&#044; generating employment&#046; 

	ATC Lasham Limited is one of the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s leading independent aircraft maintenance organisations&#046; Base Manager Ian Dorling says &quot;Earlier this year we expanded our facility at Southend&#044; taking on another two major aircraft bays as we continue to see our business grow&#046; We are keen to develop further and are currently recruiting extra staff &amp;&#035;8208&#059; with the hope of further recruitment in conjunction with the expansion of the airport&#046; Almost all of our staff live locally&#044; and as strong supporters of the apprenticeship scheme at the airport we are looking forward to providing more high&amp;&#035;8208&#059;quality jobs for our growing workforce over the coming years&#046; The airport development is essential in order for this to happen&#046;&quot; 

	In addition to aircraft maintenance&#044; The Inflite Group provides FBO&#044; design&#044; manufacturing&#044; fabrication&#044; component repair&#047;overhaul services to the aerospace and defence industries&#046; Inflite &#040;Southend&#041; Ltd Managing Director&#044; Bob Peck says &quot;The proposed development will see regional and short haul operators providing scheduled services that will benefit residents and business people alike&#046; The airport expansion will act as the catalyst that boosts Southend&amp;rsquo&#059;s and its neighbouring boroughs&amp;rsquo&#059; economy&#046; In turn this will bring many business opportunities and job creation&#046; No more logistical nightmares of getting to and from Heathrow&#044; Gatwick&#044; Stansted or Luton&#058; Scheduled flights &#043; Train Links &#043; Hotel &#061; Time saving &#043; Cost saving &#043; Less stress and strain&#046; We shouldn&amp;rsquo&#059;t just think of what it means for us today&#044; it is the future that is of most importance&#046; Growth and prosperity is on the horizon&#044; the airport expansion has been spoken about for many&#044; many years &amp;&#035;8208&#059; now is the time to grasp the opportunity&#046;&quot; 

	Avionicare is the foremost Avionic solution provider for installations&#044; upgrades and repairs for all types of aircraft&#044; including helicopters&#046; Managing Director Peter Harland says &quot;The development of the airport and especially the extension of the runway will no doubt attract new operators to the airport&#044; which will require additional airport infrastructure&#044; technical and support services thus providing job creation in many fields&#046; This is vitally important at a time when local people are becoming unemployed&#044; the airport will be perfectly placed to support and revitalise the local community and the Southend area with new job opportunities&#044; careers and above all employment security&#046;&quot; 

	Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea Borough Council Development Control Committee will review the planning application at its meeting in January 2010&#046; Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

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<title>Airport Investment is a success at Blackpool and Southampton</title>
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	Southampton and Blackpool experience shows airport investment works 

	The Managing Director of Southend Airport has reinforced the benefits of the development of the airport&#046; citing the successful experience of two other airports as proof of the positive benefits which arise from successful local airports&#046; 

	Alastair Welch said &amp;lsquo&#059;We recognise that whilst the vast majority of people recognise the benefits which a thriving local airport can bring&#044; we fully appreciate that some people have a number of concerns and examples of what has happened at local airports in Blackpool and Southampton&amp;ndash&#059; two other seaside towns whose airports have developed in recent years &amp;&#035;8208&#059; to demonstrate the positive benefits which local airports bring&#046;&quot; 

	Southampton Airport upgraded their already modern terminal in 2005 which allowed it to double its check&amp;&#035;8208&#059;in and baggage facilities by 2008&#046; From 1 million passengers in 2003&#044; Southampton now welcomes over 2 million passengers each year and flies to 49 European destinations &amp;&#035;8208&#059; research shows that 34&#037; are business travelers&#044; 42&#037; are visiting friends and relatives and 17&#037; are independent holiday makers&#046; More than 1&#044;200 people are employed in 30 different companies at the airport&#044; and according to the University of Southampton the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s economic contribution to the region is more than &#163;86 million per year&#046; 

	Sally Lynskey&#044; CEO of Business Southampton &amp;ndash&#059; a not&amp;&#035;8208&#059;for&amp;&#035;8208&#059;profit business&amp;&#035;8208&#059;led organisation &amp;&#035;8208&#059; explained how the development of Southampton airport has brought additional important gains for the city&#046; &quot;Southampton airport plays a pivotal role in the local economy in terms of providing jobs and essential access routes to Europe and beyond&#046; It has a key role in the local supply chain too and has been important in helping to put the city on the map for businesses and visitors&#046;&quot; 

	She adds &quot;As well as its crucial economic role&#044; the airport has built strong local ties through its community projects and by working with schools&#046; They &#091;the airport&#093; are acutely aware of their place in the community and have worked hard to integrate&#046; An important aspect of this has been balancing the economic demands with those of the environment&#046; 

	In 2006 Blackpool airport directly supported around 390 full time jobs and generated around &#163;11m of income into the west Lancashire economy&#046; That same year&#044; an improved terminal building and new car parks were opened&#044; giving the airport the capacity to handle two million passengers a year and fly to 20 European destinations&#046; 

	Sue Kendrick is Customer Relations and Communications Manager at Blackpool Airport&#046; She says &quot;By 2015 it is estimated that&#044; with future growth&#044; the airport will support between 1&#044;860 and 2&#044;210 full time jobs and generate between &#163;69&#046;5m and &#163;81&#046;8m of income&#046; This is crucial to an area such as Blackpool where regeneration is much needed&#046; Also the airport acts as a gateway not only to Blackpool itself but also to Cumbria and the Lake District&#044; as well as Lancashire&amp;rsquo&#059;s other tourist attractions&#046; It&amp;rsquo&#059;s important to note the positive effect the airport has had on the image and perception of Lancashire as a place to live&#044; visit&#044; work and do business &amp;&#035;8208&#059; and this has also inspired important revitalisation projects in the area&#046;&quot; 

	Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea Borough Council Development Control Committee will review the planning application at its meeting in January 2010&#046; 

	30 December 2009 
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<title>New Control Tower</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	New tower will give Controllers an eyeful 

	Construction of the long&amp;&#035;8208&#059;awaited new air traffic control tower will soon get underway at Southend Airport&#046; 

	The current building was originally erected in the 1960&amp;rsquo&#059;s and was only intended to be a temporary structure&#046; Its replacement will be equipped with state of the art systems and provide greatly improved views of the runway&#046; 

	The principal build contractor for the &#163;3 million project is Essex&amp;&#035;8208&#059;based Readie Construction&#044; who are scheduled to start the work in late January 2010&#046; Specialist avionics installation and commissioning is being by Systems Interface Ltd 

	The airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s Managing Director&#044; Alastair Welch says &quot;The new air traffic control tower is another stage in Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s investment and development programme to enhance the airport &amp;&#035;8208&#059; providing the opportunity for local people to fly to a range of holiday and business destinations across Europe&#046;&quot; 

	He adds &quot;I&amp;rsquo&#059;m especially delighted that its construction will be carried out by an essentially&#044; local firm &amp;ndash&#059; this just goes to prove that the airport development will create local jobs and play a major part in helping to regenerate the area&#046;&quot; 

	Whilst the construction of the new tower is slated to start in the New Year&#044; work is already underway on the new &#163;12 million railway station&#044; located on the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s eastern boundary &amp;&#035;8208&#059; due to open mid&amp;&#035;8208&#059;2010&#046; The station will provide a regular service into London Liverpool Street Station&#046; 

	A planning application for runway improvements at Southend Airport will be reviewed by Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea Borough Council Development Control Committee at its meeting in January 2010&#046; 

	PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT LONDON SOUTHEND AIR 

	23 December 2009 
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<title>Happy Landings</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	Happy Landings 

	New landing procedure means less noise and pollution from planes approaching Southend 

	Southend Airport has been given permission for new aircraft approach procedures&#044; which will reduce traffic in the skies&#044; carbon emissions and noise&#046; 

	The Directorate of Airspace Policy &#040;DAP&#041; has approved the &amp;lsquo&#059;Direct Arrival&amp;rsquo&#059; instrument approach procedures&#044; for introduction this week &#040;17 December 2009&#041;&#046; 

	Currently&#044; aircraft coming into land at Southend Airport must position themselves directly overhead the airport at about 2500 feet in order to pinpoint their position&#044; and then fly approximately eight miles away&#044; before turning back towards the airport at 1500 feet&#044; as the pilot makes the final approach to land on the runway&#046; 

	However&#044; the &amp;lsquo&#059;Direct Arrival&amp;rsquo&#059; system means that pilots using their instruments &#040;rather than by sight alone&#041; can now land after positioning directly in line with the runway eight to nine miles out&#044; without having to come to the airport overhead first&#046; 

	Tom Clark&#044; the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s Air Traffic Services Manager says &quot;It is important that we strive to minimise the impact on the environment wherever possible&#046; These procedures will offer more operational flexibility for pilots and controllers&#044; as well as helping to reduce noise and carbon emissions per aircraft movement&#046; There is a potential reduction of up to 33 miles flying distance on incoming flights from certain directions&#044; less in others&#046;&quot; 

	He adds &quot;For people concerned about night flights&#044; the new system will be of particular benefit in that it reduces the number of times an aircraft currently has to pass over the same area&#046; It should be pointed out that there are not any changes to the flight paths that affect the Southend area&#044; and the changes are actually reflecting the flight paths that pilots prefer to use as they result in less fuel being used&#046;&quot; 

	Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &quot;We know that noise and carbon emissions are two concerns that some people have about Southend Airport &amp;ndash&#059; particularly in regard to its proposed development&#046; Today&amp;rsquo&#059;s news further proves that we do listen and are constantly working to do all we can to address them&#046;&quot; 

	Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea Borough Council Development Control Committee will review a planning application to turn Southend Airport into a fully functional regional airport by the 2012 Olympics&#044; at its meeting in January 2010&#046; 

	15 December 2009 
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<title>Roslin Hotel - Airport Development will bring influx of visitors to the town</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/roslin-hotel-airport-development-will-bring-influx-of-visitors-to-the-town/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	&amp;lsquo&#059;Don&amp;rsquo&#059;t let this tourism boost for Southend pass us by&amp;rsquo&#059; 

	Roslin Hotel boss says airport development will bring an influx of new visitors to the town 

	A popular South Essex hotel and restaurant says the development of the airport is essential for increasing tourism in Southend&#044; and allowing the town to make the most of the opportunities the Olympics offers&#046; 

	Jacqui Harris&#044; Sales and Marketing Manager at the Roslin Beach Hotel says &quot;Of course&#044; the development of Southend Airport will be fantastic for allowing local people to travel abroad on holiday or business more easily than before&#044; and in return especially important for those of us involved in the leisure and tourism industry here in South Essex&#046; The airport will bring much needed new visitors and revenue&#046; The town&amp;rsquo&#059;s economy is heavily interwoven with tourism and a fully functioning passenger airport will provide a major boost to that relationship&#046;&quot; 

	She adds&#044; &quot;Southend has loads to offer foreign visitors&#046; We have seven miles of award winning beach&#044; great visitor attractions and special events&#044; great shopping&#044; and a host of fantastic new restaurants &amp;ndash&#059; plus this is in the warmest and driest part of the UK&#046; But it&amp;rsquo&#059;s not just holidaymakers I am talking about&#046; The airport development will create thousands of new jobs in the area&#044; sparking economic growth and investment opportunities&#046; Consequently&#044; I would also expect to see an increase in business travellers&#044; either working in Southend or visiting for meetings and conferences&quot;&#046; 

	However&#044; Jacqui admits there is one thing she cannot understand&#044; &quot;One thing that truly amazes me is that the 2012 Olympics are barely two years away now and nobody seems to be talking about the importance of them&#033; They represent a once in a lifetime opportunity for this area&#044; particularly as the mountain biking events will take place right on our doorstep&#044; in Hadleigh&#046; All of the riders&amp;&#035;39&#059; families&#044; friends and the fans will need places to stay&#044; food to eat and things to do&#046; The possibilities that the Olympics represent should not be misunderestimated or overlooked&#046; The development of the airport will play a big part in whether we grasp the opportunity with both hands&#044; or let it slip through our fingers in timed-honoured British fashion&#046;&quot; 

	&quot;As an hotelier and restaurateur&#044; Southend Airport is already good for my business and I&amp;rsquo&#059;d expect this to grow as the airport develops&#046; The airport has consistently ensured year-round trade for the tourist industry in the town and this will only increase if it is fully allowed to unlock its potential&#046;&quot; 

	Residents have until December 10 to register their support for the airport expansion with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council&#046; Its Development Control Committee will review the planning application at its meeting in January 2010&#046; 

	2 December 2009 
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<title>Olympus KeyMed backs the development of Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/olympus-keymed-backs-the-development-of-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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	&amp;lsquo&#059;There is no more critical decision for the future of this town&amp;rsquo&#059; 

	Olympus KeyMed backs the development of Southend Airport 

	One of Essex&amp;rsquo&#059;s most respected firms says it is vitally important that the development of Southend Airport be given the go-ahead&#046; 

	Paul Hillman&#044; Managing Director of the Olympus KeyMed Group of Companies contends that&#044; if we walk away from developing the unique asset the airport represents&#044; the effects on the local economy will be felt for many years to come&#046; 

	He says&#044; &quot;Southend Airport is already extremely important to us&#046; If it is developed&#044; this will have a tremendous value in relation to attracting key employees to the town&#046; We do have a problem in recruiting certain skills and to have the attraction of not only the coastal location&#044; but also an airport where people can fly to European destinations&#044; would be a valuable differential&#046;&quot; 

	Mr&#046; Hillman adds &quot;As a businessman&#044; I see that development of Southend Airport must be the only real opportunity on the horizon for a major economic stimulus to rejuvenate the town and&#044; importantly&#044; create jobs &amp;ndash&#059; what else is there of this magnitude&#044; bringing so many benefits&#063; Developing the airport must be the overwhelming priority - the sobering truth is that there are no other comparable opportunities and&#044; if we walk away from the airport&#044; it will be a lost opportunity for generations to come&#046;&quot; 

	Olympus KeyMed employs approximately one thousand people at its Southend HQ and Mr&#046; Hillman airs his misgivings about the arguments against the proposed development&#044; saying &quot;Whilst I appreciate the environmental considerations&#044; I&amp;rsquo&#059;m increasingly concerned when I read about the campaign against the airport development&#044; as it would be a tragedy if the significant economic benefits the airport would bring were not realised for the long-term good of Southend&#046; Of course&#044; any development of an airport can be emotive and you will always have people objecting&#044; for reasons I do understand&#044; however the majority who are supportive will often not express their views&#046;&quot; 

	&quot;Olympus KeyMed believes there is no more critical decision for the future of the town and we very much hope that&#044; for the benefit of Southend and the people who live here&#044; planning approval is given for the extension to the runway and the associated airport development&#046;&quot; 

	Residents have until December 10 to register their support for the airport expansion with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council&#046; Its Development Control Committee will review the planning application at its meeting in January 2010&#046; 

	25 November 2009 
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<title>South Essex Estate Agents Unite to Support Airport Expansion</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/south-essex-estate-agents-unite-to-support-airport-expansion/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	South Essex Estate Agents Unite to Support Airport Expansion 

	&quot;Airport growth is good for house and property prices&quot; 

	Two south Essex estate agents have united to voice their support for the proposed expansion of Southend airport&#046; 

	Donna Roche from Hunt Roche and Steve Ayers from Ayers &amp; Cruiks both agree that the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s proposals will increase the attractiveness and prosperity of the South Essex area for businesses&#044; which they believe is likely to lead to a boost in house and commercial property prices&#046;

	Donna Roche says&#044; &quot;We are already seeing an increase in the number of people buying properties to let in the area around Southend airport&#044; as they have shrewdly seen an excellent investment opportunity&#046; I know there has been some speculation that the value of people&amp;rsquo&#059;s homes will fall if this expansion happens&#044; but in my opinion it is exactly the opposite which will occur &amp;ndash&#059; house prices will rise&#046;&quot; 

	Ayers &amp; Cruiks have been the sole letting agents for property on Southend Airport site for the past twelve months&#046; 

	Steve Ayers says &quot;Since we have been representing Southend Airport&#044; the take up of property on the site has been remarkable&#046; We are letting to both well established and new businesses&#044; who tell us they have chosen to locate at the airport for the vast opportunities on offer and the exciting future prospects&#046; There have been eight office lettings&#044; relocation of a large local employer for warehousing and administration&#044; a van and car hire company and an increase in hangarage&#044; with the expansion of ATC Lasham&#046; All this goes to prove that businesses like the Southend Airport location and thrive when based there&#046; If the airport expands then we can confidently predict business will boom in the Southend borough and environs&#046;&quot; 

	He adds &quot;New businesses will be drawn to Southend and Rochford by the presence of an expanded airport and the international connectivity it can offer&#046; These wider benefits will underpin further regeneration of the local area &amp;ndash&#059; and that can only be a good thing for us all&#046;&quot; 

	Residents have until November 20 to register their support for the airport expansion with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council&#046; Its Development Control Committee will review the planning application at its meeting in January 2010&#046; 
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<title>Former Police Chief backs Airport Expansion</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/former-police-chief-backs-airport-expansion/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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	Former Southend Police Chief backs airport expansion 

	&quot;Development WILL NOT lead to traffic congestion&quot; 

	The former Divisional Commander of Southend Police says the expansion of Southend Airport will not have any significant impact on local roads&#046; 

	Mick Thwaites &amp;ndash&#059; who was also Head of Roads Policing for Essex Police - says claims that there will be a significant increase of traffic on roads leading to increased congestion&#044; is merely scaremongering&#046; 

	&quot;We must take this opportunity and realize the full potential to develop Southend Airport&#044; whilst fully understanding that there are issues that need to be managed&#044; such as transport&#046; We need to bring all the key players together who can impact on the management of the current transport infrastructure and ensure they create a better environment for all local businesses and residents&#046; I have heard all the arguments and genuinely believe that the reality is the increase in numbers will not have an adverse effect on current roads at all&#046;&quot; 

	The A127 currently carries over 50&#044;000 vehicles per day&#046; Passengers and staff will typically represent 5&#037; of this total &amp;ndash&#059; a very small proportion&#046; The proposed increase to two million passengers will lead to about 240 passenger related road movements per hour in each direction at peak times - that is about the same as of an ordinary supermarket at peak times&#046; Plus the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s peak hours fall before the normal morning rush hour and after the evening rush hour&#046; 

	Mick says &quot;Eastwoodbury Lane will be diverted&#044; not closed&#046; The proposed new route will see Eastwoodbury Lane rerouted through St Laurence Park and linking to an all points junction on Nestuda Way &amp;ndash&#059; actually creating a better flow of traffic&#046; The road would be a single carriageway with a shared footpath and cycleway&#046;&quot; 

	He added &quot;I had the pleasure in spending the last 3 years of my service with Essex Police in leading the project team that would consider what response we required to ensure a safe and secure Olympics in 2012&#044; as it related to Essex&#046; I was also chair of the multi-agency team that responded to the draft transport plan for the 2012 Olympics&#046; It is my opinion that whilst all major developments and events bring with them potential problems&#044; with the right mindset and experience &amp;ndash&#059; which are clearly in place - the airport development will provide a much needed boost to the local community&#044; the same as I believe 2012 will bring to the UK&#046;&quot; 

	Residents have until November 20 to register their support for the airport expansion with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council&#046; Its Development Control Committee will review the planning application at its meeting in January 2010&#046; 
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<title>Southend wins Airport Achievement Award 2010</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/southend-wins-airport-achievement-award-2010/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	Southend Airport Wins Major European Award 

	London Southend Airport has won the prestigious ERA &#040;European Regions Airline Association&#041; Airport Achievement Award 2010&#046; 

	The award was created to recognise the best achievements by an ERA member airport over the previous 12 months and Southend&amp;rsquo&#059;s success is based on the positive role it has played in support of future intra-European air transport operations&#046; 

	Beating off strong competition from other domestic and international airports&#044; London Southend&amp;rsquo&#059;s collaborative work with the local community and relevant local bodies to secure planning permission for a runway extension&#044; was hailed as a particular success&#046; 

	The announcement was made during a prestigious award ceremony at the Catalunya Congress Centre&#044; in Barcelona&#044; Spain on Thursday 23 September&#046; On announcing Southend as the winner&#044; the Chairman of the Judging Panel commented - &quot;This is a tremendous achievement &#040;for Southend&#041; and one which will have fundamental and long lasting effects on air transport in this region&#046; The runway extension &amp;ndash&#059; when completed in 2011 &amp;ndash&#059; will greatly enhance the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s business and will result in increased services for the community&#046; The team involved is to be applauded for its astute approach in seizing the window of opportunity provided by the London 2012 Olympics and the professional execution of its campaign achieving planning permission for a runway extension&#044; without a public inquiry&#046; Determination and dedication were the drivers leading to the approval for the runway extension&#046;&quot; 

	Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch said &quot;We are delighted to win this award&#044; which is testament to all the hard work that has been put in by the entire team at Southend Airport in making the plans for our development&#044; a reality&#046; It&amp;rsquo&#059;s an exciting time for the airport right now as we are now beginning to see all the developments we have been planning and working towards finally starting to happen&#046; This award from Europe&amp;rsquo&#059;s leading Airline Association demonstrates with the interest that there is in Southend&amp;rsquo&#059;s future and the role the airport can play in further regeneration of the area&#046;&quot; 

	24 September 2010 
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<title>Airport Hotel given the Green Light</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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	Southend Airport Hotel given Green Light 

	London Southend Airport says it&amp;rsquo&#059;s delighted with today&amp;rsquo&#059;s decision by Southend Borough Council to approve its plans for the development of a 129 bedroom hotel at the airport&#046; 

	Situated on land adjacent to the Harp House Roundabout&#044; the new hotel will provide high quality facilities for airport passengers as well as for local businesses&#046; 

	In an ambitious and innovative concept the hotel has been designed to incorporate both 3-star facilities and a separate 5-star executive floor with twelve suites&#046; The hotel includes restaurant and bar areas and conference &#047; meeting facilities&#046; A separate restaurant will be provided on the top floor with views overlooking the airport&#046; 

	Commenting on Southend Council&amp;rsquo&#059;s decision&#044; Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch said &quot;High quality&#044; convenient hotel facilities are an essential ingredient of successful regional airports and are an important part of our plans to modernise the airport&#046; The hotel will greatly improve facilities for passengers&#044; as well pilots and flight crew using the airport and will also benefit local businesses&#046; We also hope that the local community will make use of the facilities&#044; particularly the restaurant&#046; Our vision is to make this one of the top places to eat in the region&#046;&quot; 

	He added &quot;The permission for the hotel follows on closely from the plans approved earlier this year to extend the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s runway and the works on the new airport railway station and Control Tower&#046; It&amp;rsquo&#059;s an exciting time for the airport and like these other developments our aim is to have the hotel open for business in advance of the London Olympics&#046; &quot; 

	The operator of the hotel will be announced in due course&#046; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	The principle of hotel development on this site was established in 2007&#044; following the grant of outline planning permission for a 131 bedroom hotel&#046; This application presented a revised&#044; full scheme for hotel development on the site&#046; 

	Permission was granted by Southend Borough Council in April for the extension of the airport runway&#046; This followed a decision by the former Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government - John Denham - to allow Southend Borough Council to determine the application locally despite calls for a Public Inquiry into the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s plans&#046; The Council&amp;rsquo&#059;s&amp;rsquo&#059; decision to grant permission is currently subject to Judicial Review&#046; 

	With the runway extension LSACL is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; By extending the runway&#044; the airport will be able to attract airlines operating commercial passenger services to a wide range of business and holiday destinations that cannot currently be served by the airport&#046; 

	Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	Please contact Tracy Jones at Brera &amp;ndash&#059; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com &#047; www&#046;brera-london&#046;com 

	8 September 2010 
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<title>AAIB report into G-BABB accident</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/aaib-report-into-g-babb-accident/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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	12th July 2007&#046;

	AAIB report into G-BABB accident

	News release from London Southend Airport following AAIB report into G-BABB accident&#058;

	&amp;lsquo&#059;We have read the AAIB report into this tragic accident and we accept the findings listed in the report&#046;

	Procedures at Southend were reviewed immediately after the accident and we note the report

	recommendation that similar changes should be made to all airport procedures across the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;&#046;
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<title>Southend Airport submits Planning Application to Southend Council</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/southend-airport-submits-planning-application-to-southend-council/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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	Press Release 13th October 2009 

	Airport submits Planning Application 

	London Southend Airport has today submitted a planning application to Southend Borough Council for an extension to the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s runway&#046; 

	The application seeks permission for a south westerly extension of the runway and for the diversion of Eastwoodbury Lane&#046; It does not require the demolition of St Laurence and All Saints Church&#046; 

	The application is accompanied by series of supporting documents including&#058; 









	&amp;bull&#059; A full Environmental Impact Assessment 

	&amp;bull&#059; An Economic Impact Assessment 

	&amp;bull&#059; A Health Impact Assessment 

	&amp;bull&#059; A Transport Assessment 

	It also contains a proposed Legal Agreement setting out our commitments to the community to manage&#044; control and limit the impacts of the development&#046; 

	Commenting on the application&#044; Managing Director Alastair Welch said &quot;the application documents carefully evaluate the benefits and disbenefits of the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s development&#046; The legal agreement provides binding commitments and stringent new noise controls including&#058; 









	&amp;bull&#059; A cap on the annual number of flights allowed at the airport 

	&amp;bull&#059; New night noise controls alongside a significantly reduced cap on night flights 

	&amp;bull&#059; Schemes to minimise disturbance from arriving and departing aircraft 

	&amp;bull&#059; A restriction on the amount of cargo flights the airport can handle 

	&amp;bull&#059; A noise insulation scheme for affected properties 

	Whilst many of the potential impacts will be addressed through the proposed stringent new noise controls&#044; there are many other impacts which have also been fully assessed&#046; 

	The proposal to divert Eastwoodbury Lane will improve circulation on a number of local junctions&#044; whilst on the A127 airport passengers would represent only 5&#037; of traffic in the morning and evening peak hours&#046; 

	MORE FOLLOWS 

	By 2020 the airport would be the generator of over 6&#044;700 jobs in the local area&#046; With aviation&amp;rsquo&#059;s inclusion within the European Union emissions trading scheme from 2012 and with the added convenience of the airport reducing the need for longer journeys to other airports there will also be reduced aircraft and road traffic carbon emissions&#046; 

	This proposal is not just about the convenience of a local airport serving popular destinations&#044; it is about the catalytic impact the development will have for the wider Southend&amp;&#035;8208&#059;on&amp;&#035;8208&#059;Sea area&#046; I firmly believe that now&#044; more than ever&#044; with the Olympics under 1&#044;000 days away&#044; there is a real opportunity to accelerate the regeneration of Southend and the airport can play a pivotal role in this&quot;&#046; 

	Full information about the plans can be found on the updated website www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	ENDS 
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<title>ATC Lasham announces a major new expansion of facilities at Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/atc-lasham-announces-a-major-new-expansion-of-facilities-at-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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	Press Release 8th October 2009 

	ATC Lasham announces a major new expansion of facilities at Southend Airport 

	ATC Lasham and Southend Airport are pleased to announce that they have agreed terms for ATC Lasham to take on 2 additional hangars covering over 40&#044;000sq ft at the airport to support their growing business&#046; This increases their hangarage capacity by 50&#037;&#046; 

	In addition ATC Lasham&#044; who already employ over 150 full time staff have announced they have commenced the recruitment of 30 additional full time staff&#046; This is in addition to the 80 contracted staff they already employ&#046; 

	Commenting on this expansion&#044; ATC Lasham Base Manager Ian Dorling said &amp;lsquo&#059;We are pleased to announce this expansion of our business at Southend &amp;ndash&#059; and we very much hope that&#044; provided the airport can develop&#044; we will be able to announce further recruitment activity in the near future&#046; Almost all our staff live locally and as strong supporters of the apprenticeship scheme at the airport we are looking forward to providing more high quality jobs for our growing workforce over the coming years&#046;&amp;rsquo&#059; 

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director of Southend Airport confirmed &amp;lsquo&#059;we try to work closely with our business partners to support their growth aspirations&#046; It is very pleasing in the current climate that organisations such as ATC Lasham continue to succeed in this international market place&#046;&amp;rsquo&#059; 

	ENDS 
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<title>Local Jobs Boost</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/local-jobs-boost/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	Southend Airport Recruitment Drive Takes Off 

	&amp;lsquo&#059;These sixty jobs are the first of many&amp;rsquo&#059; 

	Southend Airport has started to recruit the staff it needs to become a fully-functioning regional airport by 2012 and its boss promises this is just the beginning&#046; 

	In this wave of recruitment&#044; the airport is looking for people with a wide range of skills to fill approximately sixty new positions&#046; This follows a number of appointments for roles at the new Railway Station&#044; made in late 2010&#046; 

	Roles available include Fire Service and Operational Agents&#044; Passenger Service Agents&#044; Assistant Management Accountant&#044; Assistant Coffee Shop Supervisors&#044; Coffee Shop Assistants&#044; Flight Briefing Office&#047;Handling Agent&#044; Operational Duty Manager&#046; 

	Commenting on the new employment opportunities the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s Managing Director&#044; Alastair Welch said &quot;At last we are now beginning to see all the developments we have been planning starting to happen &amp;ndash&#059; the building of the new terminal&#044; the new Control Tower&#044; Railway Station and hotel - and so we now need to start recruiting&#046; This wave of recruitment is just the beginning of the local job creation&#046;&quot; 

	The vacancies offer people the opportunity to work within a unique environment with a fantastic team as part of the exciting development of Southend Airport&#046; Candidates need to be great with people&#044; work well in a team and under pressure&#044; reliable and have relevant experience&#046; 

	To find out more about the jobs and how to apply&#044; people should visit www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	5 January 2011 
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<title>London Southend Airport announces flights to Ireland</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/london-southend-airport-announces-flights-to-ireland/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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	London Southend Airport Announces Flights to Ireland 

	Aer Arann has announced that it is starting new&#044; regular passenger services from London Southend Airport to and from both Waterford and Galway in Ireland from 27 March 2011&#046; 

	Stobart Air &#040;owner of London Southend Airport and a division of Stobart Group&#041; Managing Director&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; says &quot;This is a significant milestone in London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s development &amp;ndash&#059; the first new daily passenger service since Stobart Group took ownership two years ago&#046; It also marks the completion of phase one of our transformation of the airport&#044; heralding exciting and busy times ahead&#046;&quot; 

	He added &quot;2011 is a very big year for London Southend&#044; with a new airport railway station now complete and gearing up to be fully operational in the coming weeks&#044; a new control tower also now ready&#044; construction of a new passenger terminal underway and work on the runway extension and new airport hotel due to start later this year&#046; This is the year London Southend Airport goes on the international air travel map as a fast&#044; friendly and hassle-free new gateway to London&#046; With the new railway station soon to be fully operational&#044; we will be about 50 minutes by train from Liverpool Street&#044; right in the heart of the City of London&#046;&quot; 

	Today&amp;rsquo&#059;s announcement from Aer Arann&#058; 

	Ireland On Your Doorstep 

	Aer Arann Launches London Southend Airport Routes Direct to Galway and Waterford 

	&#040;Monday January 31st 2011&#041; Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s regional airline Aer Arann today announced new direct scheduled services between London Southend Airport and two of Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s key business and tourism regions&#046; 

	From March Aer Arann will operate two daily return flights between London Southend Airport and Galway on Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s Atlantic west coast and Waterford&#044; the crystal city in Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s sunny south east&#046; 

	The people of Essex and Greater London will now have Ireland on their doorstep with convenient flight timings and direct access two of Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s most visited destinations&#046; 

	The new services will be the first to be operated into London Southend Airport by an Irish commercial airline and mark the opening of Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s new gateway to London and the English south east&#046; 

	From March 27th&#044; Aer Arann will operate direct flights&#044; twice a day&#044; morning and evening&#044; from both Galway and Waterford to London Southend Airport offering the fastest and most direct access from the two cities to central London&#046; 

	Direct flights will operate seven days per week from Waterford&#046; Flights from Galway will operate direct four days per week and on three days a week will operate via Waterford&#046; 

	The new routes between Ireland and London Southend Airport are expected to boost both business and tourism travel between the UK and both Galway and Waterford&#046; The two new flights per day open new links from Southend&#044; Essex and the greater London area to Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s regions offering fast&#044; convenient and cost effective travel that will provide a timely boost to the local economies&#046; 

	Aer Arann&amp;rsquo&#059;s services from London Southend Airport will provide passengers with a fast&#044; hassle-free route to Galway and Waterford perfect for both the business and leisure passenger&#046; 

	In turn passengers from Ireland will benefit from the convenience of a ten minute transfer from plane to train and frequent&#044; affordable trains to Liverpool Street Station operating from London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new train station&#046; 

	Commenting on the announcement Aer Arann&#044; Chief Executive&#044; Paul Sch&#252;tz said&#044; &quot;This is a very significant announcement for Aer Arann and we are delighted to team up with London Southend Airport to provide our customers with new flights between Ireland and the UK and particularly with central London&quot;&#046; 

	&quot;We are confident there will be strong demand for these services and that our customers will be very pleased when they experience the unique convenience and direct access to central London&#046; Likewise UK customers will have Ireland on their doorstep with direct access to Galway and Waterford and we look forward to the ongoing development of London Southend Airport and its potential to provide passengers from Ireland with excellent onward connections to Europe&quot;&#044; Mr&#046;Sch&#252;tz continued&#046; 

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director Stobart Air and London Southend Airport commented &quot;Aer Arann&amp;rsquo&#059;s announcement today marks a significant milestone in the development of London Southend Airport&#046; 2011 is a very big year for us with a new railway station and control tower now complete&#044; and a new passenger terminal&#044; runway extension and airport hotel also underway&quot;&#046; 

	&quot;This is the year London Southend Airport goes on the international air travel map as a fast&#044; friendly and hassle free new gateway to London and beyond&#046; With our new train station the journey from the airport into Liverpool Street &amp;ndash&#059; in the heart of the City of London &amp;ndash&#059; will take around 50 minutes&quot;&#046; 

	Aer Arann flights to London Southend go on sale from today&#044; 31 January and can be booked on www&#046;aerarann&#046;com&#046; With fares starting at just &amp;euro&#059;39&#046;99 one way including taxes&#046; 

	FLIGHT SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE 27 MARCH 2011 

	Morning Service &#058; Waterford Airport to London Southend Airport 

	Day Flight Depart Arrive Direct &#047; Via 

	Mo&#044;Th&#044;Fr&#044;Su RE 441 0730 0855 Direct 

	Tu&#044; We RE 401 0800 0925 Direct 

	Sa RE 401 0900 1025 Direct 

	Morning Service &#058; London Southend Airport to Waterford Airport 

	Day Flight Depart Arrive Direct &#047; Via 

	Mo&#044;Th&#044;Fr&#044;Su RE 442 0920 1100 Direct 

	Tu&#044;We RE 402 0950 1130 Direct 

	Sa RE 402 1050 1230 Direct 

	Evening Service &#058; Waterford Airport to London Southend Airport 

	Day Flight Depart Arrive Direct &#047; Via 

	Mo&#044;Th&#044;Fr&#044;Su RE 447 1855 2020 Direct 

	Tu&#044;We RE 407 1835 2000 Direct 

	Sa RE 407 1600 1725 Direct 

	Evening Service &#058; London Southend Airport to Waterford Airport 

	Day Flight Depart Arrive Direct &#047; Via 

	Mo&#044;Th&#044;Fr&#044;Su RE 448 2045 2225 Direct 

	Tu&#044;We RE 408 2025 2205 Direct 

	Sa RE 408 1750 1930 Direct 

	Morning Service &#058; Galway Airport to London Southend Airport 

	Day Flight Depart Arrive Direct &#047; Via 

	Mo&#044;Th&#044; Fr RE 401 0700 0850 Direct 

	Tu&#044;We RE 401 0700 0925 Waterford 

	Sa RE 401 0800 1025 Waterford 

	Su RE 401 0800 0950 Direct 

	Morning Service &#058; London Southend Airport &amp;ndash&#059; Galway Airport 

	Day Flight Depart Arrive Direct &#047; Via 

	Mo&#044;Th&#044;Fr RE 402 0915 1115 Direct 

	Tu&#044;We RE 402 0950 1230 Waterford 

	Sa RE 402 1050 1330 Waterford 

	Su RE 402 1015 1215 Direct 

	Evening Service &#058; Galway Airport &amp;ndash&#059; London Southend Airport 

	Day Flight Depart Arrive Direct &#047; Via 

	Mo&#044;Th&#044;Fr&#044;Su RE 407 1845 2035 Direct 

	Tu&#044;We RE 407 1735 2000 Waterford 

	Sa RE 407 1500 1725 Waterford 

	Evening Service &#058; London Southend Airport &amp;ndash&#059; Galway Airport 

	Day Flight Depart Arrive Direct &#047; Via 

	Mo&#044;Th&#044;Fr&#044;Su RE 408 2100 2300 Direct 

	Tu&#044;We RE 408 2025 2305 Waterford 

	Sa RE 408 1750 2030 Waterford 
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<title>New Control Tower Fully Operational</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-control-tower-fully-operational/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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	&quot;New control tower is another successful step forward&quot; 

	Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s brand new&#044; state of the art Control Tower is now fully operational&#046; 

	The original tower was erected in the 1960&amp;rsquo&#059;s and was only intended to be a temporary structure&#046; Its 32-metre high replacement has been equipped with the very latest technology and provides Air Traffic Controllers with greatly improved views of the runway &amp;ndash&#059; it also boasts conference and training facilities&#046; 

	Local and UK-based firms have been central to the &#163;3 million project&#044; with Romford&amp;rsquo&#059;s Readie Construction commissioned to undertake the principal build work&#044; whilst Surrey-based Systems Interface Ltd installed the electronic logistics systems&#046; Finally&#044; the Air Traffic Control team spent several months undertaking familiarisation and essential training in the new building&#046; 

	As part of the development of the airport and the expected increase in traffic&#044; recruitment is now underway for another Air Traffic Control Officer&#046; The airport offers a training programme for Air Traffic Controllers&#044; which usually sees staff joining as assistants prior to taking part in a 3-5 year development programme&#044; culminating in their becoming fully qualified radar controllers&#046; The airport has seven staff currently at varying stages of development programme&#044; with further staff scheduled to join soon&#046; 

	The airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s Managing Director&#044; Alastair Welch says &quot;The completion of the new control tower is another successful step forward in Stobart Air&amp;rsquo&#059;s investment and development programme to enhance the airport &amp;ndash&#059; along with the new terminal&#044; train station and forthcoming hotel&#046; It will not be long now before we are providing a whole range of opportunities for local people to fly to a range of holiday and business destinations across Europe&#046;&quot; 

	30 March 2011 
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<title>Runway give 'A Paws Up' to Airport Development</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/runway-give-a-paws-up-to-airport-development/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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	Runway Gives a Round of A-Paws to Airport Developments 

	Staff at London Southend Airport have been welcoming a very special guest &amp;ndash&#059; Runway the Guide Dog Puppy they sponsor&#046; 

	The Airport Charity Commitee raised &#163;5&#044;000 from a series of events over 18 months in order to sponsor the Labrador&#044; who is now 6-months old&#046; He is currently undergoing training before being placed with a young person in the local community&#046; 

	During his visit&#044; Runway met the Fire Crew&#044; Check-In&#044; Security and Coffee Shop staff before trotting over to visit the new Air Traffic Control Tower&#046; From the top&#044; he gave a big &amp;lsquo&#059;paws up&amp;rsquo&#059; to the panoramic view of the Southend area&#044; including the new Airport railway station and the Passenger Terminal&#044; which is currently under construction&#046; 

	Runways&amp;&#035;39&#059; Puppy Walkers are Margaret and Chris Atkins from Billericay&#046; They said &quot;We are really impressed with how easily accessible the facilities at London Southend Airport are for people with disabilities&#046;&quot; They added &quot;We have friends in Galway&#044; which is one of Aer Arran&amp;rsquo&#059;s new routes from the London Southend Airport&#046; As Guide Dogs are allowed to travel in the cabin of the aircraft&#044; we are really looking forward to taking Runway with us on our first flight to Galway&#046;&quot; 

	Airport Terminal Manager Anne Syrett says &quot;All the staff fell in love with Runway&#033; We are sure he will make a wonderful Guide Dog and companion once his training is completed&#046;&quot; 

	16 May 2011 
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<title>Flying to Europe just got easier from Southend</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/flying-to-europe-just-got-easier-from-southend/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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	Flying to Europe just got easier from Southend 

	EasyJet will start operating from London Southend Airport from April 2012&#044; with the creation of 150 new jobs&#046; 

	The 10-year partnership agreement between airport owners Stobart Group and the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest airline will see three A319 aircraft based at the Essex terminal in summer 2012&#046; 

	There will be 70 easyJet flights per week and passengers will have a choice of around ten different European destinations including Barcelona&#044; Faro and Ibiza&#046; Tickets will go on sale at the end of July&#046; 

	The new jobs will be a mixture of cabin crew&#044; pilots and ground staff&#046; 

	London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s Managing Director&#044; Alastair Welch says &quot;We are delighted to announce our partnership with easyJet&#044; servicing a comprehensive variety of routes into Europe and hot on the heels of other significant developments at London Southend&#046; This summer we open a dedicated railway station with up to eight services an hour to Stratford - site of the 2012 games&#044; and to London Liverpool Street&#046; A new state-of-the-art control tower is now operational&#059; work on our runway extension is underway&#044; as is a new terminal building to be completed this autumn&#046; A new hotel will open in 2012&#046;&quot; 

	He added &quot;As the operator of the newest fleet of any commercial airline in Europe&#044; easyJet operate a quieter and more environmentally friendly fleet&#046; Our target is to serve two million passengers a year&#044; and with 800&#044;000 easyJet passengers and a further 100&#044;000 Aer Arann and Flybe passengers&#044; we will be meeting almost half that target in year one&#046;&quot; 

	easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s Customer and Revenue Director Catherine Lynn says &quot;We are excited to be opening London Southend as easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s 20th base airport&#046; This is a unique opportunity to offer a world class customer experience&#044; with passengers able to get from the plane to the train in 15 minutes&#046; Through offering easy and affordable travel&#044; we expect the new routes to appeal to customers in Essex and London looking for a convenient new departure point for many top European destinations&#046; We also believe that the European city links will also attract a high number of inbound business and leisure passengers next year&#046;&quot; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	- Construction projects required to make London Southend this fully-functioning regional airport by 2012 are all on target to meet their completion dates&#046; By extending the runway&#044; the airport will be able to offer airlines operating commercial passenger services to a wide range of business and holiday destinations that it cannot currently be serve&#046; Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#046; www&#046;aerarann&#046;com 

	About Stobart Group 

	Stobart Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE250 &#040;LSE&#058;STOB&#041;&#046; Operating from over 40 sites across the UK and Europe&#044; Stobart Group is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics&#044; warehousing&#044; civil engineering&#044; rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors&#046; At the core of the Group is the Stobart Transport and Distribution division&#044; incorporating Eddie Stobart &amp;ndash&#059; the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totalling some 2&#044;250 tractor units and over six million square feet of warehousing&#046; Stobart Estates&#044; Stobart Infrastructure and Civils&#044; Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s corporate structure&#046; www&#046;stobartgroup&#046;co&#046;uk 

	About easyJet 

	easyJet operates Europe&amp;&#035;39&#059;s No&#046; 1 air transport network with a leading presence on Europe&amp;rsquo&#059;s top 100 routes and at Europe&amp;rsquo&#059;s 50 largest airports&#046; easyJet flies on more than 550 routes between 130 airports in 30 countries&#046; More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour&amp;rsquo&#059;s drive of an easyJet airport&#044; more than any other airline&#046; The airline takes sustainability seriously&#046; easyJet invests in the latest technology&#044; operates efficiently and fills most of its seats which means that an easyJet passenger&amp;rsquo&#059;s carbon footprint is 22&#037; less than a passenger on a traditional airline flying on the same route&#046; www&#046;easyjet&#046;com 

	16 June 2011 
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<title>Staff Travel Survey</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/staff-travel-survey/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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	Staff ideas to shape transport policy at Southend Airport 

	Finding sustainable transport solutions for the future growth of London Southend Airport was the motivation behind a prize-winning staff survey at the South Essex terminal&#046; 

	The Q&amp;A was designed to find out how employees currently travel to work and what changes they would like to see to make their journeys easier&#046; 

	Southend Airport is already home to a wide range of aviation companies&#044; airlines and operators&#044; with over 1300 people employed across the site&#046; However&#044; as the airport develops this number is expected to grow&#044; to meet the demands of an anticipated 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; 

	The survey proved that people working at Southend Airport are predominately local - 89&#037; of people who took part live within the Southend &#040;SS postcode&#041; area&#046; Approximately 77&#037; of the respondents said that their journey to work took less than 30 minutes &amp;ndash&#059; 38&#037; said the journey time was less than 15 minutes&#046; 65&#037; of them travel alone by car to work - which is a lower percentage than Stansted Airport workers using this method of transport &#040;71&#037;&#041;&#046; More people are now sharing their car journeys or using a motorcycle to travel work than they were in 2006&#044; when the survey last took place&#046; Many staff also commented that if there was a direct bus route to the airport&#044; or better facilities for cyclists&#044; they would leave their cars at home&#046; 

	The final question asked what would make the journey to and from work easier&#046; From the many suggestions&#044; a new link from Aviation Way to Cherry Orchard Way&#044; better roads&#044; cycle ways and footpaths were innovative solutions put forward&#046; The most popular idea put forward was staggered leaving times&#046; 

	Jo Marchetti&#044; Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s Community Affairs co-ordinator says &quot;We&amp;rsquo&#059;re really grateful to everybody who took the time to do the survey&#044; as it means we now have a solid set of information to use when planning for the future&#046; As we grow&#044; both current and new staff will benefit from transport improvements and hopefully it will also help us to make travel to the Airport more sustainable&#046;&quot; 

	12 April 2011 
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<title>Chris Grayling, MP Meets New Airport Recruits</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/chris-grayling-mp-meets-new-airport-recruits/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	LONDON SOUTHEND AIRPORT 

	MEDIA INFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

	CHRIS GRAYLING MP&#044; MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT&#044; MEETS NEW AIRPORT RECRUITS AT LONDON SOUTHEND 

	&amp;&#035;61623&#059; 500 new jobs created by Summer 2012&#058; 

	&amp;&#035;61623&#059; 150 easyJet jobs from 2012 

	&amp;&#035;61623&#059; 350 additional positions in airport operations and associated passenger support areas 

	London Southend Airport&#044; 15 July 2011 &amp;ndash&#059; Chris Grayling MP&#044; Minister for Employment&#044; joined local MPs James Duddridge and Mark Francois at London Southend today to meet new recruits to the airport&#046; 

	He was also met by the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s managing director&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; and easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s customer and revenue director&#044; Catherine Lynn during a tour of the extensive programme of re-development under airport owners&#044; Stobart Group&#046; 

	A state-of-the-art new control tower is now operational&#044; a new terminal building is under construction&#044; a new train station is now ready &#040;with up to eight services an hour into Stratford &#091;2012 Olympics venue and approx 40mins&#093; and Liverpool Street &#091;approx 50mins&#093;&#044; a 300m extension to the runway for larger&#044; longer-distance aircraft is also underway and construction work on a new airport hotel is scheduled to start later this year&#046; 

	With this major redevelopment come significant new employment opportunities&#044; with some 50 new recruits already taken on to service a revitalised London Southend Airport&#044; with many more to come in the next 12 months&#046; 

	The new recruits who met with Chris Grayling MP today came from a variety of airport functions&#044; from the airport fire service to air traffic control&#044; check-in desk staff to easyJet cabin crew&#046; 

	Chris Grayling MP said&#058; &quot;This is a fantastic and progressive project serving the South East and Greater London with what is essentially a brand new airport that will bring many exciting opportunities to the region&#046; Significant new job opportunities and broader potential across business&#044; tourism and international prospects will result from this redevelopment&#044; and it was a pleasure to meet some of the enthusiastic first beneficiaries of the project today&#046;&quot; 

	Alastair Welch said&#058; &quot;Already&#044; the airport site employs nearly 1&#044;500 people from the area and this is set to grow substantially in the coming months as our 

	redevelopment plans continue&#046; easyJet announced 150 jobs as part of their new partnership with London Southend&#044; and as these flights commence in 2012 and significantly increase our passenger numbers&#044; further significant opportunities will be created across the airport&#046;&quot; 

	He added&#058; &quot;With our various developments completed in the coming months&#044; and the London Olympics just over a year away&#044; these are truly exciting times for the whole region and beyond &amp;ndash&#059; not only in terms of a new choice of airport but in the wider impacts of regeneration in the area&#046;&quot; 

	London Southend Airport recently announced a ten-year agreement with easyJet for flights to ten new destinations&#044; with passenger numbers projected to reach up to two million per year&#046; easyJet flights from London Southend start on 2 April 2012&#044; with tickets on sale later this month&#046; In addition&#044; the airport is home to a wide range of aviation related businesses&#044; with some 1500 people employed across the site&#046; 

	ENDS 

	About London Southend Airport 

	London Southend Airport is a long-established regional airport for South East Essex and is the Eastern Gateway to London&#046; A new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford &#040;for Docklands and Canary Wharf&#041; and to central London&amp;rsquo&#059;s Liverpool Street Station will provide passengers with faster door-to-door times inbound to London than most other London airports - and at lower costs&#046; 

	Construction projects required to make London Southend a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are all on target to meet their completion dates&#046; 

	Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months and passengers will be able access the train station in just a few minutes via a covered walkway&#046; 

	www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	About Stobart Group 

	Stobart Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE250 &#040;LSE&#058;STOB&#041;&#046; Operating from over 40 sites across the UK and Europe&#044; Stobart Group is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics&#044; warehousing&#044; civil engineering&#044; rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors&#046; At the core of the Group is the Stobart Transport and Distribution division&#044; incorporating Eddie Stobart &amp;ndash&#059; the iconic name behind a road haulage fleet totalling some 2&#044;250 tractor units and over six million square feet of warehousing&#046; Stobart Estates&#044; Stobart Infrastructure and Civils&#044; Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s corporate structure&#046; 

	www&#046;stobartgroup&#046;co&#046;uk 

	About easyJet easyJet operates Europe&amp;&#035;39&#059;s No&#046; 1 air transport network with a leading presence on Europe&amp;rsquo&#059;s top 100 routes and at Europe&amp;rsquo&#059;s 50 largest airports&#046; easyJet flies on more than 550 routes between 130 airports in 30 countries&#046; More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour&amp;rsquo&#059;s drive of an easyJet airport&#044; more than any other airline&#046; 

	The airline takes sustainability seriously&#046; easyJet invests in the latest technology&#044; operates efficiently and fills most of its seats which means that an easyJet passenger&amp;rsquo&#059;s carbon footprint is 22&#037; less than a passenger on a traditional airline flying on the same route&#046; www&#046;easyjet&#046;com 

	Further information&#058; 

	James Andrew 07772 534 985 james&#064;influenceltd&#046;com 
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<title>Air Traffic Control Tower officially opened</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/air-traffic-control-tower-officially-opened/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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	LONDON SOUTHEND AIRPORT 

	MEDIA INFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

	NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER OFFICIALLY OPENED 

	London Southend Airport&#044; 18 July 2011 &amp;ndash&#059; Minister for the Thames Gateway&#044; Bob Neill MP&#044; visited London Southend today&#044; to officially open the first of the airport&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s completed new development projects &amp;ndash&#059; an all-new state-of-the-art air traffic control tower&#046; 

	Operational since March this year&#044; the control tower marks the first completed project in an impressive portfolio of developments at London Southend Airport&#044; including a new dedicated train station&#044; new terminal building&#044; runway extension and a new hotel&#046; 

	The tower is 26 metres tall and contains an approach radar control room in addition to the visual control room at the top of the building&#046; This &amp;bdquo&#059;cab&amp;&#035;8223&#059; offers panoramic views of the airfield and wider Thames Gateway area&#044; with air traffic controllers able to see up to 20 miles on a clear day&#044; with radar coverage over a far wider area&#046; To coincide with the construction of the new building&#044; there have also been significant changes made to airfield instruments and control systems in preparation of future growth at the airport&#046; 

	The Minister was shown around the tower by members of the air traffic control team &amp;ndash&#059; who provide a service to pilots flying through the area in addition to those using the airport&#044; 24 hours a day&#044; seven days a week&#046; 

	Bob Neill MP said&#058; &quot;Today London Southend Airport has taken another important step in its expansion with the official opening of its new&#044; state-of-the-art control tower - the newest in the UK&#046; I&amp;&#035;39&#059;ve seen for myself the excellent work the airport is doing to employ and train local talent and their plans over the next year will see 500 more jobs created&#046; It&amp;&#035;39&#059;s great to see how committed Stobart and easyJet are to fulfilling the potential of the airport and the Thames Gateway&#046;&quot; 

	He added&#058; &quot;Its wonderful that today I will be able to leave the airport by train&#046; With its dedicated station running services into London via Stratford for the first time it&amp;&#035;39&#059;s clear that London Southend Airport will be an absolutely essential transport hub for the Olympic Games&#046; And its potential goes way beyond London 2012&#058; this growing airport will create many thousands of new jobs across Essex over the coming years&#044; improve the Thames Gateway&amp;&#035;39&#059;s international connectivity and deliver economic growth for local people and businesses&#046;&quot; 

	Airport managing director Alastair Welch&#044; said&#058; &quot;We are very pleased to welcome the Minister to the airport&#044; to officially open the new control tower 

	building&#046; The contrast with the previous facility reflects the very significant investment that new owners Stobart Group have brought since their purchase of the airport in late 2008&#046; With investment in the new railway station&#044; terminal&#044; runway extension and hotel&#044; we are proud to be playing a key part in the regeneration of the local area and the wider Thames Gateway&#046;&quot; 

	Stobart Group CEO&#044; Andrew Tinkler&#044; added&#058; &quot;Today marks the start of a new era of modern facilities and cutting edge equipment here at the fast-developing London Southend Airport&#046; It supports both our strategy as a Group to develop the airport as a fast and friendly gateway serving the South East and London&#044; and also will support the airport as we embark on marked growth in flights and passenger numbers&#046; Our target is to achieve two million passengers per year&#044; and the new control tower forms a fundamental part of this strategy&#046;&quot; 

	In addition to the major redevelopment of the airport under the ownership of Stobart Group&#044; which include the new train station &amp;ndash&#059; operational as of today 

	with up to eight services an hour into Stratford &#040;approx 40mins and home to the 2012 London Olympics&#041; and Liverpool Street &#040;approx 50mins&#041; &amp;ndash&#059; London Southend recently announced a partnership with easyJet&#046; 

	easyJet&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s commercial manager&#044; Hugh Aitken&#044; said&#058; &quot;The start of services from the airport train station today is another important step in establishing London Southend as the South-East&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s new fast and efficient gateway&#046; Combined with the new Control Tower officially opened today&#044; the airport is fast becoming the UK&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s most modern airport with the best in facilities for both the industry and passengers alike&#046; We&amp;&#035;8223&#059;re very much looking forward to our tickets going on sale later this month and beginning our first flights from April next year&#046;&quot; 

	As part of the ten-year agreement with easyJet&#044; flights to a host of new destinations will commence in April 2012&#044; including Barcelona&#044; Faro and Ibiza&#044; and three A319 aircraft as well as 150 airline employees will be based at the airport&#046; 800&#044;000 passengers are expected to fly in the first year&#044; with easyJet tickets from London Southend going on sale later this month&#046; 

	This comes on top of flights that currently operate to Jersey&#044; Waterford and Galway with Flybe and Aer Arann&#046; The additional passenger flights will lead to a further 350 new jobs on the ground at the airport over the next year&#046; 

	The airport is also home to a wide range of aviation companies&#044; other airlines and operators&#044; with almost 1&#044;500 people already employed across the site &amp;ndash&#059; a number that will rise towards 2&#044;000 over the next year&#046; 

	ENDS 

	About London Southend Airport 

	London Southend Airport is a long-established regional airport for South East Essex and is the Eastern Gateway to London&#046; A new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford &#040;for Docklands and Canary Wharf&#041; and 

	to central London&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s Liverpool Street Station will provide passengers with faster door-to-door times inbound to London than most other London airports - and at lower costs&#046; 

	Construction projects required to make London Southend a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are all on target to meet their completion dates&#046; 

	Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	London Southend Airport&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months and passengers will be able access the train station in just a few minutes via a covered walkway&#046; 

	www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	About Stobart Group 

	Stobart Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE250 &#040;LSE&#058;STOB&#041;&#046; Operating from over 40 sites across the UK and Europe&#044; Stobart Group is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics&#044; warehousing&#044; civil engineering&#044; rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors&#046; At the core of the Group is the Stobart Transport and Distribution division&#044; incorporating Eddie Stobart &amp;ndash&#059; the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totalling some 2&#044;250 tractor units and over six million square feet of warehousing&#046; Stobart Estates&#044; Stobart Infrastructure and Civils&#044; Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s corporate structure&#046; 

	www&#046;stobartgroup&#046;co&#046;uk 

	About easyJet easyJet operates Europe&amp;&#035;39&#059;s No&#046; 1 air transport network with a leading presence on Europe&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s top 100 routes and at Europe&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s 50 largest airports&#046; easyJet flies on more than 550 routes between 130 airports in 30 countries&#046; More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s drive of an easyJet airport&#044; more than any other airline&#046; 

	The airline takes sustainability seriously&#046; easyJet invests in the latest technology&#044; operates efficiently and fills most of its seats which means that an easyJet passenger&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s carbon footprint is 22&#037; less than a passenger on a traditional airline flying on the same route&#046; www&#046;easyjet&#046;com 

	Further information&#058; 

	James Andrew 07772 534 985 james&#064;influenceltd&#046;com 
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<title>NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER OFFICIALLY OPENED</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-state-of-the-art-air-traffic-control-tower-officially-opened/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	LONDON SOUTHEND AIRPORT 

	MEDIA INFORMATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

	NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER OFFICIALLY OPENED 

	London Southend Airport&#044; 18 July 2011 &amp;ndash&#059; Minister for the Thames Gateway&#044; Bob Neill MP&#044; visited London Southend today&#044; to officially open the first of the airport&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s completed new development projects &amp;ndash&#059; an all-new state-of-the-art air traffic control tower&#046; 

	Operational since March this year&#044; the control tower marks the first completed project in an impressive portfolio of developments at London Southend Airport&#044; including a new dedicated train station&#044; new terminal building&#044; runway extension and a new hotel&#046; 

	The tower is 26 metres tall and contains an approach radar control room in addition to the visual control room at the top of the building&#046; This &amp;bdquo&#059;cab&amp;&#035;8223&#059; offers panoramic views of the airfield and wider Thames Gateway area&#044; with air traffic controllers able to see up to 20 miles on a clear day&#044; with radar coverage over a far wider area&#046; To coincide with the construction of the new building&#044; there have also been significant changes made to airfield instruments and control systems in preparation of future growth at the airport&#046; 

	The Minister was shown around the tower by members of the air traffic control team &amp;ndash&#059; who provide a service to pilots flying through the area in addition to those using the airport&#044; 24 hours a day&#044; seven days a week&#046; 

	Bob Neill MP said&#058; &quot;Today London Southend Airport has taken another important step in its expansion with the official opening of its new&#044; state-of-the-art control tower - the newest in the UK&#046; I&amp;&#035;39&#059;ve seen for myself the excellent work the airport is doing to employ and train local talent and their plans over the next year will see 500 more jobs created&#046; It&amp;&#035;39&#059;s great to see how committed Stobart and easyJet are to fulfilling the potential of the airport and the Thames Gateway&#046;&quot; 

	He added&#058; &quot;Its wonderful that today I will be able to leave the airport by train&#046; With its dedicated station running services into London via Stratford for the first time it&amp;&#035;39&#059;s clear that London Southend Airport will be an absolutely essential transport hub for the Olympic Games&#046; And its potential goes way beyond London 2012&#058; this growing airport will create many thousands of new jobs across Essex over the coming years&#044; improve the Thames Gateway&amp;&#035;39&#059;s international connectivity and deliver economic growth for local people and businesses&#046;&quot; 

	Airport managing director Alastair Welch&#044; said&#058; &quot;We are very pleased to welcome the Minister to the airport&#044; to officially open the new control tower 

	building&#046; The contrast with the previous facility reflects the very significant investment that new owners Stobart Group have brought since their purchase of the airport in late 2008&#046; With investment in the new railway station&#044; terminal&#044; runway extension and hotel&#044; we are proud to be playing a key part in the regeneration of the local area and the wider Thames Gateway&#046;&quot; 

	Stobart Group CEO&#044; Andrew Tinkler&#044; added&#058; &quot;Today marks the start of a new era of modern facilities and cutting edge equipment here at the fast-developing London Southend Airport&#046; It supports both our strategy as a Group to develop the airport as a fast and friendly gateway serving the South East and London&#044; and also will support the airport as we embark on marked growth in flights and passenger numbers&#046; Our target is to achieve two million passengers per year&#044; and the new control tower forms a fundamental part of this strategy&#046;&quot; 

	In addition to the major redevelopment of the airport under the ownership of Stobart Group&#044; which include the new train station &amp;ndash&#059; operational as of today 

	with up to eight services an hour into Stratford &#040;approx 40mins and home to the 2012 London Olympics&#041; and Liverpool Street &#040;approx 50mins&#041; &amp;ndash&#059; London Southend recently announced a partnership with easyJet&#046; 

	easyJet&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s commercial manager&#044; Hugh Aitken&#044; said&#058; &quot;The start of services from the airport train station today is another important step in establishing London Southend as the South-East&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s new fast and efficient gateway&#046; Combined with the new Control Tower officially opened today&#044; the airport is fast becoming the UK&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s most modern airport with the best in facilities for both the industry and passengers alike&#046; We&amp;&#035;8223&#059;re very much looking forward to our tickets going on sale later this month and beginning our first flights from April next year&#046;&quot; 

	As part of the ten-year agreement with easyJet&#044; flights to a host of new destinations will commence in April 2012&#044; including Barcelona&#044; Faro and Ibiza&#044; and three A319 aircraft as well as 150 airline employees will be based at the airport&#046; 800&#044;000 passengers are expected to fly in the first year&#044; with easyJet tickets from London Southend going on sale later this month&#046; 

	This comes on top of flights that currently operate to Jersey&#044; Waterford and Galway with Flybe and Aer Arann&#046; The additional passenger flights will lead to a further 350 new jobs on the ground at the airport over the next year&#046; 

	The airport is also home to a wide range of aviation companies&#044; other airlines and operators&#044; with almost 1&#044;500 people already employed across the site &amp;ndash&#059; a number that will rise towards 2&#044;000 over the next year&#046; 

	ENDS 

	About London Southend Airport 

	London Southend Airport is a long-established regional airport for South East Essex and is the Eastern Gateway to London&#046; A new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford &#040;for Docklands and Canary Wharf&#041; and 

	to central London&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s Liverpool Street Station will provide passengers with faster door-to-door times inbound to London than most other London airports - and at lower costs&#046; 

	Construction projects required to make London Southend a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are all on target to meet their completion dates&#046; 

	Find out more at www&#046;flysouthend2012&#046;com 

	London Southend Airport&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months and passengers will be able access the train station in just a few minutes via a covered walkway&#046; 

	www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	About Stobart Group 

	Stobart Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE250 &#040;LSE&#058;STOB&#041;&#046; Operating from over 40 sites across the UK and Europe&#044; Stobart Group is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics&#044; warehousing&#044; civil engineering&#044; rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors&#046; At the core of the Group is the Stobart Transport and Distribution division&#044; incorporating Eddie Stobart &amp;ndash&#059; the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totalling some 2&#044;250 tractor units and over six million square feet of warehousing&#046; Stobart Estates&#044; Stobart Infrastructure and Civils&#044; Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s corporate structure&#046; 

	www&#046;stobartgroup&#046;co&#046;uk 

	About easyJet easyJet operates Europe&amp;&#035;39&#059;s No&#046; 1 air transport network with a leading presence on Europe&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s top 100 routes and at Europe&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s 50 largest airports&#046; easyJet flies on more than 550 routes between 130 airports in 30 countries&#046; More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s drive of an easyJet airport&#044; more than any other airline&#046; 

	The airline takes sustainability seriously&#046; easyJet invests in the latest technology&#044; operates efficiently and fills most of its seats which means that an easyJet passenger&amp;&#035;8223&#059;s carbon footprint is 22&#037; less than a passenger on a traditional airline flying on the same route&#046; www&#046;easyjet&#046;com 

	Further information&#058; 

	James Andrew 07772 534 985 james&#064;influenceltd&#046;com 
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<title>Southend Airport Hotel</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/southend-airport-hotel/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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	A Vroom with a View 

	Building work starts this week &#040;w&#047;c 25 July 2011&#041; on a brand new&#044; 4-star hotel located at London Southend Airport&#046; 

	The striking 129-bedroom venue will be sited on land adjacent to the Harp House Roundabout and provide high quality facilities for airport passengers as well as local business users and restaurant diners&#046; 

	The &#163;10 million project is set for completion by summer 2012&#044; in time for the Olympics&#046; 

	The five-storey building will feature a restaurant and exclusive private dining room on the top floor&#044; in which guests can enjoy stunning panoramic views of the airport&#046; There will also be state-of-the-art conference facilities&#046; 

	In order to accommodate all types of guests&#044; the 129-bedrooms will include 14 Executive rooms&#044; plus 4 suites &amp;ndash&#059; with spectacular scenic views of the airport - on the 4th floor&#046; 

	The Managing Director of London Southend Airport&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; says &quot;High quality and convenient hotel facilities are an essential ingredient of successful regional airports and an important part of our plans to modernise London Southend airport&#046; This hotel will greatly improve facilities for passengers&#044; as well pilots and flight crew using the airport&#044; whilst also becoming an exciting new venue and resource for local businesses and people&#046; We hope that they will make use of the facilities&#044; particularly the restaurant&#046; Our vision is to make this one of the top places to eat in the region&#046;&quot; 

	Building firm Willmott Dixon will carry out the construction and its Hotel Sector Manager Tim Wheeldon believes the development is symbolic of the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s continued renaissance&#058; &quot;This hotel represents a considerable investment and reinforces Stobart Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s plans to develop the airport into a striking and modern new facility&#046; We are working to a tight programme with completion scheduled before the Olympics&#044; and we will be utilising local labour and suppliers&#044; as and when we can&#044; during the build and fit out process&#046;&quot; 

	He adds&#058; &quot;We are experienced hotel contractors and this&#044; along with a healthy pipeline of additional work&#044; underlines our ongoing commitment to the hotel industry&#046; We are pleased to be working with the Stobart Group in developing this quality 4 star hotel&#046;&quot; 

	Both the manager and the brand of the hotel will be announced in due course&#046; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	London Southend Airport 

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is a new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford and to central London&amp;rsquo&#059;s Liverpool Street Station&#046; London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily 

	return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; Find out more at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	Willmott Dixon Group 

	Willmott Dixon Group is the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s second largest privately-owned construction&#044; regeneration and support services companies&#044; engaged on numerous government and private sector frameworks delivering capital projects in education&#044; justice&#044; commercial office&#044; retail&#044; healthcare and social housing&#046; The company&amp;&#035;39&#059;s focus on being a low carbon&#044; sustainable business includes a commitment to send zero waste to landfill and be a carbon neutral business by 2012&#044; which is being delivered through the company&amp;rsquo&#059;s &amp;lsquo&#059;Everyone Plays A Part&amp;rsquo&#059; campaign&#046; It has appeared in the 2010 Sunday Times Green Companies list for the past three years&#044; an important benchmark for current performance and for encouraging year-on-year improvement&#046; www&#046;willmottdixongroup&#046;co&#046;uk 

	Stobart Group 

	Stobart Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE250 &#040;LSE&#058;STOB&#041;&#046; Operating from over 40 sites across the UK and Europe&#044; Stobart Group is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics&#044; warehousing&#044; civil engineering&#044; rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors&#046; At the core of the Group is the Stobart Transport and Distribution division&#044; incorporating Eddie Stobart &amp;ndash&#059; the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totalling some 2&#044;250 tractor units and over six million square feet of warehousing&#046; Stobart Estates&#044; Stobart Infrastructure and Civils&#044; Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s corporate structure&#046;www&#046;stobartgroup&#046;co&#046;uk 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	For London Southend Airport - Tracy Jones at Brera on 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com &#047; www&#046;brera-london&#046;com 

	For Willmott Dixon &amp;ndash&#059; Andrew Geldard on 01462 671852 &#047; Andrew&#046;Geldard&#064;willmottdixon&#046;co&#046;uk &#047; www&#046;willmottdixongroup&#046;co&#046;uk 

	27 July 2011 
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<title>Hotel Operator Announced</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/hotel-operator-announced/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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	New Airport Hotel to be a Holiday Inn 

	The brand new 4-star hotel located at London Southend Airport is to be a Holiday Inn&#046; 

	Building work recently got underway &#040;w&#047;c 25 July&#041; on the &#163;10 million project sited on land adjacent to the Harp House Roundabout 

	The striking 129-bedroom hotel is the latest addition to the world-famous chain&amp;rsquo&#059;s portfolio and will be completed in time for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games&#046; 

	The new Holiday Inn Southend Airport will feature a variety of spacious twin&#044; double and executive rooms&#044; plus luxurious suites&#046; 

	In a first for Holiday Inn in the UK&#044; the five-storey hotel will also have a magnificent&#044; fully sound-proofed rooftop bar and restaurant&#046; It will be able to seat over one hundred customers&#044; as they gaze out at the spectacular&#044; panoramic views of the airport and surrounding area&#046; 

	Holiday Inn Southend Airport will also offer a variety of conference and banqueting facilities&#044; plus a choice of meeting rooms&#046; 

	Holiday Inn is the world&amp;rsquo&#059;s best known hotel brand&#046; There are 240 hotels from the Holiday Inn brand family open in the UK with a further 19 due to open in the next few years&#046; Holiday Inn is part of InterContinental Hotels Group &#040;IHG&#041; family of brands&#046; Angela Brav&#044; IHG&amp;rsquo&#059;s Chief Executive&#044; Europe says&#044; &quot;The new Holiday Inn Southend Airport will provide a great welcome for guests using the airport&#046; Bringing Holiday Inn to this key location is a testament to the strength of our brands and we look forward to opening our doors to visitors to the Games ahead of London 2012&#046;&quot; 

	Chardon Management&#044; the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s leading independent hotel management firm&#044; has been appointed to run the venue for Stobart&#046; The company&amp;rsquo&#059;s Managing Director Robert Crook says &amp;lsquo&#059;&amp;rsquo&#059;We are delighted to have been entrusted with the day to day operations of the new hotel&#044; and we look forward to working alongside the Stobart Group on this exciting new project&#046; It&amp;rsquo&#059;s a great opportunity and the hotel and Holiday Inn brand will complement beautifully the growth plans of the airport&#046;&amp;rsquo&#059;&amp;rsquo&#059; 

	The Managing Director of London Southend Airport&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; says &quot;I am delighted to be working with Holiday Inn&#044; which is also the Official Hotel Provider to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games&#044; and Chardon Management&#046; This hotel is a key part of Stobart&amp;rsquo&#059;s plans to modernise London Southend airport&#044; with superior quality and convenience both being vital ingredients to its success&#046; I am confident that Holiday Inn and Chardon will deliver both&#046; This hotel will hugely improve facilities for passengers and flight crew using the airport&#044; whilst also becoming an exciting new resource for local businesses&#046; I believe the new restaurant will become a destination venue for the community and people travelling from outside the town&#046;&quot; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	London Southend Airport 

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is a new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford and to central London&amp;rsquo&#059;s Liverpool Street Station&#046; London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; Find out more at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	Stobart Group 

	Stobart Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE250 &#040;LSE&#058;STOB&#041;&#046; Operating from over 40 sites across the UK and Europe&#044; Stobart Group is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics&#044; warehousing&#044; civil engineering&#044; rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors&#046; At the core of the Group is the Stobart Transport and Distribution division&#044; incorporating Eddie Stobart &amp;ndash&#059; the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totalling some 2&#044;250 tractor units and over six million square feet of warehousing&#046; Stobart Estates&#044; Stobart Infrastructure and Civils&#044; Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s corporate structure&#046;www&#046;stobartgroup&#046;co&#046;uk 

	IHG 

	IHG &#040;InterContinental Hotels Group&#041; &#091;LON&#058;IHG&#044; NYSE&#058;IHG &#040;ADRs&#041;&#093; is a global company operating seven well-known hotel brands including InterContinental&#174; Hotels &amp; Resorts&#044; Hotel Indigo&#174;&#044; Crowne Plaza&#174; Hotels &amp;Resorts&#044; Holiday Inn&#174; Hotels and Resorts&#044; Holiday Inn Express&#174;&#044; Staybridge Suites&#174; and Candlewood Suites&#174; &#046; IHG also manages Priority Club&#174; Rewards&#044; the world&amp;rsquo&#059;s first and largest hotel loyalty programme with almost 60 million members worldwide&#046; 

	IHG is the world&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest hotel group by number of rooms and IHG franchises&#044; leases&#044; manages or owns&#044; through various subsidiaries&#044; a portfolio of over 4&#044;400 hotels and more than 656&#044;000 guest rooms in 100 countries and territories around the world&#046; IHG has more than 1&#044;100 hotels in its development pipeline and expects to recruit around 160&#044;000 people worldwide over the next few years&#046; InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales&#046; 

	IHG offers information and online reservations for all its hotel brands at http&#058;&#047;&#047;www&#046;ihg&#046;com and information for the Priority Club Rewards programme at www&#046;priorityclub&#046;com&#046; For our latest news visit www&#046;ihg&#046;com&#047;media&#044; Twitter www&#046;twitter&#046;com&#047;ihgplc or YouTube http&#058;&#047;&#047;www&#046;youtube&#046;com&#047;ihgplc&#046; 

	Chardon Management 

	Founded in 1998&#044; Chardon&#044; which has offices in London and Glasgow&#044; has firmly established itself as expert s within the growing market of outsourced hotel management&#046; 

	The company currently oversees almost 35 hotels across the UK and Ireland&#044; which employ close to 2000 staff&#046; 

	The company has a wealth of experience in dealing with the interests of larger investors including Starwood Capital&#044; for whom Chardon manage a portfolio of UK hotel properties&#044; as well as operating for various other development funds&#046; In addition&#044; they work with a range of clients who own individual hotels including the City Hotel Derry&#044; Marks Hotel-Glasgow&#044; Doubletree by Hilton Milton Keynes&#044; Hotel Indigo Glasgow and the new Drayton Manor Theme Park Hotel &#040;open from 15 August 2011&#041;&#046; 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	For London Southend Airport - Tracy Jones at Brera PR&#044; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com 

	For Chardon Management -Mary-Jo Devlin at Emjay PR&#044; 07795 346970 &#047; mary-jo&#064;emjaypr&#046;co&#046;uk 

	For Holiday Inn &amp;ndash&#059; Eleanor Conroy at IHG PR 07736 746466&#047;Eleanor&#046;conroy&#064;ihg&#046;com 

	10 August 2011 
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<title>Southend Airport Road Opens</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/southend-airport-road-opens/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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	Southend Airport Road Opens 

	New route opens to the public on 1 September 2011 

	Linking Eastwoodbury Lane and Nestuda Way&#044; the thoroughfare has been constructed to facilitate the stopping-up of a section of Eastwoodbury Lane and the extension of London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s existing runway&#046; 

	When complete&#044; the new runway will allow the airport to accommodate modern&#044; fuel efficient aircraft and operate passenger services to destinations across Europe&#059; including easyJet routes to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#044; in addition to the current services with Aer Arran to Ireland&#046; 

	The new route which diverts the course of Eastwoodbury Lane has been constructed by the airport operator&amp;rsquo&#059;s sister company Stobart Rail&#046; Work started in February 2011 and has just been completed on schedule&#046; 

	The construction has cost London Southend Airport over &#163;5 million&#046; 

	The new route was carefully chosen and designed to minimise impact on St Laurence Park&#046; A new children&amp;rsquo&#059;s play area has been constructed &amp;ndash&#059; including &#163;800k of state-of-the-art play equipment - and a new wildflower meadow has been installed&#046; The park is now over a hectare larger than before&#046; 

	Two new bus stops - including shelters - for the Number 9 Arriva bus service have been installed at the Nestuda Way end of the new road&#044; in order to improve access to Tesco and the Royal Bank of Scotland offices&#046; 

	New foot and cycle paths also run parallel to &amp;ndash&#059; but separate from - the road&#044; in order to improve safety&#046; 

	The Managing Director of London Southend Airport&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; says&#058; &quot;This new road and the subsequent runway extension is one of the final pieces of the jigsaw required to allow the airport to become a fully functional regional airport in time for the 2012 Olympics&#046; This opportunity for South Essex to boast a modern&#044; efficient regional airport - and the significant investment this will bring to the area - is unique&#044; so it is great to see the all developments required to make this happen now taking place&#046;&quot; 

	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council&amp;rsquo&#059;s Executive Councillor for Public Protection&#044; Waste and Transport&#044; Councillor Tony Cox says &quot;We welcome this major milestone in the progress towards expanding London Southend Airport&#046; The road heralds the next step in the Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s development&#044; which in turn gives the green light to greater regeneration opportunities for Southend&#044; and for the region&#046;&quot; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	London Southend Airport 

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is a new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford and to central London&amp;rsquo&#059;s Liverpool Street Station&#046; London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to 

	Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; Find out more at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	Stobart Group 

	Stobart Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE250 &#040;LSE&#058;STOB&#041;&#046; Operating from over 40 sites across the UK and Europe&#044; Stobart Group is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics&#044; warehousing&#044; civil engineering&#044; rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors&#046; At the core of the Group is the Stobart Transport and Distribution division&#044; incorporating Eddie Stobart &amp;ndash&#059; the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totalling some 2&#044;250 tractor units and over six million square feet of warehousing&#046; Stobart Estates&#044; Stobart Infrastructure and Civils&#044; Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s corporate structure&#046;www&#046;stobartgroup&#046;co&#046;uk 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	Tracy Jones at Brera PR&#044; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com &#047; www&#046;brera-london&#046;com 

	1 September 2011 
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<title>Private Hire Partnership Announced</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/private-hire-partnership-announced/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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	London Southend Airport Announces Taxi Partnership 

	London Southend Airport has selected Andrews Taxis to supply the private hire cars for the regenerated airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s customers and will create around 30 new jobs as a direct result&#046; 

	The Southend and Rochford-based firm - established for over 65 years and operating more than 100 taxis and private hire vehicles - beat off stiff competition from other local businesses and large&#044; national companies to win the tender&#046; 

	The 30 brand new roles will be for drivers&#044; controllers and administrative staff&#046; 

	Andrews&amp;rsquo&#059; fleet of vehicles will be composed of new Ford S-Max people carriers and branded &amp;lsquo&#059;Andrews Airport Cars&amp;rsquo&#059;&#046; They will be driven by uniformed staff&#044; trained to high customer service levels&#046; This service will start early in the New Year&#046; 

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says&#058; &quot;We were very impressed with the tender that Andrews put together and are convinced they will offer an excellent service to our staff and visitors&#046; For us&#044; it was incredibly important to use a local business - rather than resort to the tried and tested route of using national suppliers for this service &amp;ndash&#059; in order to again demonstrate our commitment to helping the local economy&#046;&quot; 

	Andrews Taxis Managing Director John Watson is justifiably pleased&#058; &quot;We are delighted to partnering London Southend Airport in this exciting new venture&#044; and we are particularly proud that our tender has withstood the test of all the national operators and will ultimately bring new jobs and additional prosperity to the local business community&#046;&quot; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	London Southend Airport 

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is a new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford and to central London&amp;rsquo&#059;s Liverpool Street Station&#046; London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; Find out more at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	Andrews Taxis 

	Andrews Taxis has grown to become one of Southend and Rochford&amp;rsquo&#059;s premier providers of personal transport in the past 65 years&#044; supplying vehicles on contracts to RBS&#044; Keymed&#044; NHS&#044; Essex County Council and many more&#046; Andrews has a large fleet of Taxis and Private Hire vehicles in the Southend Borough and Rochford District which include saloon cars&#044; estate cars&#044; 6&#044; 7 &amp; 8 seater and wheelchair accessible vehicles&#044; in addition to an executive car service&#046; Their Call Centre is open 24 hours a day&#044; 365 days of the year&#046; For more information visit www&#046;andrewstaxis&#046;com 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	Tracy Jones at Brera PR&#044; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com &#047; www&#046;brera-london&#046;com 

	13 September 2011 
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<title>Catering Partnership Announced</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/catering-partnership-announced/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160;

	London Southend Airport Announces Catering Partnership 

	London Southend Airport has selected Searcys to manage the catering provision in the regenerated airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new terminal&#046; 

	Searcys is one of the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s most respected catering businesses&#044; as well as being known for its Champagne bars&#044; it also boasts the iconic Gherkin building&#044; the Commonwealth Club&#044; the National Portrait Gallery and St Pancras Grand Restaurant &amp; Champagne Bar amongst its catering venues&#046; 

	It will operate two outlets in the new airport terminal building - one &amp;lsquo&#059;airside&amp;rsquo&#059; in the Departure Lounge and another &amp;lsquo&#059;landside&amp;rsquo&#059; next to Arrivals&#046; These will include &amp;lsquo&#059;Grab and Go&amp;rsquo&#059; sections&#044; plus hot and cold food&#044; soft drinks and alcohol&#046; 80&#037; of the food ingredients used will be sourced from within a 25-mile radius in order to ensure freshness&#044; but also to support local producers&#046; 

	The fit out of both outlets with begin later this year&#044; ready for the terminal opening in early 2012&#046; 

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &quot;We want our catering to stand out&#044; differentiating Southend from other airports&#046; It is essential that we provide the very highest standards of quality and service for our passengers in the new terminal&#044; and we know that Searcys will deliver that&#046; Searcys is a very special organisation&#044; known for exceptional service with knowledgeable staff and we are delighted to be working with them&#046;&quot; 

	Searcys CEO Doug Tetley says &quot;London Southend Airport is really looking to put itself on the map with some premium facilities and it is another huge vote of confidence that Searcys has been selected&#046;&quot; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	London Southend Airport 

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is a new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford and to central London&amp;rsquo&#059;s Liverpool Street Station&#046; London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; Find out more at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	Searcys 

	Searcys is one of the country&amp;&#035;39&#059;s most established and trusted catering companies&#044; having been founded by the Duke of Northumberland&amp;&#035;39&#059;s pastry chef in 1847 &amp;ndash&#059; a heritage that was further enhanced by the awarding of a royal warrant&#046; Whilst retaining the dedication to excellence that was the Searcys foundation&#044; in the years that have followed the company has innovated to broaden its horizons and is now a leading light in retail &#040;with its collection of Champagne bars&#041;&#044; business and industry &#040;operating internal catering&#041; and partnerships &#040;managing catering operations for prestigious venues&#041;&#046; In 2010 the company underwent an MBO that has seen it go from strength to strength&#044; with a series of high profile new business wins cementing its position as one of the most sought after catering partners in the marketplace&#046; The company employs over 1&#044;000 people at venues such as the Gherkin&#044; St Pancras Station&#044; The Commonwealth Club&#044; The Hurlingham Club&#044; Blenheim Palace and the two Westfield centres&#046; For more company information visit www&#046;searcys&#046;com 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	For London Southend Airport - Tracy Jones at Brera PR&#044; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com 

	For Searcys - Jeremy Merckel at WAA&#044; 0121 321 1411 &#047; jeremy&#046;merckel&#064;waa&#046;co&#046;uk 

	14 September 2011 
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<title>Railway Station Officially Opened</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/railway-station-officially-opened/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	&#160;

	New London Southend Airport Railway Station Officially Opens 

	Minister for Transport&#044; Theresa Villiers MP joined Stobart Group CEO Andrew Tinkler&#044; COO William Stobart and Stobart Air Managing Director Alastair Welch at the company&amp;rsquo&#059;s London Southend Airport today &#040;21 September 2011&#041;&#044; to officially open its brand new railway station&#046; 

	Operational since July&#044; the all-new railway station is on the Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street line&#044; offering up to eight services to London per hour and taking passengers from the airport into the City of London in just 53 minutes&#044; or to Stratford &amp;ndash&#059; venue for the Olympics in 2012 &amp;ndash&#059; in 44 minutes&#046; Uniquely&#044; the railway station is operated by airport owners Stobart Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s rail division&#044; Stobart Rail&#044; making all airport and railway station staff Stobart employees &amp;ndash&#059; a brand synonymous with excellent customer service&#044; unrivalled efficiency&#044; friendliness and smart operations&#046; 

	Situated in the heart of the airport&#044; fewer than 100 paces from the new terminal building currently under construction&#044; the station is an integral part of the new terminal development&#044; designed to maximise efficiency and ease of use for passengers&#046; Part of the new terminal&amp;rsquo&#059;s service standard is a commitment to no more than four minutes waiting time at security&#044; and 15-minutes from &amp;lsquo&#059;plane to train&amp;rsquo&#059; target for passengers carrying hand-luggage only&#046; 

	Andrew Tinkler said &quot;The new railway station is a key part of our offering as a new airport for the region &amp;ndash&#059; whisking people into central London in under an hour&#044; which is very competitive with the other airports around the capital&#046; We are very proud of the new Stobart Rail-built station&#044; and I&amp;rsquo&#059;m personally delighted to see it officially opened today by such a senior figure in the Government&amp;rsquo&#059;s Department for Transport&#046; I hope Theresa Villiers MP&#044; having experienced the service for herself today&#044; will see the Stobart ethos &amp;ndash&#059; or obsession &amp;ndash&#059; with efficiency and logistics is very evident here&#046;&quot; 

	Under Stobart&amp;rsquo&#059;s ownership&#044; the airport has achieved significant growth in the last two years&#044; with several new carriers signing up to use the new London Southend facilities&#046; Most significant amongst these is easyJet&#044; which&#044; from April 2012 will launch 70 departures each week with nine routes&#044; including favourites such as Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca&#044; with more to come as the new service matures&#046; 

	In addition&#044; Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights to Galway and Waterford earlier this year&#044; and FlyBe continues its weekly peak-season services to Jersey&#046; The airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s newest partner is Jetisfaction&#044; which soon will offer regular services to Germany&#046; 

	Transport Minister Theresa Villiers said &quot;I firmly believe that regional airports have an important role to play right across the country&#044; providing domestic and international connections and contributing to local economies&#046;&quot; 

	She added &quot;London Southend Airport is an important new gateway for the region and is another example of Olympic legacy in the Thames Gateway&#046; Stobart Group and its airport management can be rightfully proud of the work they have done in developing the facilities at the airport and I wish them all the very best for the future&#046;&quot; 

	Continued development at London Southend has resulted in significant new employment in the region&#044; with the airport campus already employing some 1&#044;500 &amp;ndash&#059; a figure that is set to grow to over 2&#044;000 by next summer&#046; 

	Alastair Welch added &quot;This is the most significant milestone in the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s development so far under the Stobart Group&#044; seamlessly linking us to central London and other key regions along the line &amp;ndash&#059; crucially Stratford&#044; and perfect timing for continued developments there&#044; including Westfield shopping centre &amp;ndash&#059; Europe&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest indoor retail destination&#046; It has been a busy summer&#044; with the opening of our new air traffic control tower&#044; the start of works on the runway extension&#044; the new airport hotel&#044; new airline partners coming on board and the resulting job opportunities&#046; The next project to complete is the new terminal building&#044; which will be opened early next year&#046;&quot; 

	He added &quot;Our thanks to Theresa Villiers MP and the DfT for their continued support of London Southend Airport&#044; and also to National Express East Anglia for their partnership in getting the railway station up and running&#046;&quot; 

	easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s Customer and Revenue Director&#044; Cath Lynn&#044; said &quot;Our congratulations to Stobart Group and the airport on completion of this further milestone in readiness towards the launch of easyJet flights from London Southend next year&#046; With nine routes already announced by easyJet and the very convenient location of the new railway station within the heart of the new airport developments&#044; Stratford and central London are now just a short journey away from the South East&amp;rsquo&#059;s latest and most modern European gateway&#046;&quot; 

	Aer Arann CEO Paul Sch&#252;tz added &quot;Aer Arann&amp;rsquo&#059;s passengers from Galway and Waterford have been enjoying the excellent service at London Southend since March&#044; and now with the new railway station fully up and running&#044; their experience of the airport and fast&#044; convenient journeys onwards to London are even better&#046; Congratulations to Stobart Group and the airport on another very well executed development in the continued transition of London Southend into a key airport for the capital and the broader South East region&#046;&quot; 

	The new railway station project represents a private sector investment of &#163;16 million by Stobart Group&#044; with other major developments such as the runway extension&#044; new terminal and hotel set for completion in 2012 &amp;ndash&#059; a year in which passenger numbers at the airport are set to reach one million&#044; and a figure that is expected to double within the decade&#046; 

	Find out more at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	Tracy Jones at Brera PR&#044; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com 

	21 September 2011 
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<title>Behind the Scenes Tours</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/behind-the-scenes-tours/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
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	You don&amp;rsquo&#059;t need a plane ticket to get to know your local airport better&#033; 

	Your chance to go behind the scenes at London Southend Airport 

	London Southend Airport is once again offering local people an opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life at the terminal and firsthand insight into its ongoing development&#046; 

	Hourly tours will take place on Tuesday 25 October and Wednesday 26 October&#044; between 11am and 2pm&#046; They begin with a welcome from Managing Director&#044; Alastair Welch or Head of Business Development Jonathan Rayner&#044; who will give an update about all the current and future airport development plans&#046; Guests will then be taken on a &#189; hour guided Stobart coach tour of the airport and its environs&#046; 

	After leaving the public area&#044; visitors will be able to see the new control tower&#044; as well as seeing how work on the new terminal is progressing&#046; There will also be an opportunity to find out more about various aspects of airport life - including a closer look at the Fire Section - as well as the many businesses and facilities that are located within the airport boundaries&#046; 

	Spaces are limited&#044; please contact Jo Marchetti by sending an email to lsatours&#064;stobartair&#046;com to reserve your place&#046; 

	These tours are usually very popular&#044; so please book early to avoid disappointment&#046; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is a new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford and to central London&amp;rsquo&#059;s Liverpool Street Station&#046; 

	London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; 

	Find out more at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	Journalists&#044; Photographers and Film Crews are welcome to attend one of these tours &amp;ndash&#059; please contact Tracy Jones &#040;details below&#041; to arrange&#046; 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	Please contact Tracy Jones at Brera &amp;ndash&#059; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com &#047; www&#046;brera-london&#046;com 

	27 September 2011 
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<title>Employment Open Day</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/employment-open-day/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:10:19 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	Come and find out about job opportunities at London Southend Airport 

	A Recruitment Open Day giving local people the chance to find out more about job opportunities at London Southend Airport is taking place on Friday 7 October 2011&#046; 

	Career opportunities now&#044; and in the near future&#044; include Firefighters and Air Traffic Control - plus openings in Finance&#044; Operations&#044; Facilities&#044; Ground Handling&#044; Air Traffic Engineering&#044; Passenger Services and Security&#046; 

	This recruitment is all part of the plan for regeneration which will see five hundred more people working at the airport by summer 2012&#046; 

	The Open Day is being held at South East Essex College in Luker Road&#044; Southend between 11am and 3pm&#046; 

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &quot;We are looking for people to be part of the exciting development of Southend Airport&#046; Our vacancies offer the opportunity to work within a unique environment with a fantastic team&#046; If you are great with people&#044; work well in a team and under pressure&#044; can be relied upon and a good communicator with excellent customer service skills&#044; then we would like to hear from you&#046;&quot; 

	More information at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is a new airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford and to central London&amp;rsquo&#059;s Liverpool Street Station&#046; 

	London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; ]]></description>
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<title>Southend Airport Station Operative nominated for Award</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/southend-airport-station-operative-nominated-for-award/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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	SOUTHEND AIRPORT RAILWAY STATION TICKET OFFICE CLERK FINALIST FOR NATIONAL AWARD 

	London Southend Airport railway station Ticket Office Clerk Joe Carpenter has been nominated as Rail Newcomer of the Year in the 2011 RailStaff Awards&#046; 

	The 24-year old from Church Parade in Canvey Island will find out if he is a winner during a ceremony held at the ICC in Birmingham on 29 October 2011&#046; 

	Operational since July this year&#044; the all-new Southend Airport railway station is on the Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street line&#044; offering up to eight services to London per hour and taking passengers from the airport into the City in just 53 minutes&#044; or to Stratford &amp;ndash&#059; venue for the Olympics in 2012 &amp;ndash&#059; in 44 minutes&#046; 

	Uniquely&#044; the railway station was constructed and is operated by airport owners Stobart Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s rail division&#044; Stobart Rail&#044; making all airport and railway station staff at London Southend&#044; Stobart employees &amp;ndash&#059; a company synonymous with excellent customer service&#044; unrivalled efficiency&#044; friendliness and smart operations&#046; 

	Joe says &quot;The railway station is situated in the heart of the airport&#044; fewer than 100 paces from the new terminal currently under construction and is an integral part of the development &amp;ndash&#059; which is all about efficiency and ease of use for passengers&#046; The attitude of us employees adds to this feeling of a friendly and efficient airport&#044; and I think the customers appreciate it &amp;ndash&#059; which is why I come to work every day with a smile and a cheerful outlook&#046;&quot; 

	He added &quot;I know our attitude is also important to the Stobart Group&#044; as with their famous Eddie Stobart truck drivers&#046; I have met Stobart bosses Andrew Tinkler and William Stobart&#044; who sometimes use the station&#044; and I hope to make them proud at the awards in Birmingham later this month&#046;&quot; 

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &quot;Everyone at the airport wishes Joe all the very best at the RailStaff awards&#046; He is a strong member of a great station team and deserves recognition as an excellent Rail Newcomer&#046;&quot; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is the new airport railway station&#046; London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; More information at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	Stobart Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE250 &#040;LSE&#058;STOB&#041;&#046; Operating from over 40 sites across the UK and Europe&#044; Stobart Group is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics&#044; warehousing&#044; civil engineering&#044; rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors&#046; At the core of the Group is the Stobart Transport and Distribution division&#044; incorporating Eddie Stobart &amp;ndash&#059; the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totaling some 2&#044;250 tractor units and over six million square feet of warehousing&#046; Stobart Estates&#044; Stobart Infrastructure and Civils&#044; Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s corporate structure&#046; www&#046;stobartgroup&#046;com 

	Find out more about the RailStaff Awards - www&#046;railstaffawards&#046;com 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	Please contact Tracy Jones at Brera &amp;ndash&#059; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com &#047; www&#046;brera-london&#046;com 

	10 October 2011 
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<title>Charity Fun Day raises over 700</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/charity-fun-day-raises-over-700/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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	SOUTHEND AIRPORT RAISES MORE THAN &#163;700 FOR LOCAL CHARITIES 

	One of the hottest days of the year &#040;Sunday 2 October&#041; saw staff from London Southend Airport raising more than &#163;700 for local good causes by holding a Fun Day&#046; 

	The event was held at Rankins Cricket Club in Stambridge&#044; which London Southend Airport sponsors&#046; 

	Visitors enjoyed a Kwik Cricket Tournament&#044; plus a wide range of other attractions including Face Painting&#044; Tarot Reading and Egg and Spoon races for the younger attendees&#046; 

	There was also a Dog Show featuring a special guest appearance from Runway - the labrador Guide Dog puppy that the Southend Airport Fundraising Committee sponsor &amp;ndash&#059; who was celebrating his first birthday&#046; 

	All the money raised is going to local causes&#044; including one close to the hearts of staff at Southend Airport&#046; Terminal Manager Anne Syrett explains &quot;We will be making a donation to the Chemotherapy Unit at Southend Hospital&#044; in memory of Tina Lock&#044; who worked in Passenger Services at the Airport and sadly lost her fight with cancer last year&#046;&quot; 

	She added &quot;We would like to thank Rankins Cricket Club for making this event possible&#044; as they kindly donated their facilities free of charge&#046;&quot; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is the new airport railway station&#046; London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; More information at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	Please contact Tracy Jones at Brera &amp;ndash&#059; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com &#047; www&#046;brera-london&#046;com 

	14 October 2011 
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<title>Police Incident</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/police-incident/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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	Statement from London Southend Airport 

	Earlier this morning &#040;29 October 2011&#041; Essex police were called to London Southend airport following a report of suspicious activity at the airport perimeter&#046; 

	Police swiftly dealt with a breach in the airport perimeter and a number of people were arrested&#046; 

	The runway was closed for a short period whilst the police responded&#046; 

	No flights were impacted by this event&#046; 

	Enquiries 

	Tracy Jones at Brera PR &amp;ndash&#059; 07887 514984 &#047; 01702 390348 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com 

	29 October 2011 
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<title>CAA Approves Temporary Airspace Change</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/caa-approves-temporary-airspace-change-for/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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	CAA APPROVES TEMPORARY AIRSPACE CHANGE FOR LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS 

	The UK Civil Aviation Authority &#040;CAA&#041; has approved temporary changes to controlled airspace in areas to the South West&#044; South East and North East of the busy London Terminal Control Area during the London 2012 Olympics when there is expected to be a significant amount of additional air traffic movements&#046; The changes announced today will help ensure the safety of all airspace users during the Olympic period from 16 July to 15 August 2012&#046;

	The air traffic control service providers&#044; NATS&#044; and Stobart Air&#044; had jointly requested the use of Temporary Controlled Airspace &#040;CAS &#040;T&#041;&#041; at key locations to better cope with the increased movements mainly from business jets&#046; In addition&#044; Manston Airport has also requested CAS &#040;T&#041; in the vicinity of Manston which has also been approved&#046; The CAA said the decision to approve the requests would safely allow for additional capacity for London 2012 with the minimum possible disruption to General Aviation users&#046;

	The NATS&#047;Stobart Air and Manston requests followed an extensive consultation with key aviation stakeholders&#046; The use of CAS &#040;T&#041; is a temporary air traffic control operational change and should not to be confused with the already announced security restrictions being put in place by the Government over much of London and the Home Counties during the Olympic Games&#046;

	The CAA said it will be publishing the reasoning behind its decision to accept the CAS &#040;T&#041; request in November 2011&#046; Full operational details of the changes will appear in an official Aeronautical Information Publication Supplement in Spring 2012&#046; On 16 August 2012&#044; the CAS &#040;T&#041; will be completely withdrawn&#046;&#160; 

	The NATS&#047;Stobart Air proposal can be found at&#058;

	http&#058;&#047;&#047;www&#046;nats&#046;co&#046;uk&#047;wpcontent&#047;uploads&#047;2011&#047;05&#047;NATSOlympics2012Airspace Consultn FeedbackReportISSUED14-July2011&#046;pdf 

	Manston Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s proposal is available at http&#058;&#047;&#047;www&#046;manstonairport&#046;com&#047;userfiles&#047;files&#047;planning&#047;KIAOympicsCAST&#160;Consult&#160;&#160; ation DocV0411052011&#046;pdf 

	The change proposals from both sponsors have been accepted in their entirety&#044; except for two very minor elements as shown in the NATS&#047;Stobart Air feedback report&#044; which were not progressed &#040;Area 12E northwest of Southampton&#044; and the northern section of South East Area 5&#041;&#046;

	For general information about the security airspace restrictions in place during London 2012&#044; including detailed charts&#044; go to www&#046;airspacesafety&#046;com&#047;olympics&#046; Charts of the CAS &#040;T&#041; will be added in due course&#046;

	For further media information contact the CAA Press on&#058; 0207 453 6030 press&#046;office&#064;caa&#046;co&#046;uk &#046;

	Follow the CAA on www&#046;twitter&#046;com&#047;UK_CAA

	Notes to Editors 

	The CAA is the UK&amp;&#035;39&#059;s specialist aviation regulator&#046; Its activities include&#058; making sure that the aviation industry meets the highest technical and operational safety standards&#059; preventing holidaymakers from being stranded abroad or losing money because of tour operator insolvency&#059; planning and regulating all UK airspace&#059; and regulating airports&#044; air traffic services and airlines and providing advice on aviation policy from an economic standpoint&#046;]]></description>
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<title>National Express East Anglia operating rail schedule for Christmas and New Year 2011/12</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/national-express-east-anglia-operating-rail-schedule-for-christmas-and-new-year-2011/12/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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	Date&#058; 2nd December 2011 

	NXEA RAIL SERVICE DISRUPTION &amp;ndash&#059; BETWEEN SOUTHEND AIRPORT &amp; LIVERPOOL STREET 

	Due to the ongoing upgrade to the train line between London Southend Airport and London Liverpool Street&#044; please be advised of the following alterations to the scheduled service operations during December and over the Christmas &#047; New Year period 

	Sunday 18th December 

	Trains between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria will be subject to a bus replacement service between Shenfield and Wickford&#046; 

	The advertised journey time increases to 1 hour 38 minutes 

	Saturday 24th December 

	No direct trains between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria&#046; All services start or terminate at Seven Kings where an NXEA bus replacement service will operate to Newbury Park &#040;London Underground&#041; station&#046; 

	The advertised journey time increases to 1 hour 38 minutes 

	Sunday 25th December &amp; Monday 26th December 

	NO SERVICE OPERATING 

	Tuesday 27th December 

	No direct trains between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria&#046; All services start or terminate at Shenfield where an NXEA bus replacement service will operate to Newbury Park &#040;London Underground&#041; station&#046; 

	The advertised journey time increases to 1 hour 44 minutes 

	NXEA RAIL SERVICE DISRUPTION &amp;ndash&#059; BETWEEN SOUTHEND AIRPORT &amp; LIVERPOOL STREET &#040;continued&#041; 

	Wednesday 28th December until and including Friday 30th December 

	Metro services replace NXEA service between Liverpool Street and Shenfield&#046; NXEA service resumes from&#047;to Shenfield&#046; 

	The advertised journey time increases to 1 hour 1 minute 

	Saturday 31st December 

	No direct trains between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria&#046; All services start or terminate at Seven Kings where an NXEA bus replacement service will operate to Newbury Park &#040;London Underground&#041; station&#046; 

	The advertised journey time increases to 1 hour 38 minutes 

	Sunday 1st January &amp; Monday 2nd January 2012 

	No direct trains between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria&#046; All services start or terminate at Shenfield where an NXEA bus replacement service will operate to Newbury Park &#040;London Underground&#041; station&#046; 

	The advertised journey time increases to 1 hour 44 minutes 

	The airport operated &quot;shuttle bus&quot; will continue normal operation between Southend Airport Station and the Terminal building&#046; 

	We apologise for any inconvenience caused and strongly recommend checking your route to the airport in advance&#046; 

	Details of the expected train time tables can be found as follows&#058; 

	Liverpool Street &amp;ndash&#059; Southend Airport http&#058;&#047;&#047;www&#046;nationalexpresseastanglia&#046;com&#047; 
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<title>State-of-the-art Radar marks dawn of new technological era at London Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/state-of-the-art-radar-marks-dawn-of-new-technological-era-at-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160;State-of-the-art radar marks dawn of new technological era at London Southend Airport

	&#160;

	A brand new&#044; multi-million pound&#044; dual-channel radar is being installed at London Southend Airport&#044; significantly improving radar coverage for the airport and the South East&#046;

	The new ATCR-33SE from Selex replaces the existing radar&#046;&#160; The new system is the most up to date supplied by Selex SI and one of only four of its type currently installed in the UK&#046;

	The current system is a S511 prototype&#046; It was delivered from Marconi in Chelmsford in 1982 as a trial of the - then new &amp;ndash&#059; technology&#046; It will conduct its final survey of London Southend in early 2012&#046;&#160;&#160;

	The installation of the new radar marks another key milestone in London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s regeneration under new owners&#044; the Stobart Group&#046; Airport Managing Director&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; says &amp;ldquo&#059;The Marconi primary radar has served the airport extremely well over the last 30 years&#044; and must be among the longest-serving prototypes in aviation history&#046; It also has an unblemished record&#046;&#160; But&#044; times are changing here at London Southend&#044; and I am very excited by the arrival of the new Selex system and its enhanced surveillance technologies&#046;&#160; With the growth planned at the airport&#044; having this new technology at the heart of our operation means we are in safe hands&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	The installation and testing of the Selex radar is the culmination of months of preparation for this significant new arrival to the airfield&#046; It will become fully operational in March 2012&#044; marking the end of a 10-month delivery programme&#046;

	As part of the project&#044; a full aerodrome survey was completed to identify the optimum airfield location and height for the radar&#044; taking into account the local environment&#044; wildlife&#044; topography&#044; infrastructure&#044; airspace and regulatory requirements&#046;&#160;&#160;&#160;

	The new Dual Primary and Secondary Radar includes the latest weather mapping technology and supports enhanced data processing techniques&#046;

	These technologies will provide the airport with all manner of information from surrounding air traffic&#044; such as aircraft speed&#044; direction&#044; height&#044; call sign&#044; make&#044; model&#044; registration and even the number of passengers on board&#046; Armed with this information&#044; London Southend Airport is equipped to deliver a number of additional responsibilities&#044; such as enforcing noise abatement rules and working with authorities to ensure safety and wellbeing across the region&amp;rsquo&#059;s skies&#046;

	&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;

	NOTES TO EDITORS

	London Southend Airport

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by 2012 are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is the new airport railway station&#046; London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046;

	More information at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com

	About Stobart Group

	Stobart Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE250 &#040;LSE&#058;STOB&#041;&#046; Operating from over 40 sites across the UK and Europe&#044; Stobart Group is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics&#044; warehousing&#044; civil engineering&#044; rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors&#046; At the core of the Group is the Stobart Transport and Distribution division&#044; incorporating Eddie Stobart &amp;ndash&#059; the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totalling some 2&#044;250 tractor units and over six million square feet of warehousing&#046; Stobart Estates&#044; Stobart Infrastructure and Civils&#044; Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s corporate structure&#046; www&#046;stobartgroup&#046;com

	&#160;

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES

	For London Southend Airport&#044; please contact Tracy Jones at Brera &amp;ndash&#059; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com&#047; www&#046;brera-london&#046;com

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	19 December 2011 
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<title>Exhibition offers chance to find out latest developments at London Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/exhibition-offers-chance-to-find-out-latest-developments-at-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160;New exhibition will show airport is set to spread its wings 

	The development of London Southend Airport has been one of the most exciting and talked-about projects in Essex over the past two years&#046; 

	Now you can enjoy a first-hand update on the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s current situation and what lies in store in the coming weeks and months at an exhibition taking place in the current terminal building on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 January&#044; from 4pm to 8pm each day&#046; 

	Plans for developing the brand new arrivals and departures building further will be on display&#044; with members of the airport team on hand to answer questions&#046; 

	Phase One of the new terminal is now complete and it is scheduled to open to the public on 28 February 2012&#044; and it is expected that the 60m by 40m building will welcome over one million passengers per year&#046; 

	The new light&#044; modern and airy structure lies just under 100 paces from the new railway station and is connected by a wide&#044; covered walkway&#046; 

	On arrival&#044; passengers with hand luggage will be able to process through to the train station platform in just 15 minutes from the aircraft doors opening&#046; The airport is targeting a security process with a maximum four-minute waiting time&#046; The new terminal has been designed around the concepts of simplicity&#044; speed and service&#046; Once in the Departure Lounge&#044; passengers will enjoy panoramic views of the airport apron and airfield&#046; The whole building has also been designed to incorporate a number of environmentally-friendly initiatives&#044; including sustainable drainage&#044; specialist coating to improve insulation&#044; extensive glazing to enhance natural lighting and slow start escalators&#046; 

	The airport will shortly bring forward plans to develop a second phase of the new terminal to ensure the promised high standards of service at the airport are not compromised as passenger numbers grow towards 2 million per year in future&#046; 

	For more information of this event&#044; please visit at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com 

	NOTES TO EDITORS 

	Projects to make London Southend Airport a fully functioning international gateway by the 2012 Olympics are well underway&#046; A new Control Tower is now operational&#044; as is the new airport railway station&#046; London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new passenger terminal will be completed in the coming months&#044; as will its runway extension and new Holiday Inn hotel&#046; In March 2011&#044; Aer Arann started operating two daily return flights from Southend to Galway and Waterford&#044; and easyJet will commence 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from April 2012&#046; 

	FOR MORE INFORMATION&#044; INTERVIEWS &amp; IMAGES 

	For London Southend Airport&#044; please contact Tracy Jones at Brera &amp;ndash&#059; 01702 390348 &#047; 07887 514984 &#047; tracy&#064;brera-london&#046;com &#047; www&#046;brera-london&#046;com 

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<title>Your chance to go behind the scenes at London Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/your-chance-to-go-behind-the-scenes-at-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160;

	You don&amp;rsquo&#059;t need a plane ticket to get to know your local airport better&#033;

	Your chance to get a first look at the brand new London Southend Airport Terminal

	London Southend Airport is offering local residents the opportunity to have a sneak preview of its brand new terminal building&#044; before it opens to the public on 28 February 2012&#046;

	Hourly tours will take place on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 February at 10am&#044; 11am and 12pm&#046;

	Visitors will take a walking tour of the Check-In facilities&#044; security area and retail outlets within the Departures area of the new terminal&#044; guided by Head of Business Development&#044; Jonathan Rayner&#046;

	Guests will then board a Stobart coach for an airfield tour&#044; including the newly completed 300m runway extension&#046;

	Passengers will end their tour by disembarking the coach at the Arrivals Hall in the new terminal&#046;

	These tours are very popular and spaces are limited&#044; so please book early to avoid disappointment&#046;

	DUE TO AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE THE TOURS ARE NOW FULLY BOOKED&#046;&#160;WE WILL BE SENDING OUT CONFIRMATION LETTERS TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BOOKED ONTO THE TOURS&#046; THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOCATED A SPACE WILL ALSO BE INFORMED&#046; SPACES WERE ALLOCATED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS AND WE WILL BE RESPONDING IN THAT MANNER&#046; 

	Please contact Community Affairs CoordinatorJo Marchetti by sending an email to LSAtours&#064;stobartair&#046;com&#160;to reserve your place&#046;

	IMPORTANT - The new passenger terminal is not yet open to the public&#059; therefore for security reasons only visitors with a confirmation letter will be allowed entry on 14 and 15 February&#046; Entrance will not be permitted without a confirmation letter&#046;

	More at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com

	18 January 2012
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<title>Hundreds of local volunteers put new airport terminal to the test</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/hundreds-of-local-volunteers-put-new-airport-terminal-to-the-test/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	Hundreds of local volunteers put new airport terminal to the test

	&#160;

	School pupils on a class trip to Egypt&#044; groups of Stags and Hens heading for a celebratory weekend in Ibiza&#044; pensioners with restricted mobility and expectant mums were amongst those putting the brand new London Southend Airport terminal through its paces&#046;

	Four hundred local volunteers took part in the &amp;lsquo&#059;Stress Day&amp;rsquo&#059; on Friday 10 February&#046; The aim of the day was to find out which procedures or systems need further work to make sure everything is ready for real passenger operations at the end of this month &#040;February 2012&#041;&#046;&#160;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says&amp;ldquo&#059;This event was a superb opportunity to test all the systems and procedures our staff have been working hard to put in place and to make sure all types of scenarios work in real time and with real people before the new terminal becomes operational on 28 February&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059; 

	The volunteers were invited to bring their bags&#044; suitcases and passports to check in for three fully booked imaginary flights which were departing for Belfast&#044; Cairo and Ibiza&#046;

	Police and Border Agency Staff were also on hand to make the experience as authentic as possible&#046;

	Young pupils from Eastwood School&#044; who are currently undertaking a class project on Egypt&#044; were amongst those heading for Cairo&#046; Students from SEEVIC College dressed up in their finest party outfits to become pre-wedding holidaymakers heading for Ibiza&#046; Among the many other volunteers were pregnant women &#040;both real and staged&#041;&#044; the elderly&#044; people accompanied with guide dogs and others with reduced mobility&#046;

	Participants received complimentary refreshments courtesy of the two new catering outlets in the terminal &amp;ndash&#059; both operated by Searcey&amp;rsquo&#059;s - so all of their systems and procedures could be tested too&#046;

	Alastair Welch again &amp;ldquo&#059;We are incredibly grateful to volunteers who have given up their time to help us ensure the new terminal is both simple and swift whilst offering superb customer service by the time it opens to the public&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059; &#160;

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<title>Terminal Extension Will Create 300 New Jobs</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/terminal-extension-will-create-300-new-jobs/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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	Terminal extension will create local employment boost

	A proposed extension to the brand new terminal at London Southend Airport would result in more than 300 hundred additional new jobs being created&#046;

	The airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s planning proposal has just been submitted to Rochford Council&#044; whose members will make a decision over whether to grant permission in the next few months&#046;&#160;

	Phase Oneof the new terminal is now complete and becomes operational on 28 February 2012&#046; The new light and airy&#044; fly-through terminal building is less than 100 paces from the new railway station and is all about simplicity&#044; speed and service&#046; Passengers flying out from the airport will wait for a maximum of four-minutes for security&#044; whilst those arriving with just hand luggage can expect to travel from plane to train within 15 minutes of leaving the aircraft&#046;

	This proposed Phase Two of the new terminal is to ensure these promised high standards of service are not compromised as passenger numbers grow towards 2million per year in the future&#046;

	The planned extension would see the terminal building becoming 90 metres longer&#046; The number of check in desks &#047; baggage drop off points will increase&#044; as will the amount of security screening channels&#046; The Departure Lounge will grow in size to enhance the experience for passengers relaxing and awaiting boarding after security&#046; A larger Arrivals area will have enhanced baggage reclaim facilities and a larger immigration area&#046; Retail and catering facilities will be expanded throughout the terminal in order to provide a much wider range of shops and services available to passengers&#046;

	The 300 new jobs arising from the increase in Southend based aircraftwill &#160;result in a variety of additional operational and service roles such as passenger service&#044; security&#044; retail&#044; catering&#044; baggage handling&#044; engineering and maintenance&#044; plus airline crew from London Southend based airline operations&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;This extension will ensure that we are able to maintain the high levels of customer service we intend to be the hallmark of London Southend Airport as our passenger numbers grow&#046; No changes are proposed - or needed - to the binding legal agreement already made with Rochford&#044; Southend and Essex County Council which sets out the comprehensive controls on the way the airport operates&#044; including noise controls&#044; limits on number and type of operations and night flights and promotion of sustainable transport &amp;ndash&#059; all of which were already designed to cater for 2 million passengers a year&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	He added&amp;ldquo&#059;This is also more evidence of the role the redeveloped airport can and will play in supporting the regeneration of the wider economy&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	If the extension plan is passed&#044; construction work could get underway later this year&#046;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;

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<title>Stars Help Celebrate New 'Fly Through' Terminal Completion</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/stars-help-celebrate-new-fly-through-terminal-completion/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	STARS HELP CELEBRATE NEW &amp;lsquo&#059;FLY THROUGH&amp;rsquo&#059; TERMINAL COMPLETION

	London Southend Airport&#044; 22 February 2012 &amp;ndash&#059; London Southend Airport played host to a glitzy party last night to celebrate the completion of its all-new &amp;lsquo&#059;Fly Through&amp;rsquo&#059; terminal building&#046;&#160;

	Stars including Essex girl Stacey Solomon and The Only Way Is Essex cast member James &amp;lsquo&#059;Arg&amp;rsquo&#059; Argent and Chloe Sims&#044; as well as Eurovision finalists Scooch and others joined airport owner Stobart Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s CEO Andrew Tinkler&#044; COO William Stobart and London Southend Airport managing director Alastair Welch in hosting the party&#046;

	The terminal opens to the public from the 28thof February when Aer Arann flights to and from Waterford start using the new facility for the first time&#046;&#160; From the 2ndof April easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s schedule of 70 flights a week starts from London Southend to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca&#046;

	Stacey Solomon performed a set of hits after dinner&#044; joining in the international flavour of the evening by greeting the audience with a big &amp;ldquo&#059;Hello Europe&#033;&amp;rdquo&#059; as she followed Scooch onto the stage&#046;&#160;&#160;

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<title>New London Southend Airport Passenger Terminal Officially Opened By Secretary Of State For Transport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-london-southend-airport-passenger-terminal-officially-opened-by-secretary-of-state-for-transport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160;New terminal signals completion of first phase major developments under owners stobart group

	
		15 minutes &amp;lsquo&#059;from plane to train&amp;rsquo&#059;
	
		No more than four minutes queuing to security processing
	
		Fewer than 100 paces from airport train station to terminal entrance
	
		Daily flights to Ireland with Aer Arann Regional
	
		From 2 April 2012&#044; 70 flights a week with easyJet
	
		Further new route announcements coming very soon
	&#160;


	London Southend Airport&#044; 5 March 2012 &amp;ndash&#059; The all-new passenger terminal at London Southend Airport was officially opened today by Secretary of State for Transport&#044; The Rt Hon Justine Greening MP&#046;

	Visiting London Southend today&#044; the Secretary of State was met by Stobart Group CEO Andrew Tinkler&#044; COO William Stobart&#044; airport managing director Alastair Welch and easyJet CEO Carolyn McCall OBE&#046;&#160; The first passengers to use the new &amp;lsquo&#059;Fly Through&amp;rsquo&#059; terminal&#044; named for its convenience and efficiency&#044; landed from Waterford in Ireland on one of the daily Aer Arann Regional services to London Southend&#046;&#160; From the 2ndof April&#044; easyJet will start its schedule of daily flights from the airport&#044; with 70 services per week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca&#046;

	Transport Secretary Justine Greening MP&#044; said&#058;

	&amp;ldquo&#059;This is a huge step forward for London Southend Airport&#046;&#160; I would like to congratulate Stobart Group on the excellent facilities&#044; which will make a real difference for passengers&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	&amp;ldquo&#059;This is also good news for the region&#046;&#160; Not only will the 500 new jobs created by the summer provide a real boost to the local economy and to the broader Thames Gateway region&#044; the redevelopment will bring new opportunities to both business and tourism&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	&amp;ldquo&#059;Regional airports have an important role to play in this country&amp;&#035;39&#059;s national infrastructure&#044; and this impressive new facility comes at a key time - perfectly positioned for the 2012 Games just a train ride away in Stratford&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Stobart Group CEO Andrew Tinkler said&#058;

	&amp;ldquo&#059;We are extremely proud of the work we have done here at London Southend Airport&#046;&#160; Since early 2009 we have worked very hard to deliver on the promises we&amp;rsquo&#059;ve made around bringing the airport back to a new era of prosperity&#046;&#160; Now we are delivering on these promises&#044; with new services to Ireland&#044; over 500 new jobs created&#044; a new railway station&#044; new air traffic control tower&#044; new terminal&#044; new hotel&#044; and we&amp;rsquo&#059;re extending the runway for the start of easyJet services to nine destinations next month&#046; There are very exciting times ahead for London Southend Airport and the broader south Essex and Thames Gateway region&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Carolyn McCall&#044; chief executive of easyJet&#044; commented&#058;
	
	&amp;ldquo&#059;We are delighted that London Southend is now officially open &amp;ndash&#059; as the first new airport capacity in the south east for decades it is much needed&#033; We have worked hand in hand with the Stobart Group to ensure we can deliver the very best airport experience for our passengers&#046; &#160;We very much look forward to our start of services here from 2 April and encourage people to try London Southend for themselves&#046;&#160; &#160;It is a brilliant new facility with fantastic transport links to London&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Numerous new retail partners within the passenger terminal include W H Smith&#044; Searcy&amp;rsquo&#059;s catering with their Arnold &amp; Forbes brand of caf&#233; &#040;also available on the airport train station platform&#041; and Stobart Group&amp;rsquo&#059;s very own&#044; and first&#044; Stobart Airport Shopping outlet for duty free&#046;&#160;

	Since Stobart Group purchased the airport in 2008&#044; &#163;100 million of private sector funds have been invested in the redevelopment of London Southend&#044; with a predicted passenger growth to one million in the twelve months from April 2012 with the start of 70 easyJet services a week&#046;

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	The Secretary of State for Transport the&#160;Rt Hon Justine Greening MP&#044; Stobart Group CEO Andrew Tinkler&#044; Stobart Group COO William Stobart&#044; London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch&#044; easyJet CEO Carolyn McCall&#044; easyJet Customer and Revenue Director Cath Lynn and London Southend Airport staff came out to celebrate the official opening of the new passenger terminal&#046;
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<title>New Ireland &amp;amp; USA Gateway Opens with Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Aer Arann Route Launch</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-ireland-amp-usa-gateway-opens-with-aer-lingus-regional-operated-by-aer-arann-route-launch/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	&#160;Three daily return flights to Dublin from May 2012

	Transatlantic Connectivity to New York&#044; Boston&#044; Chicago and Orlando

	&#040;Tuesday&#044; 6th March 2012&#041; Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann today announced the opening of a new daily route between London Southend and Dublin offering not only excellent access to Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s capital but also transatlantic connectivity to the U&#046;S&#046;A&#046;

	From 10th May&#044; Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann will fly three daily return services between London Southend and Dublin offering an important new business and tourism link between East London and Ireland&#046;

	With this new service&#044; the people of London will be able to take advantage of transatlantic connections through Dublin on Aer Lingus flights to New York&#044; Boston&#044; Chicago and Orlando&#046;

	Passengers will also benefit from the unique US Customs and Immigrations pre-clearance facilities at Dublin Airport that will allow them to arrive in the US as domestic passengers&#046;

	Commenting on the new route Aer Arann&amp;rsquo&#059;s Interim Chief Executive Sean Brogan today said&#044; &amp;ldquo&#059;The introduction of our new competitive London Southend-Dublin service illustrates the success of the franchise operation&#046; We are confident that this route will drive traffic from Dublin into London Southend and its surrounding catchment area benefiting local tourism&#046; We look forward to welcoming passengers on board our convenient London Southend-Dublin services from 10th May&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Welcoming today&amp;rsquo&#059;s announcement Aer Lingus Chief Commercial Officer Stephen Kavanagh said&#044; &amp;ldquo&#059;Aer Lingus is delighted to be extending its network into London Southend and we look forward to continued success with the new and existing Aer Lingus Regional&#044; services operated by Aer Arann&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	London Southend Airport managing director&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; said&#058; &amp;ldquo&#059;We are delighted to welcome Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann to London Southend&#044; offering a fantastic new route and taking the number of destinations available from this airport up to 15 from this summer&#046;&#160; Dublin is a popular and welcome addition to the services we offer&#044; especially with the very exciting potential for convenient onward journeys to the U&#046;S&#046;A&#046;&#160; We look forward to welcoming Aer Lingus passengers for both Dublin and America to our brand new passenger terminal and redeveloped airport&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Passengers travelling from London Southend Airport to Dublin with Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann will benefit from the exceptional convenience that the redeveloped London Southend Airport has to offer and which is aimed at saving customers time and money&#058;

	
		15 minutes from &amp;lsquo&#059;plane to train&amp;rsquo&#059; platform with cabin baggage
	
		No more than 4 minutes queuing to security processing
	
		8 trains per hour at peak times
	
		Approx 50 minutes direct railway transfer to London Liverpool Street station
	
		Approx 40 minutes direct railway transfer to Stratford &#040;London Olympic Village&#041;


	With its extended runway&#044; new fly through terminal&#044; new railway fewer than 100 paces from the terminal entrance and a Holiday Inn nearing completion&#044; London Southend Airport has many advantages to entice the business and leisure customer&#046;

	London Southend tourism will also benefit from passengers travelling from Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s capital and passengers from the USA connecting directly from Dublin to London Southend&#046;

	All Aer Lingus Regional services are operated using Aer Arann ATR72 and ATR42 aircraft and crew&#046;

	Flights from London Southend-Dublin start from &#163;24&#046;99 one way including taxes and are available for booking now on www&#046;aerlingus&#046;com&#046;

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<title>easyJet celebrates first take off from London Southend Airport </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/easyjet-celebrates-first-take-off-from-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:39:05 +0100</pubDate>
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	&#160;easyJet&#044; the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest airline&#044; is today &#040;Monday 2 April 2012&#041; celebrating its inaugural flight from London Southend Airport&#046;
	&#160;

	The first flight &amp;ndash&#059; which was to Belfast - took off on time at 07&#046;00am this morning&#044; followed by further flights to Barcelona and Amsterdam through the course of the day&#046;

	
	Catherine Lynn&#044; easyJet&amp;&#035;39&#059;s customer and revenue director&#044; commented &quot;We are delighted to be checking in our first passengers from London Southend this morning&#046; We have worked hand in hand with the airport for many months to make this a great passenger experience&#046; We are confident that more than 800&#044;000 passengers will enjoy the fast&#044; convenient and friendly experience of travelling from London Southend over the next year&#046;&quot;

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	London Southend Airport managing director&#044; Alastair Welch &#040;left&#041; and easyJet customer and revenue director&#044; Catherine Lynn &#040;right&#041; with airport staff and easyJet crew celebrate the inaugural easyJet flights with a Southend Pier inspired 6-foot long cake
	
	The airline now flies daily from London Southend Airport with passengers having a choice of more than 70 flights per week to 10 European destinations including Amsterdam&#044; Barcelona&#044; Malaga and recently announced ski route Geneva&#046;
	
	London Southend Airport is easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s eleventh UK base and it has brought three new A319 aircraft and over 150 employees to the airport&#044; with more than 800&#044;000 passengers expected to fly in the airline&amp;rsquo&#059;s first year of take off&#046;

	&#160;

	London Southend Airport managing director&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; said &quot;With &#163;100 million invested&#044; 500 new jobs created&#044; 10 exciting new routes from easyJet&#044; we are gearing up to reach 100 flights a week from London Southend Airport this summer&#046; Today&amp;&#035;39&#059;s first scheduled easyJet services mark a new beginning at the airport&#044; and it is a very proud day for the entire team here at London Southend&#046;&quot; &#160; &#160;&#160;
	
	Each passenger boarding this morning&amp;rsquo&#059;s first easyJet departures to Belfast and Barcelona from the new terminal was treated to fresh pastries&#044; a commemorative stick of orange rock&#044; a glass of champagne and a slice of a specially commissioned 6-foot long cake featuring Southend&amp;rsquo&#059;s famous pier&#046;
	
	easyJet offers routes to Alicante&#044; Amsterdam&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Majorca&#044;&#160; Malaga and Geneva from London Southend&#046; Fares start from &#163;17&#046;99 &#040;one-way inc taxes&#041; and are available to book at www&#046;easyjet&#046;com

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	London Southend Airport managing director&#044; Alastair Welch &#040;left&#041; and easyJet customer and revenue director&#044; Catherine Lynn &#040;right&#041; with easyJet crew outside the new &amp;&#035;39&#059;Fly Through&amp;&#035;39&#059; passenger terminal
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<title>easyJet Launches Italian Routes From London Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/easyjet-launches-italian-routes-from-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:04:07 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	easyJet has announced a new route to Venice from London Southend Airport &#160;- the first Italian route from the Essex terminal&#046;

	This takes the total number of destinations the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest airline flies to from its newest base to eleven&#046;&#160;

	easyJet currently operates morethan 70 flights a week from London Southend to nine destinations across Europe - Alicante&#044; Amsterdam&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Majorca and Malaga&#046; Geneva and Venice will commence from this autumn&#046;

	Flights to Venice are available to book from today &#040;19 April 2012&#041; with fares starting from &#163;22&#046;99 &#040;one-way&#044; including taxes&#041;&#046; The inaugural flight will depart from London Southend Airport on 8 February 2013&#046;

	The 4-times-weekly service will provide easy and affordable travel to both business and leisure passengers looking to fly to the unique Italian city&#046;

	Venice closely follows the airline&amp;rsquo&#059;s recent announcement of its first ski route to Geneva from the airport&#046;&#160; Flights to Geneva will operate three times a week from 14 December&#044; with fares starting from &#163;22&#046;99 &#040;one-way&#044; including taxes&#041;&#046;

	Hugh Aitken&#044; easyJet UK Commercial Manager&#044; said &amp;ldquo&#059;We started flying from London Southend on 2 April and have been really pleased with the operation at the brand new terminal&#046;&#160; We&amp;rsquo&#059;re excited to be expanding our London Southend operation so soon after launch&#046; The two new routes from London Southend Airport is another example of our commitment to our customers from Essex and we believe this makes it the ideal gateway for both business and leisure travel across Europe&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Alastair Welch&#044; London Southend Airport Managing Director&#044; said &amp;ldquo&#059;The addition of Venice and Geneva to our growing portfolio of routes from London Southend is testament to how positively our revitalised airport has been received by easyJet and the travelling public&#046; The last two to three weeks since their operation began&#044; have been the most exciting at this airport in a long time and we look forward to providing a better London airport experience to even more passengers&#044; skiers and city breakers alike&#044; with these additional routes&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Situated on the north east Italian coastline&#044; Venice is renowned for its beauty&#044; architecture and artwork&#046; Thanks to its numerous cultural attractions such as the Grand Canal&#044; Venice has become a luxury city break destination attracting tourists from across the globe&#046;

	For more information or to book flight please visit www&#046;easyJet&#046;com
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<title>Terminal extension that will create local employment boost gets the go-ahead</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/terminal-extension-that-will-create-local-employment-boost-gets-the-go-ahead/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:57:42 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	A proposed extension to the new terminal at London Southend Airport that will result in more than 300 hundred additional new jobs being created has been given the go-ahead by Rochford Council&#046;

	Phase 1 of the light and airy&#044; fly-through terminal became operational on 28 February and is less than 100 paces from the new railway station&#046; Passengers flying out from the airport will wait for a maximum of four-minutes for security&#044; whilst those arriving with just hand luggage can expect to travel from plane to train within 15 minutes of leaving the aircraft&#046;

	This Phase 2 extensionis to ensure those high standards of service are not compromised as passenger numbers grow towards 2million per year by 2020&#046;

	The terminal building will now become 90 metres longer&#046; The number of check in desks &#047; baggage drop off points will increase&#044; as will the amount of security screening channels&#046; The Departure Lounge will grow in size to enhance the experience for passengers relaxing and awaiting boarding after security&#046; A larger Arrivals area will have enhanced baggage reclaim facilities and a larger immigration area&#046; Retail and catering facilities will be expanded throughout the terminal in order to provide a much wider range of shops and services available to passengers&#046;

	The 300 new jobs will arise from the increase in Southend based aircraft which will result in a variety of additional operational and service roles such as passenger service&#044; security&#044; retail&#044; catering&#044; baggage handling&#044; engineering and maintenance&#044; plus airline crew from London Southend based airline operations&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;We are very pleased that Rochford Council has indicated they support this extension&#044; which will ensure that we are able to maintain the high levels of customer service we intend to be the hallmark of London Southend Airport as our passenger numbers grow&#046; This is also further evidence of the role the redeveloped airport is playing in supporting the regeneration of the wider economy&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Construction work on the extension is planned to get underway later this year&#046;
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<title>Bono, Ronan Keating and Colin Farrell* celebrate new Aer Lingus Regional Dublin route launch</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/bono-ronan-keating-and-colin-farrell-celebrate-new-aer-lingus-regional-dublin-route-launch/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:47:04 +0100</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	Leading Irish showbiz celebrities&#042;&#044; music from traditional ceilidh band Wraggle Taggle&#044; Black Velvet cocktails and a huge plane shaped cake were all part of celebrations marking the launch of a new link between Essex and Ireland&#046;

	Daily flights to and from London Southend Airport and Dublin with Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann&#044; started on Thursday 10 May 2012&#046;

	Travellers will also be able to take advantage of connecting Aer Lingus transatlantic flights via Dublin to New York&#044; Boston&#044; Chicago and Orlando&#046; Not only that&#044; passengers on these flights can also take advantage of the unique US Customs and Immigrations pre-clearance facilities at Dublin Airport&#044; allowing them to arrive in the USA as domestic passengers&#046;

	With direct morning&#044; mid-afternoon and evening flights between London Southend Airport and Dublin&#044; Aer Lingus Regional is offering a new competitive choice for both the day return business passenger and the longer-stay leisure passenger&#046; Passengers flying out from London Southend will wait for a maximum of four-minutes for security&#044; whilst those arriving with just hand luggage can expect to travel from plane to train within 15 minutes of their aircraft doors opening&#046; The new railway station is less than 100 paces from the terminal and has up to eight services per hour to and from London &amp;ndash&#059; the airport is the only one in the UK with a direct mainline rail connection with the Olympic Games at Stratford&#046;

	10 May is also the official opening of a new Aer Lingus Regional base at London Southend Airport&#046; A total of fifteen Aer Lingus Regional staff - including pilots and cabin crew &amp;ndash&#059; are now permanently located at London Southend&#046;

	Sean Brogan&#044; Interim Chief Executive&#044; Aer Arann commented &amp;ldquo&#059;We are delighted to commence our new Aer Lingus Regional Dublin to London Southend service today&#046;&#160; We are confident that there will be strong demand for these services and that our passengers will be benefit from the unique convenience and direct access to central London that London Southend Airport has to offer&#046; We look forward to welcoming more and more passengers on board our Aer Lingus Regional flights to London Southend today and into the future&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Welcoming the new services&#044; Stephen Kavanagh&#044; Chief Commercial Officer&#044; Aer Lingus commented&#044; &amp;ldquo&#059;Aer Lingus welcomes the introduction of the new service from Dublin to London Southend which enables us to not only expand our route network between Dublin and the UK but will also help to boost traffic on our transatlantic service from Dublin to the USA&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director London Southend Airport said&#044; &amp;ldquo&#059;Dublin is a welcome addition to the services we offer&#044; especially with the very exciting potential for convenient onward journeys to the USA&#046; We look forward to welcoming Aer Lingus passengers for both Dublin and America to our brand new passenger terminal and redeveloped airport&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Flights from London Southend to Dublin start from &#163;25&#046;99 one way including taxes and are available for booking on www&#046;aerlingus&#046;com&#046;

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	Aer Lingus Regional Cabin Crew&#044; Ronan Keating&#044; Bono&#044; Colin Farrel&#044; London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch and Aer Arann Interim Cheif Executive&#160;Sean Brogan celebrate the launch&#046; 

	DUBLIN-LONDON SOUTHEND DAILY FLIGHT SCHEDULE&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 

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	&#042;If anyone tells you it was not really Bono&#044; Ronan Keating and Colin Farrell- but some of their most popular and well-loved lookalikes - don&amp;rsquo&#059;t believe them&#033;
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<title>Exciting New Hotel's Restaurant Named And Head Chef Revealed</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/exciting-new-hotel-s-restaurant-named-and-head-chef-revealed/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:39:19 +0100</pubDate>
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	The stunning rooftop restaurant and bar at the new 4-star Holiday Inn Southend will be called the 1935 Rooftop Restaurant &amp; Bar&#059; a reference to the year that airport opened as a municipal airport for the public&#046;&#160;

	The hotel&amp;rsquo&#059;s General Manager Steve Brazil says&#058; &amp;ldquo&#059;We were looking to reflect the heritage of the airport in various ways throughout the hotel and this is the first of several homages we will be making to the towns&amp;rsquo&#059; aviation history&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	The striking&#044; fully sound-proofed venue atop the five-storey 4-star hotel is a first for Holiday Inn in the UK&#046; Guests will be able to enjoy breath-taking views of the airport and surrounding countryside whilst enjoying drinks dinner&#046; The 1935 Rooftop Restaurant &amp; Bar has seventy seats and boasts a private dining room for ten and will be open for breakfast&#044; dinner and Sunday lunch&#046;

	Its Head Chef will be Kieran Moore&#044; whom brings both Michelin and international experience to Southend&#046; As the UK celebrates the 2012 Olympics&#044; Kieran himself has five gold medals and five silver medals which he has won over the years at the culinary Olympics&#046;

	The 49-year old father of three from Benfleet started his career at the legendary Eccentric Club &#040;established 1890 in St James&amp;rsquo&#059;&#044; London&#041; as a teenager&#046; &#160;&#160;From there he worked at The Savoy for five years&#044; before completing his training under Marco Pierre White at the Michelin-starred Harvey&amp;rsquo&#059;s for a further two years&#046; Leaving his Essex roots&#044; Kieran cooked all over the world including the USA&#044; Australia&#044; Middle East &#044; Asia and a key member of the team opening all seven restaurants at Disneyland Paris&#046;&#160; Returning to the UK&#044; Kieran worked at the Merchant Tailor&amp;rsquo&#059;s Hall in London and Lords Cricket Ground&#046; He has also been in partnership with the world-renowned Raymond Blanc and established the Diamond Club at Arsenals&amp;rsquo&#059; Emirates Stadium - despite being a West Ham fan&#033;

	Kieran says&#058; &amp;ldquo&#059;I am absolutely delighted to be taking up the role of Head Chef at the new London Southend Airport Holiday Inn &amp;ndash&#059; it&amp;rsquo&#059;s really exciting to bring all the experience I gained from my travels around the globe back home to Essex&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059; 

	He describes the 1935 Rooftop Restaurant &amp; Barmenu as Classic British with a contemporary twist &amp;ndash&#059; highlights will include Homemade Potted Shrimps and 12-hour Slow Braised Lamb Shoulder&#046; Kieran adds&#058; &amp;ldquo&#059;I am really looking forward to creating a creative and exciting menu&#044; using as many local&#044; seasonal ingredients from suppliers here in Essex as possible&#046; I am passionate about showcasing what fantastic things the county has to offer in order to create a memorable dining experience full of new textures and flavours&#046; My aim is that the 1935 Rooftop Restaurant &amp; Bar will become a well renowned restaurant&#044; for airport visitors and people across the county&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	The striking 129-bedroom Holiday Inn Southend is the latest addition to the world-famous hotel chain&amp;rsquo&#059;s portfolio and is set for completion by mid-July 2012 &amp;ndash&#059; in time for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games&#046;
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<title>London Southend Airport Announces Major New Partnership With Landmark Aviation</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/london-southend-airport-announces-major-new-partnership-with-landmark-aviation/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:24:42 +0100</pubDate>
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	London Southend Airport is delighted to announce an exclusive new partnership with Landmark Aviation to handle business jets during summer 2012&#046;

	Landmark Aviation is one of the world&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest fixed based operators of business jets&#046; It has 52 bases across the USA&#044; Canada and France and a strong reputation for safety and excellent customer service&#046;&#160;

	The partnership will see Landmark utilising the exclusive new business jet facilities at London Southend Airport&#044; offering their customers unrivalled access to the Olympic Park at Stratford and the City of London&#046;

	London Southend is the only UK airport with a direct mainline rail connection with the Games at Stratford &amp;ndash&#059; with up to 8 trains per hour from the brand new railway station&#046; The airport is also located on two major dual carriageways &#040;A127 and A13&#041; that lead to Stratford and on to central London&#046;

	The airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new facilities include conference rooms and a number of different areas in which passengers and crew can relax before a flight&#046; They also offer discreet&#044; direct access to an exclusive business jet parking area and form part of the &#163;100m &#040;US&#036;150m&#041; investment in the airport by owners the Stobart Group&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch said &amp;ldquo&#059;We are very excited to be entering into this partnership with Landmark&#046; Our shared passion for excellent customer service&#044; plus the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s new facilities coupled with the global reach of the Landmark network means that&#160; London Southend is going to be introduced to a wide range of customers who will value the service and benefits we can offer over other London airports this summer&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Dan Bucaro&#044; Landmark CEO added &amp;ldquo&#059;We look forward to introducing our clients to London Southend Airport and to ensuring they receive the best possible welcome and service&#160; when they&#160; fly to the UK this summer &amp;ndash&#059; whether for the Olympics or any other reason&#046; We&amp;rsquo&#059;ve seen the airport facilities first hand and believe that they represent something new and very special for the London area&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

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	NOTES TO EDITORS
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	About London Southend Airport
	Over &#163;100 million has been invested in London Southend Airport by owners Stobart Group since it was acquired in 2008&#046; New facilities include the train station on the London Liverpool Street &#040;53 minutes travel time into the heart of the city&#041;&#044; an Air Traffic Control Tower&#044; terminal building&#044; runway extension and radar&#046; There is also a 4-star Holiday Inn within walking distance of the terminal and FBO facilities&#044; which is due to open in August 2012&#046;&#160; The 129-room hotel will feature a panoramic rooftop restaurant plus private dining&#044; high tech conference facilities and several executive suites&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to two million passengers per year by 2020&#046; www&#046;southendairport&#046;com

	
	About Landmark Aviation
	Headquartered in Houston&#044; Texas&#044; Landmark Aviation is a portfolio company of GTCR and Platform Partners&#044; LLC&#046; Landmark&amp;rsquo&#059;s current network includes 11 fixed base operations in Europe and Canada&#044; as well as 41 locations in the U&#046;S&#046; In addition&#044; Landmark offers charter and MRO services&#044; and also owns and operates Encore Support Systems&#046;&#160; It is is one of the USA&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest FBO networks&#044; with a continued commitment to growth&#046; Offering a wide range of services&#044; including&#044; FBO&#044; MRO&#044; charter and management&#044; Landmark is able to successfully provide customers with a single source for all their aviation needs&#046;&#160; www&#046;landmarkaviation&#046;com
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<title>Santa Arrives At London Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/santa-arrives-at-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:04:41 +0100</pubDate>
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	Father Christmas and two of his helpers have made a special landing at London Southend Airport &amp;ndash&#059; five months before his traditional December visit to Essex&#046;

	Santa was visiting the airport in order to officially launch Christmas at the brand new 4-star Holiday Inn Southend&#044; before jetting out on a pre-Christmas season break &amp;ndash&#059; by plane&#044; rather than on a sleigh with Dasher&#044; Dancer&#044; Prancer&#044; Vixen&#044; Comet&#044; Cupid&#044; Donner&#044; Blitzen and Rudolph&#046;

	The Laker Suite at the five-storey hotel will be transformed into a glittering Winter Wonderland for the 2012 festive season&#046; Groups of friends&#044; colleagues or relatives can enjoy a delicious 3-course meal before dancing the night away with the resident DJ&#046;

	In a first for Holiday Inn in the UK&#044; will also have a magnificent&#044; fully sound-proofed panoramic rooftop bar and restaurant which seats 70 people&#044; called the 1935 Rooftop Restaurant &amp; Bar&#046; Each December weekend it will be hosting the Santa Sunday Lunch &amp;ndash&#059; with a delicious festive roast and very special guest flying in with surprise gifts for good boys and girls&#046;

	The hotel&amp;rsquo&#059;s General Manager Steve Brazil says &amp;ldquo&#059;We are very pleased that Father Christmas was able to take time out his busy schedule to visit us at London Southend Airport today and has given the festive celebrations we are planning at the brand new Holiday Inn the Santa seal of approval&#033; Our aim is that the Holiday Inn Southend will become a destination restaurant and function venue for local people as well as a high quality hotel&#046; Christmas 2012 is just the start of our plans&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

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	NOTES TO EDITORS

	The striking 129-bedroom Holiday Inn Southend is the latest addition to the world-famous chain&amp;rsquo&#059;s portfolio and will be completed in summer 2012&#046; The &#163;10 million Holiday Inn Southend is sited on land adjacent to the Harp House Roundabout and will provide high quality and convenient facilities for airport passengers and staff&#044; as well as local business users and restaurant diners&#046;&#160; Accommodation for all types of guests all the bedrooms will be furnished to a high standard featuring LCD HD Ready TVs&#044; high speed Wi-Fi&#044; trademark Holidreamer beds&#044; pillow menu&#044; spacious bathrooms and ample space to both work and relax&#046; When choosing a venue for weddings&#044; social events or meetings&#047;conference&#044; Holiday Inn Southend Airport will offer a state-of-the-art conference and banqueting facility in the Laker Suite for up to 150 guests&#044; or a choice of smaller meeting rooms&#046;&#160; Find out more at www&#046;hisouthend&#046;com&#160;&#160;

	Images &amp;ndash&#059; In accompanying images&#044; &amp;lsquo&#059;Santa&amp;rsquo&#059; is Sous Chef Nathan Barnard&#044; accompanied by &amp;lsquo&#059;elves&amp;rsquo&#059; Emma Dean &#040;Sales Manager&#041; and Paige Morris &#040;a member of the Food and Beverage team&#041;&#046;
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<title>New Business Lounge for high flyers opens at London Southend Airport  </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-business-lounge-for-high-flyers-opens-at-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:05:05 +0100</pubDate>
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	A brand new Business Lounge for passengers flying in and out of London Southend Airport by private jet is now operational&#046;

	The Arrivals Hall in the old London Southend Airport terminal building has undergone a &#163;500&#044;000 transformation to create the state-of-the-art facility&#046;

	The new Executive Handling area includes a meeting room &#040;complete with full video conferencing technology&#041;&#044; a pilot&amp;rsquo&#059;s rest zone and facilities for drivers who are waiting for passengers&#046; There is a large&#044; comfortable lounge with plenty of space for passengers to relax whilst their aircraft is prepared&#044; and where they will well cared for by an experienced hosting team who can provide them with a wide range of refreshments&#046; The whole area is equipped cutting edge security screening equipment&#044; and also offers discreet&#044; direct access to the exclusive business jet parking area&#046;

	The completion of the Business Lounge comes shortly after London Southend Airport announced an exclusive new partnership with Landmark Aviation to handle business jets during summer 2012&#046; Landmark Aviation is one of the world&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest fixed based operators of business jets&#046; It has 52 bases across the USA&#044; Canada and France and a strong reputation for safety and excellent customer service&#046;&#160;

	London Southend is the only UK airport with a direct mainline rail connection with the Games at Stratford &amp;ndash&#059; with up to 8 trains per hour from the brand new railway station&#046; The airport is also located on two major dual carriageways &#040;A127 and A13&#041; that lead to Stratford and on to central London&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch said &amp;ldquo&#059;London Southend is going to be introduced to a wide range of new customers in 2012 as they travel to London for the Olympics&#044; and we want to demonstrate to them the great service and big benefits we can offer them over other London airports &amp;ndash&#059; both this summer&#044; and beyond&#046; This new Business Lounge is part of our commitment to providing our passengers with the best possible facilities and excellent customer service&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

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<title>Southend is now officially a London Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/southend-is-now-officially-a-london-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:05:18 +0100</pubDate>
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	Its official &amp;ndash&#059; London now has a new airport&#046;

	The International Air Transport Association &#040;IATA&#041; has now included London Southend Airport within its classification of the Metropolitan Area of London &amp;ndash&#059; meaning the airport is now officially London Southend to the rest of the world&#046;

	Whilst the UK Civil Aviation Authority &#040;CAA&#041; has always classed the Essex airport as &amp;lsquo&#059;London&#044;&amp;rsquo&#059; historically IATA has not&#046;

	This means whenever anyone from Boston to Barcelona or New York to Venice wants to fly to London&#044; whenever they speak to their travel agent they will automatically be offered Southend as an option alongside the five other recognised London passenger airports - Gatwick&#044; Heathrow&#044; City&#044; Stansted and Luton&#046; 

	The result is increased options for people planning to travel to London and new opportunities for them to hear about London Southend Airport and what it has to offer&#044; says Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch&#046; &amp;ldquo&#059;By offering London Southend alongside all the other London airports &amp;ndash&#059; especially at this key time when so many new customers are exploring ways of travelling to London for the Olympics &amp;ndash&#059; gives us further chances to demonstrate the great customer service and big benefits we can offer people over and above the other London airports&#044; not only this summer&#044; but also beyond&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;&#160; 

	He added &amp;ldquo&#059;We look forward to even more people discovering our new light and airy terminal building less than 100 paces from our brand new railway station with up to 8 trains per hour into the heart of London&#046; Passengers flying out from London Southend will wait for a maximum of four-minutes for security&#044; whilst those arriving with just hand luggage can expect to travel from plane to train within 15 minutes of their aircraft doors opening &#040;30 minutes if collecting luggage&#041;&#046; London Southend Airport is all about simplicity&#044; speed and service &amp;ndash&#059; and even more people will get the option to experience it now&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	NOTES TO EDITORS

	About London Southend Airport

	Over &#163;100 million has been invested in London Southend Airport by owners Stobart Group since it was acquired in 2008&#046; New facilities include a train station on the London Liverpool Street &#040;just 44 minutes to the Olympic Park at Stratford or 53 minutes into the heart of the City&#041;&#044; an Air Traffic Control Tower&#044; terminal building&#044; runway extension and radar&#046; There is also a 4-star Holiday Inn within walking distance of the terminal and FBO facilities&#044; which is due to open in summer 2012&#046;&#160; The 129-room hotel will feature a panoramic rooftop restaurant plus private dining&#044; high tech conference facilities and several executive suites&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to two million passengers per year by 2020&#046; More information at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com

	About IATA

	The International Air Transport Association &#040;IATA&#041; is an international trade body&#044; created over 60 years ago by a group of airlines&#046; Today&#044; IATA represents some 240 airlines&#160;comprising 84&#037; of total&#160;air traffic&#046; The organization also represents&#044; leads and serves the airline industry in general&#046; Find out more at www&#046;iata&#046;org
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<title>500th new employee as London Southend is fastest growing airport in Europe</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/500th-new-employee-as-london-southend-is-named-fastest-growing-airport-in-europe/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:21:18 +0100</pubDate>
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	The sky really is the limit for London Southend airport as it welcomes the 500thnew member of staff on site since summer 2011&#044; at the same time it is highlighted as one of the swiftest developing airports in Europe&#044; possibly even the world&#046;

	The milestone new starter is the appropriately named Stuart Holliday&#044; who has just become the new Cleaning Manager at the Essex terminal&#046; The 37-year old father of two from Wickford is in charge of a team of 20 people which is responsible for keeping the terminal building clean and tidy&#044; as well as the easyJet and Aer Lingus planes which are based at London Southend&#046;

	Stuart says &amp;ldquo&#059;My family is from Carlisle&#044; where Stobart has a base&#044; so I have always been really interested in the company and been aware of their reputation as great people to work for &amp;ndash&#059; so I was really thrilled when they got involved in London Southend Airport and started checking the website for vacancies&#046; I was absolutely delighted when I got this job as I really wanted to be part of an expanding new enterprise and help it grow &amp;ndash&#059; and now I am&#046; I&amp;rsquo&#059;ve loved my first few days in the job&#044; every day if different and it is a really exciting place to work&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	This comes shortly after The International Air Transport Association &#040;IATA&#041; included London Southend Airport within its classification of the Metropolitan Area of London &amp;ndash&#059; meaning the airport is now officially London Southend to the rest of the world so whenever anyone from Malaga to Orlando wants to fly to London&#044; they will automatically be offered Southend as an option alongside the five other official London airports&#046; &#160;London Southend Airport has also just demonstrated almost 1500&#037; passenger growth in June&#042; making it the fastest growing airport in Europe&#046; This is hot on the heels of a new easyJet survey that shows London Southend Airport customer satisfaction is sky high&#044; with over 9 out of 10 passengers saying they were satisfied with their overall experience&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;Our 500thnew member of staff at London Southend is further evidence of the role the redeveloped airport is now playing in supporting the regeneration of the local and wider economy&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Hugh Aitken&#044; UK Commercial Manager commented &amp;ldquo&#059;Congratulations to London Southend Airport on the appointment of the 500thstaff member and our best wishes to the new recruit&#046;&#160; The airport has gone from strength to strength since the launch of easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s 10 routes from the new terminal and we&amp;lsquo&#059;re delighted to be a key part of the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s growing success&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Commenting on the announcement&#044; Aer Arann&amp;rsquo&#059;s Interim Chief Executive Se&#225;n Brogan said&#044; &amp;ldquo&#059;On behalf of Aer Lingus Regional I would like to sincerely congratulate London Southend Airport on the appointment of its 500thnew staff member and indeed on all of its achievements to date&#046; Aer Lingus Regional is proud to be part of the redevelopment of London Southend Airport by providing important connectivity between London Southend and Ireland and also onwards connectivity on Aer Lingus services to the USA&#046; I&amp;rsquo&#059;m delighted to confirm that our Aer Lingus Regional services to Dublin and Waterford are performing well and we are confident that passenger numbers will continue to grow in the coming months ahead&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;&#160; 

	NOTES TO EDITORS

	&#042;Figures versus June 2011 from www&#046;anna&#046;aero

	Over &#163;100 million has been invested in London Southend Airport by owners Stobart Group since it was acquired in 2008&#046; New facilities include a train station on the London Liverpool Street &#040;just 44 minutes to the Olympic Park at Stratford or 53 minutes into the heart of the City&#041;&#044; an Air Traffic Control Tower&#044; terminal building&#044; runway extension and radar&#046; There is also a 4-star Holiday Inn within walking distance of the terminal and FBO facilities&#044; which is due to open in summer 2012&#046;&#160; The 129-room hotel will feature a panoramic rooftop restaurant plus private dining&#044; high tech conference facilities and several executive suites&#046; The airport is predicting passenger growth to two million passengers per year by 2020&#046; More information at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com

	easyJet has 70 departures each week to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Geneva&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca - with flights to Geneva starting in December and to Venice in February 2013&#046; www&#046;easyjet&#046;com&#046; Aer Arann also operates up to 10 flights per week from London Southend to Waterford &#040;www&#046;aerarran&#046;com&#041;&#046; Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann&#044; has three daily return services between London Southend and Dublin&#044; where travellers are able to take advantage of transatlantic connections to New York&#044; Boston&#044; Chicago and Orlando &#040;www&#046;aerlingus&#046;com&#041;&#046;
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<title>London Southend Airport applies for Controlled Airspace</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/london-southend-airport-applies-for-controlled-airspace/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:45:35 +0100</pubDate>
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	London Southend Airport has started the process to apply for &amp;lsquo&#059;controlled airspace&amp;rsquo&#059; in order to safeguard aircraft approaching and departing from the airport and minimise distance flown to improve environmental performance&#046;

	&#160;The Airport had Controlled Airspace until 1993&#044; when it was removed following a reduction in scheduled services using the airport&#046; Temporary Controlled Airspace was also in operation at the airport during the London Olympic Games&#046;

	Controlled Airspace is a defined area of the air space around an airport where any aircraft must communicate with Air Traffic Control&#046;&#160; The application to introduce controlled airspace was one of the commitments the airport made to local councils and community groups as part of the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s redevelopment&#046;&#160;

	Currently aircraft are permitted to come within 2&#046;5 miles and 2000 feet in height of London Southend Airport without having to talk to air traffic controllers&#044; which can lead to unplanned alterations to an aircraft&amp;rsquo&#059;s track and possible delays in the arrival and departure of scheduled flights&#046;

	The application process - which is envisaged to take around two years to complete - will include an extensive public consultation process during late 2013&#046;

	The final decision over whether to reinstate the Controlled Airspace over London Southend Airport will be taken by the Directorate of Airspace Policy &#040;DAP&#041; within the Civil Aviation Authority &#040;CAA&#041;&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch explained &amp;ldquo&#059;Safety and security are our number one priority&#046; &#160;Controlled Airspace safeguards aircraft when they are approaching and departing the airport&#046; Improving our efficiency by getting aircraft in and out of the airport without last minute alterations and delays will also minimise the impact of the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s operations on the local community and is much better for the environment&#046; Temporary Controlled Airspace around London Southend Airport was operated very successfully during the London 2012 Games&#044; and we are now seeking to have this reinstated as a permanent feature&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;
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<title>New state-of-the-art fire engines for London Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-state-of-the-art-fire-engines-for-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:52:24 +0100</pubDate>
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	Two brand new&#044; high-tech fire engines are now in use at London Southend Airport &amp;ndash&#059; the first airport in the UK to introduce this type of cutting edge technology in front line operations&#046;

	The vehicles are designed to deliver a foam blanket to the scene of an aircraft incident&#044; and for that purpose they carry 8&#044;000 litres of water and 1&#044;000 litres of foam&#046; Uniquely&#044; they are also designed so the foam delivery can be operated from the cab of the vehicle - which is a significant safety feature as&#044; amongst other things&#059; it prevents firefighters having to climb up onto the roof whilst driving to an incident&#046; The foam producing monitor is operated from the cab of the vehicle using a joystick control&#046; &#160;

	The new fire engines are on Scania 6-wheeled commercial standard road chassis&#044;as opposed to a specialist one designed uniquely for airport use&#046; This gives London Southend substantial maintenance and operating advantages over the usual specialist chassis vehicles normally operated at airports&#046;

	The two new fire engines have been supplied by Yorkshire based Angloco and cost in the region of &#163;1 million for the pair&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch &amp;ldquo&#059;We are constantly investing in our safety and security at the airport as it is our number one priority&#044; so we are very pleased these vehicles are now operational&#046; &#160;The firefighters who have been trained in their use all say how easy and simple they are to drive and operate&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	As a fully functioning regional airport&#044; London Southend has its own fire station on site which provides cover 24&#047;7 and employs 39 members of staff in total&#046; The fire station is fully manned dailyfrom 6am to 12&#046;30am &#040;from before passengers board the first flight of the morning until the last crew member has left the aircraft on the final flight of the evening&#041;&#044; in support of passenger related operations&#046; There is a smaller crew overnight&#046; The fire station has an array of specialist equipment &amp;ndash&#059; this includes three major foam tenders&#044; with two able to respond at any given moment&#046;
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<title>London Southend Airport wins major European Award for the second time</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/london-southend-airport-wins-major-european-award-for-the-second-time/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:31:09 +0100</pubDate>
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	London Southend Airport has won the prestigious ERA &#040;European Regions Airline Association&#041; Airport Achievement Award 2012&#047;13 &amp;ndash&#059; the second time in three years it has achieved this top honour&#046;

	The award recognises the best achievements by an ERA member airport over the previous 12 months and the positive role it has played in support of future intra-European air transport operations&#046;&#160; Previous winners include Munich&#044; Nantes Atlantique and London City airports&#046;

	Beating off strong international and national competition&#044; London Southend was picked as the winner inrecognition of the number of major projects the airport has completed in a relatively short space of time and its focus on customer service&#046;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 386 image_ image_name&#061;&quot;0&quot; width&#061;&quot;650&quot; height&#061;&quot;740&quot; align&#061;&quot;center&quot; alt&#061;&quot;LSA MD Alastair Welch accepts the award from ERA Director General Mike Ambrose&quot; class&#061;&quot;slide-to-the-left&quot; name&#061;&quot;LSA MD Alastair Welch accepts the award from ERA Director General Mike Ambrose&quot; style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 336px&#059; height&#058; 286px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot;&#093;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch accepts the award from ERA Director General Mike Ambrose

	The announcement was made during a prestigious award ceremony at the Dublin Convention Centre on Thursday 20 September&#046; On announcing London Southend as the winner&#044; the Chairman of the Judging Panel said &amp;ldquo&#059;In spite of its limited traffic volume this airport is making a massive effort to become attractive for passengers and airlines&#046; The delivery of five major infrastructure projects in the same year is an outstanding achievement&#046; They present themselves as a compact airport with dedicated customer commitments&#046; The airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s ability to transform plans to practical results is impressive&#046; In a tough financial environment Southend was able to realize its ambitious plans to create a modern infrastructure&#044; centred on the needs of its work force as well as the passengers and with a high focus on social and environmental considerations&#046; The service orientation of the compact facilities together with the creation of optimum processes will make Southend a jewel in London&amp;rsquo&#059;s gateway&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;We are delighted to have been given this award for the second time in three years &amp;ndash&#059; it is a very large vote of confidence from Europe&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest and most respected airline association&#046; The whole team at London Southend has worked&#160; incredibly hard to bring all the new facilities at the airport on line and to meet our customer service commitment of 4 minutes through security and 15 minutes from exiting plane to train &#040;with hand baggage&#041;&#046; We are looking forward to more routes being available from October&#044; with the airport well on course to reach its target of 2 million passengers per year by 2020&#046; We&amp;rsquo&#059;d also like to thank our partners at easyJet and Aer Lingus for the part they are playing in making the airport a jewel in London&amp;rsquo&#059;s gateway&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	London Southend previously won the award in 2010&#047;11 for its collaborative work with the local community and relevant local bodies in order to secure planning permission for a runway extension&#046;

	&#160;

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<title>New London Southend Airport Holiday Inn Opens</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-london-southend-airport-holiday-inn-opens/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:08:52 +0100</pubDate>
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	The brand new Holiday Inn at London Southend Airport is opening its doors to the public on Monday 1 October 2012&#046;

	The &#163;10 million hotel next to the Harp House Roundabout will provide high quality and convenient facilities for airport passengers and staff&#044; as well as local business users and restaurant diners&#046;The striking 129-bedroom hotel is just a few minutes&amp;rsquo&#059; walk from the London Southend Airport terminal and railway station&#046;

	In a first for Holiday Inn in the UK&#044; the five-storey hotel has a magnificent&#044; fully sound-proofed rooftop bar and restaurant&#044; called the 1935 Rooftop Restaurant &amp; Bar&#059; a reference to the year that airport opened as a municipal airport for the public&#046;&#160; Guests can enjoy spectacular panoramic views of the airport and surrounding area whilst enjoying their drinks or dinner&#046; The 1935 Rooftop Restaurant &amp; Bar will be able to seat seventy customers&#044; plus an exclusive private dining room for ten&#046; It will be open for breakfast&#044; dinner and Sunday lunch&#046;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 394 align&#061;&quot;center&quot; alt&#061;&quot;1935 rest&quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot; height&#061;&quot;399&quot;  image_ image_name&#061;&quot;0&quot; name&#061;&quot;1935 rest&quot;  style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 402px&#059; height&#058; 267px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot; width&#061;&quot;600&quot;&#093;

	View of the 1935 restaurant and private dining room&#046; 

	Head Chef Kieran Moore brings 30-years of both Michelin and international experience to Southend&#046; As the UK celebrates the 2012 Olympics&#044; Kieran himself has five gold medals and five silver medals from the culinary Olympics &amp;ndash&#059; he trained under Marco Pierre White and has worked alongside Raymond Blanc&#046; Kieran describes the 1935 Rooftop Restaurant &amp; Baras Classic British with a contemporary twist and using as many local&#044; seasonal ingredients as possible&#046;&#160;

	In order to accommodate all types of guests&#044; Holiday Inn Southend will include a variety of spacious twin&#044; double&#044; family&#044; interconnecting and specifically adapted rooms for wheelchair users&#046; &#160;All the bedrooms will be furnished to a high standard featuring 37 inch LCD HD Ready TVs&#044; high speed Wi-Fi&#044; trademark Holidreamer beds&#044; a pillow menu&#044; spacious bathrooms and ample space to both work and relax&#046; For a small supplement&#044; the hotel will have twenty eight Executive rooms and four luxurious King Superior rooms&#046;And for dog owners who are frustrated at the lack of local places where they can stay overnight or enjoy drinks and lunch with their four legged friends&#044; the Holiday Inn Southend is dog friendly&#046;

	Holiday Inn Southend Airport is also offering state-of-the-art conference and banqueting facility in the Laker Suite for up to 150 guests &amp;ndash&#059; the name selected as a tribute to Sir Freddie Laker&#044; the airline entrepreneur who operated from Southend Airport in the 1950&amp;rsquo&#059;s&#046; There is also a choice of smaller meeting rooms entitled Ambassador&#044; Britannia and Carvair&#044; in homage to planes that feature prominently in London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s history&#046;

	Holiday Inn Managing Director Steve Brazil says &amp;ldquo&#059;Our aim is to provide a great hotel that guests love&#044; one that offers outstanding customer service and memorable experiences &amp;ndash&#059; in short&#044; a hotel that everyone in Southend can be proud of&#046; We are delighted the Holiday Inn is now opening its doors and so everyone can come and experience it for themselves&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Holiday Inn Southend is owned by the Stobart Group&#046; London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;High quality and convenient hotel facilities are an essential ingredient of successful airports and an important part of our plans to redevelop London Southend Airport&#046; The new hotel will hugely improve facilities for passengers and flight crew using the airport whilst also becoming an exciting new resource for local people and businesses&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Find out more at www&#046;hisouthend&#046;com&#160;&#160;
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<title>Light Aircraft Incident - 28/09/2012</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/light-aircraft-incident/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:07:58 +0100</pubDate>
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	Friday 28th September 2012 - 14&#058;45

	Shortly after 1300hrs today a light aircraft suffered a collapsed nose wheel on landing at London Southend Airport&#046;

	The runway was closed whilst the aircraft was recovered and the runway inspected&#046; Five passengers on board were checked by the ambulance service but did not require hospital treatment&#046;

	The runway reopened at 1430hrs&#046; During the closure one Aer Lingus flight to Dublin and one easyJet flight to Jersey were delayed and a private jet diverted to an alternative airport&#046; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
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<title>First Essex and London Southend Airport launch the X30 Aircoach</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/first-essex-and-london-southend-airport-launch-the-x30-aircoach/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:19:51 +0100</pubDate>
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	First Essex teamed up with Mayor of Southend&#044; Cllr Sally Carr&#044; and Chairman of Rochford Council&#044; Cllr Joan Mockford&#044; to launch the new &amp;lsquo&#059;X30 Aircoach&amp;rsquo&#059; at London Southend Airport today &#040;15 October&#041;&#046;

	The new design has been created in conjunction with London Southend Airport to celebrate its recent development&#046;&#160;

	The Aircoach currently runs from the Southend Travel Centre to Stansted Airport every hour&#044; stopping at London Southend Airport along the way&#046;

	Being able to serve both international airports with such regular frequency means that holiday makers and regular X30 customers can travel comfortably&#044;&#160; safe in the knowledge that there will always be a coach available when they need one&#046;

	Steve Wickers&#044; Regional Commercial Director&#044; First South East &amp; Midlands says &amp;ldquo&#059;We felt that with the development of London Southend Airport&#044; the time was right to rebrand the X30 Aircoach and celebrate the fantastic service that it offers&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;We are delighted to welcome the new X30 Aircoach to London Southend Airport&#046; It not only offers people from across Essex the chance to get to and from our airport simply and cost effectively&#044; but it is also raising awareness of what we have to offer at London Southend as it travels around the county&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 402 align&#061;&quot;center&quot; alt&#061;&quot;X30 launch&quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot; height&#061;&quot;1344&quot;  image_ image_name&#061;&quot;0&quot; name&#061;&quot;X30 launch&quot;  style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 448px&#059; height&#058; 336px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot; width&#061;&quot;650&quot;&#093;

	L-R - London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch&#044; Mayor of Southend Councillor Sally Carr&#044;&#160; Regional Commercial 

	Director of First South East &amp; Midlands Steve Wickers and Chairman of Rochford Council Joan Mockford help to launch the new X30 at 

	London Southend Airport&#046; 
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<title>London Southend Airport hosts international conference</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/london-southend-airport-hosts-international-conference/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:36:01 +0100</pubDate>
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	Thirty-five delegates from across the UK and Europe have visited Essex &#040;16-18 October&#041; for an international Green Sustainable Airports conference&#044; which was hosted by London Southend Airport&#046;

	Green Sustainable Airports&#040;GSA&#041; is a project designed to make regional airports frontrunners in sustainable development&#046; It aims to establish strategies and solutions for a more eco-efficient and green regional aviation industry&#046; It operates by partners sharing knowledge and best practice&#046;

	Guests include representatives of Groningen Airport Eelde &#040;Netherlands&#041;&#044; Billund Airport &#040;Denmark&#041;&#044; Bremen Airport &#040;Germany&#041;&#044; Sandefjord Airport &#040;Norway&#041;&#044; Kortrjjk Wevelgem Airport &#040;Belgium&#041;&#044; plus Kent&amp;rsquo&#059;s Manston and Lydd Airports&#046;

	This event is the first conference to be held at the new London Southend Airport Holiday Inn&#046;

	As well as hearing about the developments at London Southend Airport&#044; the visitors also saw and heard about other &amp;lsquo&#059;green&amp;rsquo&#059; initiatives underway in the Southend-on-Sea area&#046; Delegates paid a visit to the new Cultural Centre on Southend Pier in the company of Cllr Sally Carr&#044; The Mayor of Southend&#046; Here they discovered about local projects such as Low Carbon Business &#040;ERDF funded support programme which runs across South Essex helping businesses to become more competitive by being more resource efficient&#041;&#044; Really Smart House &#040;ERDF funded project refitting Southend houses with energy efficient measures to help residents with their energy consumption&#041; and Prittlewell Priory &#040;the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s first &amp;lsquo&#059;green&amp;rsquo&#059; museum&#044; which was recently renovated&#041;&#046;

	They also visited seafront attraction Adventure Island to take a trip on the thrilling Rage rollercoaster and hear about the park&amp;rsquo&#059;s environmentally-friendly illuminations&#046; These feature 100&#044;000 lights specially designed to run on a lower wattage and last longer&#044; significantly reducing Adventure Island&amp;rsquo&#059;s carbon footprint&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says&amp;ldquo&#059;We are very proud to be a member of Green Sustainable Airports and work with our aviation partners to explore ways of running better&#044; faster&#044; cheaper and greener airports with benefits for all&#046; We are delighted our partners are with us in Southend this week to experience at firsthand some of the great work that is taking place here in this town&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059; 

	More about the Green Sustainable Project here - www&#046;greenairports&#046;eu
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<title>Work on London Southend Airport terminal extension about to get underway</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/work-on-london-southend-airport-terminal-extension-about-to-get-underway/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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	Work on an extension to the terminal at London Southend Airport that will enable more than three hundred additional new&#044; local jobs being created will get underway in early November&#046;

	Kier has been appointed as the key contractor for the work&#044; and constructionof the extension will be split into three phases&#046; The first phase is a new arrivals facility&#044; and this is scheduled to be ready at the end of May 2013&#046; The final phase will be completed just before Christmas 2013&#046;

	Phase 1 of the light and airy&#044; fly-through terminal becameoperational on 28 February 2012 and is less than 100 paces from the new railway station&#046; Passengers flying out from the airport will wait for a maximum of four-minutes for security&#044; whilst those arriving with just hand luggage can expect to travel from plane to train within 15 minutes of leaving the aircraft&#046;

	This Phase 2 extensionis to ensure those high standards of service passengers are currently enjoying are not compromised as passenger numbers grow towards 2million per year by 2020&#046; This extension will cost around &#163;10 million to complete&#046;

	The terminal building will become 90 metres longer&#046; The number of check in desks &#047; baggage drop off points will increase&#044; as will the amount of space for passengers in security&#046; The Departure Lounge will grow in size to enhance the experience for passengers relaxing and awaiting boarding after security&#046; A larger Arrivals area will have enhanced baggage reclaim facilities and a larger immigration area&#046; Retail and catering facilities will be expanded throughout the terminal in order to provide a much wider range of shops and services available to passengers&#046;

	The 300 new jobs will arise from the increase in Southend based aircraft over time which will result in a variety of additional operational and service roles such as passenger service&#044; security&#044; retail&#044; catering&#044; baggage handling&#044; engineering and maintenance&#044; plus airline crew from London Southend based airline operations&#046;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 412 alt&#061;&quot;Phase 2 graphic&quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot;  image_ name&#061;&quot;Phase 2 graphic&quot;  style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 469px&#059; height&#058; 366px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot;&#093;

	Graphic design of phase two of the terminal

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;Our aim is to ensure that we deliver a very special level of customer service in Southend and this extension will allow us to ensure we can continue to deliver those high standards as the airport grows&#046;This is also further evidence of the role the redeveloped airport is playing in supporting the regeneration of the wider Essex economy&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Kier Construction operations director Nick Bache comments &amp;ldquo&#059;We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded this significant contract by London Southend Airport&#046; An important project for the Essex region&#044; the terminal extension will provide some fantastic improvements for passengers and will enable us to utilise our extensive airport experience&#046; We can&amp;rsquo&#059;t wait to get started&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
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<title>New Aircraft and Route show sky's the limit for London Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/new-aircraft-and-route-show-sky-s-the-limit-for-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160;easyJet expansion and flights to Berlin and Krakow come hot on the heels of terminal extension news&#160;

	easyJet has announced it is accelerating the development of its London Southend base with the introduction of an additional aircraft to the three already based at Southend&#046;

	The airline has also announced two brand new routes &amp;ndash&#059; Berlin &#040;Germany&#041; and Krakow &#040;Poland&#041; - as part of its 2013 flight programme from the Essex airport&#046;

	easyJet will fly a year-round service to the key European business centre of Berlin&#044; six times a week&#046; In addition the airline will introduce a four times weekly service to Krakow&#046; Both routes will start on 17 June 2013&#046; Beyond that&#044; additional capacity will be available on some of the existing routes which have proven highly popular this summer&#046;

	These two new routes bring the number of destinations served by easyJet from the airport to 13 - the airline already flies toAlicante&#044; Amsterdam&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Majorca and Malaga from London Southend&#044; with Geneva and Venice both starting soon&#046; The new routes go on sale from Thursday 1 November at www&#046;easyJet&#046;com

	Hugh Aitken&#044; easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s UK Commercial Manager says &amp;ldquo&#059;Basing an additional aircraft in Southend is testament the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s success since we launched flights here and demonstrates our commitment to growing our presence here&#046; Recent customer satisfaction research with our passengers has borne out what we had believed would make the airport a popular choice - its fast and convenient transport links and easy and quick transfer through the airport has made it a firm favourite with our passengers&#046; easyJet is committed to making travel easy and affordable for all and I&amp;rsquo&#059;m sure these two new city destinations are going to be a huge hit with holidaymakers as well as helping to serve demand from passengers travelling on business&#046; &amp;rdquo&#059;

	This easyJet news comes just days after it was announced work on an extension to the terminal at London Southend Airport - that will enable more than three hundred additional new&#044; local jobs to be created - will get underway in early November&#046; The &#163;10 million extension is to ensure those high standards of service passengers are currently enjoying are not compromised as passenger numbers grow towards 2 million per year by 2020&#046;&#160; Work is due to be completed just before Christmas 2013&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;We are delighted that easyJet has chosen to accelerate its growth plans and to base another aircraft with us&#044; which is evidence of their commitment to the airport and the success of our partnership&#046;&#160; I am sure these new routes will be extremely popular locally&#044; and will further build on our growing reputation as an airport of choice for passengers inbound to Essex&#044; London and the South East&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	He added &amp;ldquo&#059;With the fantastic new London Southend Airport Holiday Inn now open&#044; the terminal extension getting underway and now this further &#160;announcement of expansion&#044; there is a genuine sense of excitement amongst staff and visitors that the airport is really taking off&#046; We look forward to welcoming more passengers to enjoy the unique airport experience we offer here at London Southend&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;]]></description>
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<title>Parking at London Southend Airport gets simply easier</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/parking-at-london-southend-airport-gets-simply-easier/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160;

	Visitors can now pre-book their car parking online and save up to 50&#037;

	Holiday makers and business travellers using London Southend Airport are now able to pre-book their car parking space at the airport online in advance - and save money&#046;

	The new facility on www&#046;southendairport&#046;comhas been introduced in response to public demand&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch explains &amp;ldquo&#059;Manycustomers were asking us for an easy and simple way to ensure their vehicles were parked in one of the official&#044; secure airport car parks before arriving here&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	In order to make this an even more attractive option for customers&#044; London Southend Airport is offering savings of up to 50&#037; on published prices by booking in advance and online&#046;

	Alastair says &amp;ldquo&#059;We are aware of a number of operators offering off-site&#044; often more expensive&#044; remote parking&#160;options&#046; We strongly urge passengers to compare any rates with our rates and to check the credentials carefully of any such company who operate outside of the rules set out in the airport by-laws&#046; We are sorry but we cannot be held responsible for any car parking booked through such channels&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	There are some other changes being made to car parking at London Southend Airport&#046; From 1 November&#044; the free period available in the Short Stay Car Park was reduced from 10 to 5 minutes&#046; This is to ensure this car park is only being used by people to drop off and pick up airport passengers&#044; for which this free period is intended&#046;&#160;&#160;

	Alastair added &amp;ldquo&#059;We are the only London airport to offer a free period in our Short Stay Car Park for the convenience of our passengers&#046; They are also pleased to discover that our car parking prices are still amongst the lowest of all the London airports&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	For further information on parking at London Southend Airport&#044; please visit www&#046;southendairport&#046;com

	NOTES 

	Parking charges at other London airports &#040;as advertised as &amp;lsquo&#059;Roll Up&amp;rsquo&#059; prices for official airport car parking on their websites&#044; November 2012&#041;

	London Southend&#058;

	Short stay&#044; 5mins &#061; FREE

	Short stay&#044; 30mins-1hr &#061; &#163;4&#046;50

	Long stay&#044; 24hrs &#061; &#163;10

	&#160;

	London Heathrow&#058;

	Short Stay&#044; 1hr &#061; &#163;4&#046;70 &#047; does not offer free period

	Long Stay&#044; 24hrs &#061; &#163;17&#046;90

	&#160;

	London Stansted&#058;

	Short Stay&#044; 25-50mins &#061; &#163;5&#046;30 &#047; does not offer free period

	Long Stay&#044; 24hrs in &#061; &#163;15

	&#160;

	London Gatwick&#058;

	Short Stay&#044; 1hr &#061; &#163;7&#046;40 &#047; does not offer free period

	Long Stay&#044; 24hrs in &#061; &#163;13

	&#160;

	London Luton&#058;

	Short Stay&#044; 1hr &#061; &#163;7&#046;90 &#047; does not offer free period

	Long Stay&#044; 24hrs &#061; &#163;15&#046;20

	&#160;

	London City&#058;

	Short Stay&#044; 30mins-1hr in &#061; &#163;10 &#047; does not offer free period

	Main Stay&#044; 12-24hrs in &#061; &#163;40]]></description>
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<title>More choice for Essex sun seekers</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/more-choice-for-essex-sun-seekers/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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	Thomson and First Choice are pleased to confirm that their first route from London Southend Airport will go on sale from Friday 23November 2012in store&#044; and online from Tuesday 27th&#046;

	Holiday makers will now be able to travel to Palma&#044; Majorca - already a popular destination for Essex&amp;rsquo&#059;s sun seekers - throughout the summer from their local airport&#046;

	Flights start in May 2013 and run through to October&#046;

	The move to introduce the route is part of the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest tour operator&amp;rsquo&#059;s strategy to ensure customers across the UK can fly from their local airport and stay at the best hotels in Majorca&#046;

	Customers living near to London Southend Airport will now have access to some of Thomson and First Choice&amp;rsquo&#059;s most highly scoring flagship hotels including&#059;&#160;Thomson Couple&amp;rsquo&#059;s Hotel Luabay Galatzo&#044; a peaceful adults only hotel offering stylish accommodation&#059; First Choice&amp;rsquo&#059;s SplashWorld Majorca&#044; a Travelife Gold awarded hotel with unlimited water park access and&#044; opening in summer 2013 a brand new Holiday Village&#044; also from First Choice&#044; offering swim up rooms and six swimming pools&#046;

	Paul Cooper&#044; Airport Negotiations Manager for Thomson and First Choice&#044; said of the move &amp;ldquo&#059;Increasing our capacity and introducing our first route from LondonSouthend Airport demonstrates our continued commitment to providing convenient flights locally for our customers&#044; and we are confident the destination will prove popular&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	He added &amp;ldquo&#059;Modernising our operations across the UK is a key part of our overall strategy and this move is definitely a step in the right direction towards creating an enhanced holiday experience for our customers&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;Thomson and First Choice operate very successful connections from regional airports across the country and the announcement that their first flight from London Southend is now on sale showcases the growing popularity of the airport as a gateway for leisure travel&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;
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<title>Annual Aer Lingus Regional Santa Flight touches down at London Southend Airport </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/annual-aer-lingus-regional-santa-flight-touches-down-at-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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	Thirty children from Ireland&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest paediatric hospital have enjoyed a day out in Essex with Santa &#040;1 December 2012&#041; - all thanks to Aer Lingus Regional and London Southend Airport&#046;

	The youngsters are from Our Lady&amp;&#035;39&#059;s Children&amp;&#035;39&#059;s Hospital&#044; Crumlin in Dublin&#044; and this is the twelfth year that airline staff have organised a festive day out for a group of young patients along with their parents&#044; siblings and carers&#046; For 2012&#044; they selected Aer Lingus Regional&amp;rsquo&#059;s newest base &amp;ndash&#059; London Southend &amp;ndash&#059; as their destination&#046;

	The group arrived in Essex just after 11am on the Aer Lingus Regional Santa Express with Father Christmas and his helpers&#046; A festively festooned double decker bus &amp;ndash&#059; kindly provided by First Group &amp;ndash&#059; whisked them off to the seafront&#046; On the way they enjoyed their first taste of Southend - a tub of the town&amp;rsquo&#059;s favourite Rossi Ice Cream &amp;ndash&#059; whilst doning their Santa hats and reindeer antlers&#044; provided by Sancto&#046;

	Arriving at the seafront&#044; the youngsters took the train up the world&amp;rsquo&#059;s longest pleasure pier to visit the new Cultural Centre&#046; Once there&#044; Father Christmas spent time with each of the children&#044; handing them their presents whilst the rest of the group enjoyed entertainment from magician Don Simpson&#046;

	After the train ride back down the pier it was straight intoFeelgoods Pizza&#044; Pasta&#044; Play at Adventure Island for a delicious&#044; buffet lunch&#044; before the bus ride back to London Southend Airport&#046; On arrival there was one final surprise &amp;ndash&#059; a teddy bear for each of the children&#044; a gift from the locally founded TLC Appeal &#040;Teddies for Loving Care&#041; presented to each of them by some TLC volunteers&#044; some in Ted costumes&#044; along with a 5ft tall &amp;lsquo&#059;teddy bear&amp;rsquo&#059;&#033;&#160;&#160;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;We are absolutely delighted that Aer Lingus picked London Southend &amp;ndash&#059; out of its many destinations - for its annual Santa flight&#046; We really enjoyed welcoming the group here and showing them a fantastic Essex day out&#046; Of course none of this would be possible without the very kind assistance that has been given by the First Group&#044; Feelgoods Restaurant&#044; Southend Council&#044; Rossi Ice Cream&#044; Sancto and Don Simpson&#046; We&amp;rsquo&#059;d like to thank them for helping us make this a truly special day out for the children&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Geraldine Regan&#044; Deputy CEO and Director of Nursing at Our Lady&amp;rsquo&#059;s Children&amp;rsquo&#059;s Hospital&#044; Crumlin said that &amp;ldquo&#059;Having a child with a serious illness puts a lot of strain on families&#044; particularly at this time of year&#046; The Aer Lingus Regional Santa Express is a truly magical fun day out for the children and their families&#046;&#160; &#160;I would like to sincerely thank all of the staff and volunteers from Aer Lingus Regional and London Southend airport for making this day possible for the children and their families and for their on-going support to the hospital&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann&amp;rsquo&#059;s&#044;Liam Lalor said &amp;ldquo&#059;The company and employees look forward to the annual Aer Lingus Regional Santa Express each year&#046; Now in its 12thyear&#044; the Aer Lingus Regional Santa Express is an important flight in our annual schedule&#046; We are delighted to fly children and their families on the Santa Express to ensure they see Santa on time and give him their Christmas list&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;
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<title>easyJet launches new route to Newquay from London Southend Airport   </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/easyjet-launches-new-route-to-newquay-from-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	easyJet&#044; the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest airline has announced today &#040;Thursday 6 December&#041; that it will be further expanding its route offering from London Southend&#160; Airport with a new service to Newquay from Summer 2013&#046; Seats are on sale from today&#046;

	The new thrice weekly service - which departs on Tuesdays&#044; Thursdays and Saturdays - is expected to attract almost 10&#044;000 passengers each year&#046; The inaugural flight takes off from London Southend Airport on 20 June 2013&#046;

	Hugh Aitken&#044; easyJet UK Commercial Manager commented&amp;ldquo&#059;We&amp;rsquo&#059;re thrilled to be announcing this new route from London&#160;Southend to Newquay which opens up a fast connection to its great beaches&#044; restaurants and attractions&#046;&#160; The new service makes the South West much more accessible&#044; and certainly a lot faster to reach than the current road or rail alternatives&#046; With easyJet fares starting from as little as &#163;30&#046;99 each &#040;one-way&#044; based on two people flying on the same booking&#041; we&amp;rsquo&#059;re bringingan easy and affordable option to passengers from this region who wish to travel to the South West coast&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	He added&amp;ldquo&#059;London Southend Airport is our newest and fastest growing UK base with over 400&#044;000 passengers travelling with easyJet since its opening in March this year&#046; We&amp;rsquo&#059;re fully committed to delivering services from the airport which meets the needs of business and leisure travellers alike and sure that this new route will prove very popular&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director of London Southend Airport said&amp;ldquo&#059;We are delighted to offer another fantastic easyJet route from London Southend Airport &amp;ndash&#059; our very first mainland UK destination&#046; We are sure Newquay is going to prove popular with Essex travellers for both short breaks and longer staycations - not just for its surfing&#044; but also for the simple and easy access it provides to the much admired Cornish coast&#046; Destinations such as St Ives and the Eden project are now just 60 minutes flight time away&#044; instead of a 6-hour car or 9-hour train journey&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	The announcement of the Newquay route is being warmly welcomed by Burnham-on-Crouch based travel operator Travelsmith&#044; who have enjoyed a 50&#037; increase in sales of holidays to Jersey as a direct result of easyJet now flying there from London Southend &#040;started April 2012&#041;&#046;

	Sales Director Reg Smith says &amp;ldquo&#059;The development of London Southend Airport has been a huge boost to our business&#044; with our client&amp;rsquo&#059;s clearly loving and taking advantage of the ease and convenience of using their local airport&#046; We have sold holidays to Cornwall for 20 years&#044; and so the introduction of flights to Newquay from London Southend will make this area so much more accessible and definitely increase our holiday sales &amp;ndash&#059; especially as our accommodation is just 5 to 15 minutes from Newquay airport&#046; We will have packaged short breaks and longer holidays on sale from January&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	The launch of this new London Southend to Newquay service follows soon after easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;sannouncement of new services to Polish city Krakow and German&amp;rsquo&#059;s capital Berlin&#044; also launching next June&#046; This brings the number of easyJet routes served from London Southend Airport to fourteen&#046;&#160;
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<title>easyJet takes Southend on Ski with new Geneva flight</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/easyjet-takes-southend-on-ski-with-new-geneva-flight/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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	easyJet&#044; the&#160; UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest airline&#044; today &#040;14 December 2012&#041; celebrated the inaugural flights of its latest route from London Southend Airport &amp;ndash&#059; to popular ski and city destination Geneva&#046;

	Passengers joined easyJet crew and London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch for photos in a giant&#044; festive&#044; Winter Wonderland snow globe which had been put up in the terminal&#044; and toasted the occasion with a glass of bubbly before departure&#046;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 486 align&#061;&quot;center&quot; alt&#061;&quot;GVA Launch outside snow&quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot; height&#061;&quot;2518&quot;  image_ image_name&#061;&quot;0&quot; name&#061;&quot;GVA Launch outside snow&quot;  style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 392px&#059; height&#058; 267px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot; width&#061;&quot;650&quot;&#093;

	EASYJET CELEBRATES INAUGRAL FLIGHT FROM LONDON SOUTHEND AIRPORT TO GENEVA&#046; 14&#046;12&#046;12 &#040;L-R&#041; CABIN 

	CREW KATH CORDERY&#044; ALASTAIR WELCH &#040;MD LONDON SOUTHEND&#041; AND CABIN CREW NICOLA POUNDS WITH 

	WINTER WONDERLAND SNOW DOME IN THE TERMINAL&#046; PIX&#046;TIM ANDERSON 

	Geneva&#044; renowned for its artful watchmakers and breathtaking lakeside views beside Europe&amp;rsquo&#059;s highest peak Mont Blanc&#044; is one of Europe&amp;rsquo&#059;s most popular destinations for ski and snowboarders looking to maximise their time on the slopes&#044; with several resorts such as La Clusaz&#044; Chamonix and Morzine Avoriaz&#044; no more than 90 minutes away&#046;

	Hugh Aitken&#044; easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s UK Commercial Manager commented&amp;ldquo&#059;We&amp;rsquo&#059;re absolutely thrilled to be celebrating the inaugural flight of this new service to Geneva&#046;&#160; It is easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s 14thdestination on sale from London Southend Airport and I&amp;rsquo&#059;m sure it will be a big hit&#046; We&amp;rsquo&#059;re continually expanding our range of destinations from London Southend with easy and affordable flights to the places that our customers want to fly to&#044; when they want to fly to them&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	The thrice weekly easyJet flights from London Southend to Geneva &#040;departing on a Friday&#044; Saturday and Sunday&#041; are available now in time for peak ski season at easyjet&#046;comfrom as little as &#163;31&#046;99&#042; one way including taxes&#046;

	Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director at London Southend Airport commented &amp;ldquo&#059;We are pleased to now offer another great easyJet route from London Southend Airport &amp;ndash&#059; the addition of Geneva to our growing portfolio of routes is testament to how well our redeveloped airport has been received by the travelling public&#046; We look forward to welcoming even more passengers&#044; skiers and city breakersto enjoy the unique airport experience on offer here at London Southend&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	easyJet recently announced its expansion plans for new Summer 2013 routes which went on sale on 6 December from London Southend to Krakow in Poland and to the German capital Berlin&#046; With further growth planned&#044; easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s passenger numbers are due to reach up to half a million at London Southend in time for the airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s first birthday&#046;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 487 align&#061;&quot;center&quot; alt&#061;&quot;GVA Cake&quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot; height&#061;&quot;2253&quot;  image_ image_name&#061;&quot;0&quot; name&#061;&quot;GVA Cake&quot;  style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 276px&#059; height&#058; 164px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;The specially made launch cake&#046;&quot; width&#061;&quot;650&quot;&#093;

	NOTES TO EDITORS

	&#042;Per person based on two people flying on the same booking&#046;
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<title>A Gift for London Southend Airport travellers </title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/a-gift-for-london-southend-airport-travellers/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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	Terminal celebrates its first birthday with free parking&#042; for its passengers

	Passengers flying from London Southend Airport can park their cars for free during January and February 2013&#042;&#044; as a &amp;lsquo&#059;1st Birthday&amp;rsquo&#059; gift from the airport&#046;

	The new terminal at London Southend first opened to passengers on 28 February 2012&#044; and in the 12 months well over half a million passengers have enjoyed the ease and convenience of flying to destinations such as Alicante&#044; Amsterdam&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Dublin&#044; Faro&#044; Geneva&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca from their local airport&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;We have decided to make this free&#042; parking offer leading up to the first anniversary of the terminal opening as a thanks to the passengers - our growing reputation as an airport of choice for passengers in Essex&#044; London and the South East is all thanks to their support&#046; We also want it to be an incentive for new travellers to come and try the unique airport experience we are offering here at London Southend for the first time&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	The free car parking offer applies to the Long Stay 2 Car Park &amp;ndash&#059; which is just a 3-minute walk from the terminal&#046;&#160; All parking must be booked online and in advanceat www&#046;southendairport&#046;com&#160;where people can also check out the Terms and Conditions of the offer&#046; It runs until 28 February 2013&#046;

	Alastair added &amp;ldquo&#059;Over the past year London Southend Airport passengers have been very pleased to discover that our car parking prices are still amongst the lowest of all the London airports &amp;ndash&#059; plus we are the only London airport to offer a free period in our Short Stay Car Park for their convenience&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	This is ahead of what is sure to be another record breaking summer for the airport as easyJet adds additional routes to the London Southend network including Venice&#044; Italy&#059; Berlin&#044; Germany&#059; Krakow&#044; Poland and Newquay in Cornwall&#046;

	NOTES TO EDITORS

	&#042;In Long Stay 2 Car Park at London Southend Airport only&#046; Spaces must be booked online and in advance&#046; A &#163;1 transaction fee will apply to each booking &#040;regardless of duration&#041;&#046; This offer is subject to Terms and Conditions availability and some date restrictions&#044; which can be found at http&#058;&#047;&#047;www&#046;southendairport&#046;com&#047;car-park-terms-and-conditions&#047;&#046; Offer ends 28 February 2013&#046;

	Parking charges at other London airports &#040;as advertised as &amp;lsquo&#059;Roll Up&amp;rsquo&#059; prices for official airport car parking on their websites&#044; November 2012&#041;

	London Southend &amp;ndash&#059; Short stay&#044; 5mins &#061; FREE

	&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Short stay&#044; 30mins-1hr &#061; &#163;4&#046;50

	&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Long stay&#044; 24hrs &#061; &#163;10

	London Heathrow &amp;ndash&#059; Short Stay&#044; 1hr &#061; &#163;4&#046;70 &#047; does not offer free period

	&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Long Stay&#044; 24hrs &#061; &#163;17&#046;90

	London Stansted &amp;ndash&#059; Short Stay&#044; 25-50mins &#061; &#163;5&#046;30 &#047; does not offer free period

	&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Long Stay&#044; 24hrs in &#061; &#163;15

	London Gatwick &amp;ndash&#059; Short Stay&#044; 1hr &#061; &#163;7&#046;40 &#047; does not offer free period

	&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Long Stay&#044; 24hrs in &#061; &#163;13

	London Luton &amp;ndash&#059; Short Stay&#044; 1hr &#061; &#163;7&#046;90 &#047; does not offer free period

	&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Long Stay&#044; 24hrs &#061; &#163;15&#046;20

	London City &amp;ndash&#059; Short Stay&#044; 30mins-1hr in &#061; &#163;10 &#047; does not offer free period

	&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Main Stay&#044; 12-24hrs in &#061; &#163;40
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<title>London Southend Airport higest rated in Europe by easyJet passengers</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/london-southend-airport-higest-rated-in-europe-by-easyjet-passengers/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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	London Southend Airport has rated highest in easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s latest Customer Satisfaction Survey across its European airports&#046;&#160;&#160;&#160;

	Over 26&#044;000 passengers were asked for their opinion when travelling through London&amp;rsquo&#059;s newest airport&#044; which resulted in a satisfaction score of 92&#037; - the highest result&#046; This beat scores from more than one hundred airports across Europe&#044; including other London airports such as Luton&#044; Gatwick and Stansted&#046;

	The survey which was conducted across all of easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s European network&#044; asked travellers to rate their satisfaction on key factors &#160;- this included the check-in process&#044; aircraft&#044; punctuality&#044; boarding procedures&#044; overall satisfaction with the airport and friendliness of airport staff&#046;

	The research showed that 95&#037; were satisfied with London Southend Airport&#044; 98&#037; were satisfied with the length of time at check in and 100 per cent of passengers were satisfied with the efficiency of check-in staff&#046; The punctuality of easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s flights from London Southend also featured highly&#046;

	Hugh Aitken&#044; easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s UK Commercial Manager commented&amp;ldquo&#059;We are thrilled that our passengers are so happy with the service that easyJet is delivering from London Southend Airport&#046;&#160; It&amp;rsquo&#059;s testament to the hard work of everyone involved in the operation here&#046; We opened our base and operations at London Southend Airport because passenger convenience and excellent service delivery is at the heart of its design and we are confident that we&amp;rsquo&#059;ll keep levels of customer satisfaction flying high&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Since the launch of operations at London Southend on 2 April 2012&#044; easyJet has flown over half a million passengers to the popular leisure and business destinations of Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Geneva&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga and Mallorca - providing an easy and affordable alternative to travellers who are looking to escape the stress and crowds of the larger London Airports&#046;&#160; Flights to Venice start in February and to Berlin&#044; Krakow and Newquay in June&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says&amp;ldquo&#059;At Southend we work hard to ensure we deliver on our commitments to passengers &amp;ndash&#059; that they should wait no more than 4 minutes to go through security and that&#044; on arrival with hand baggage&#044; they are on the rail station platform within 15 minutes of leaving the aircraft&#046; With the choice of up to 8 trains an hour to Liverpool Street - our current offer of free long stay parking in January and February&#042; - we hope that even more passengers will choose to come and experience London&amp;&#035;39&#059;s newest airport&#046; We designed our new facilities to be &amp;lsquo&#059;simply easier&amp;rsquo&#059; and we are thrilled that so many of easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s passengers agree&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	NOTES

	&#042;In Long Stay 2 Car Park at London Southend Airport only&#046; Spaces must be booked online and in advance&#046; A &#163;1 transaction fee will apply to each booking &#040;regardless of duration&#041;&#046; This offer is subject to Terms and Conditions availability and some date restrictions&#044; which can be found at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com&#046; Offer ends 28 February 2013&#046;
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<title>Aer Lingus Regional adds extra seats for rugby supporters</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/aer-lingus-regional-adds-extra-seats-for-rugby-supporters/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann is adding extra seats to flights from London Southend to Dublin Airport on 9&#044; 11 and 12 February 2013 to allow England rugby fans to go and cheer on their team&#046;

	The extra seats are being added to meet the demand of rugby supporters flying to and from Dublin for the England versus Ireland RBS 6 Nations game on Sunday 10 February&#046;

	The airline operates three daily return flights from London Southend to Dublin Airport&#046;

	Launched in May 2012&#044; Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann&#044; has flown almost 50&#044;000passengers on this popular route&#046;

	Commenting&#044; Simon Fagan&#044; Chief Commercial Officer&#044; Aer Arann said &amp;ldquo&#059;We are always looking at ways to improve our customers&amp;rsquo&#059; experience by offering more choice&#044; great value and further convenience&#046; We are responding to increased demand by adding extra seats to the London Southend Airport to Dublin Airport route&#046; This move will ensure choice for our customers flying to Dublin for the rugby&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	He added &amp;ldquo&#059;The London Southend to Dublin route is a popular route on our network for both business and leisure passengers&#046; We have seen steady growth in traffic since its launch last May&#044; with passengers benefiting from an easy&#044; efficient and accessible connection between Dublin and London&#046;&#160; Equally&#044; with its direct rail link and fast and frequent train services to Liverpool Street Station&#044; London Southend Airport has proved to be a convenient option for flying to London&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Jonathan Rayner&#044; Head of Business Development&#044; London Southend Airport said&#160; &quot;It is great to work with airlines who are flexible enough to make adjustments where necessary to suit our customer needs&#046; The additional capacity which Aer Lingus are providing between London Southend and Dublin will allow many more supporters&#044; both Irish living in London and English alike&#044; the opportunity to visit Dublin and soak up the atmosphere of this auspicious sporting occasion&#046;&quot;

	For more information on fares&#044; schedules and to book flights visit www&#046;aerarann&#046;com
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<title>Kilty Pleasures - Now you can fly to Edinburgh from London Southend with easyJet</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/kilty-pleasures-now-you-can-fly-to-edinburgh-from-london-southend-with-easyjet/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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	The great joy of Edinburgh is that there are so many reasons to visit&#046; The one excuse for not going&#044; however&#044; was getting there&#046; Until now&amp;hellip&#059;

	From 2 May 2013&#044; passengers will be able to fly from London Southend Airport with easyJet direct to the Scottish capital&#044; from as little as &#163;23&#046;89&#042;&#046;

	Year round flights will depart from London Southend six days a week&#044; giving passengers every opportunity to experience the city&amp;rsquo&#059;s world famous culture&#044; history&#044; architecture and sense of fun&#059; from the Festival to Hogmanay and everything else in between&#033;

	Announcing the new route&#044; London Southend Airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s Managing Director Alastair Welch said&#058; &amp;ldquo&#059;Less than a year after easyJet first started flying from Southend&#044; we are delighted that they have added another domestic route to our expanding range of UK and European destinations for our customers&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	He added&#058; &amp;ldquo&#059;Our customer research suggests Edinburgh is the most popular UK destination locally&#044; so it makes perfect sense for us to respond to that and give passengers what they want&#046; It also means that people who live near to London Southend no longer have to face a day long drive or tortuous train journey&#046; With our reputation for efficiency of checking in&#044; security and boarding and easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s exceptional on time performance&#044; journey times between Southend and Edinburgh will be just 75 minutes&#046;&quot;

	Hugh Aitken&#044; easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s UK Commercial Manager believes the new service will be a big hit with the public -&amp;ldquo&#059;We&amp;rsquo&#059;re making it extremely easy and affordable to visit Edinburgh&#044; or extend the journey further afield to other parts of Scotland by cutting the travel time and presenting our customers with great value&#046; We&amp;rsquo&#059;re sure the new service will be verypopular with those heading to Edinburgh&#044; whether that&amp;rsquo&#059;s for business or pleasure&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;&#160; 

	Tickets are on sale now at www&#046;easyjet&#046;com

	NOTES 

	&#042;Per person based on two people flying on the same booking&#046;
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<title>Venice Grand Canal recreated at London Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/venice-grand-canal-recreated-at-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
	Gondolas&#044; opera singing&#044; pizza and ice cream celebrate the launch of new Italian route

	The UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest airline easyJet and London Southend Airport are celebrating the launch of flights to Venice by recreating the Italian city&amp;rsquo&#059;s Grand Canal &amp;ndash&#059; complete with gondola &amp;ndash&#059; in the airport terminal&#046;

	&#160;The new service &amp;ndash&#059; which will operate four days a week on a Monday&#044; Wednesday&#044; Friday and Sunday - starts on Friday 8 February 2013&#046;&#160; 

	Flights will cost from as little as &#163;26&#046;49&#042; one way including taxes&#044; giving travellers an easy and affordable way of visiting one of the world&amp;rsquo&#059;s most romantic cities - famed for its picturesque waterways&#044; piazzas and artistic masterpieces - just in time for Valentine&amp;rsquo&#059;s Day&#046;

	Passengers travelling on the inaugural flight will be treated to a Venetian themed celebration&#046; &#160;Along with the Grand Canal reconstruction&#044; there will also be performances from the Southend Operatic Society ofsongs from Gilbert and Sullivan&amp;rsquo&#059;s The Gondoliers&#046; A Rossi Ice Cream Gondolier will be handing out sweet treats and there will also be a giant easyJet &#047; LSA Pizza from Feelgoods Pizza&#044; Pasta&#044; Play on Southend seafront&#046;

	Hugh Aitken&#044; easyjet&amp;rsquo&#059;s UK Commercial Manager commented &amp;ldquo&#059;We&amp;rsquo&#059;re extremely pleased to be celebrating the launch of&#160; easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s new route from London Southend to Venice&#046;&#160; The city isone of Italy&amp;rsquo&#059;s most visited leisure destinations and I&amp;rsquo&#059;m&#160; sure it will be very popular with our customers from Essex and London alike&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 555 alt&#061;&quot;ezy launch&quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot;  image_ name&#061;&quot;ezy launch&quot;  style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 477px&#059; height&#058; 317px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot;&#093;

	&#040;L-R&#058; easyJet Cabin Crew Stacey Kelly and Tracey Blainey&#044; London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair&#160;Welch and Rossi&amp;&#035;39&#059;s Gondolier&#041;

	Over half a million passengers have flown easyJet from London Southend since the airline&amp;rsquo&#059;s inaugural flight in April 2012&#044; making it the fastest growing airport in the region&#046;

	easyJet has also announced the launch of three new routes for Summer 2013 from London Southend - to Krakow in Poland&#044; Germany&amp;rsquo&#059;s capital Berlin and Newquay&#044; bringing the total number of destinations served by the airline from the Essex airport to fourteen&#046;&#160;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch said&amp;ldquo&#059;As our first direct service to Italy for some years&#044; the route to Venice gives travellers in Essex and East London the chance to show someone special just how romantic they are&#033;&amp;&#035;39&#059;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	NOTES 

	&#042;Per person based on two people flying on the same booking&#046;]]></description>
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<title>Aer Lingus Regional revises Dublin schedule to make things simply easier for passengers</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/aer-lingus-regional-revises-dublin-schedule-to-make-things-simply-easier-for-passengers/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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	Later morning flight times and smoother public transport links

	Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann&#044; is revising the times of flights on its popular three times daily London Southend Airport to Dublin route in order to improve convenience for customers&#046;

	From 31 March 2013 Aer Lingus will fly from Dublin to London Southend first thing in the morning&#044; instead of vice versa &amp;ndash&#059; this will mean departures from London Southend to Dublin will be at 9&#046;15am&#044; 3&#046;15pm and 7&#046;30pm&#044; with flights departing Dublin for London Southend at 7&#046;15am&#044; 1&#046;15pm and 5&#046;30pm&#046;

	This new timetable will mean an earlier arrival in Southend for people travelling to the UK &amp;ndash&#059; and London in particular &amp;ndash&#059; on business&#046; For citybreakers off to Dublin it means a more relaxed 9&#046;15am departure&#044; rather than the current 6&#046;45am early take off&#046; This first outbound flight to Dublin will now also work more efficiently with the rail timetable&#046;&#160; 

	People travelling to and from New York&#044; Boston&#044; Chicago and Orlando&#044; via Dublin&#044; will also experience improved&#044; smoother connectivity&#046; They will also still benefit from the US immigration pre-clearance facilities Dublin Airport has to offer&#044; therefore arriving into the States as domestic passengers avoiding those long queues for the department of Homeland Security&#046;

	As demand varies regularly &amp;ndash&#059; the forthcoming RBS Six Nations rugby match between England and Ireland &#040;10 February&#044; at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin&#041; being an ideal example &amp;ndash&#059; larger planes can also be brought into service to give greater flexibility and more capacity when required&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;Whilst the existing route is both very efficient and highly popular&#044; we and our partners Aer Lingus Regional are always looking to see if there are ways routes can be improved for the benefit of our customers&#046; Our joint review revealed that by simply changing the starting direction of the aircraft we can create a number of improvements for our passengers&#046; This move offers a longer business day for Irish customers travelling to London&#044; a more relaxed departure time for people flying to Dublin from London Southend&#044; and better connections for passengers going on to the USA&#046; Aer Lingus can also introduce more flexibility with the size of aircraft used providing larger aircraft on popular flights&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Chief Commerical Officer Aer Arran&#044; Simon Fagan&#044; says &amp;ldquo&#059;We at Aer Lingus Regional are continually reviewing operations to provide the best service possible to passengers at Southend airport&#046; With the improved schedule&#044; London based passengers can now catch the train from Central London to make our morning flight and also connect to the US&#044; availing of pre-clearance in Dublin to save time at their US destination&#046; City breakers can enjoy a leisurely trip to Dublin with a&#160;later check- in and get more out of their weekend&#046; The schedule now allows Irish based travellers spend a full business day in London and make it into London in under 50 minutes in the morning&#046; We are confident that the improvements in flight times will be&#160;a great success and further supply our passengers&amp;&#035;39&#059; needs&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;
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<title>Work on London Southend Airport terminal extension on schedule for June opening*</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/work-on-london-southend-airport-terminal-extension-on-schedule-for-june-opening-/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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	Work on a &#163;10 million extension to the terminal at London Southend Airport is on schedule for the new Arrivals area to be open in June 2013&#044; when a 4th easyJet aircraft arrives to be based at the airport&#046;

	The steel frame of the extension is now almost complete and work is getting underway this week to connect it to the exsisting terminal building for the first time&#046;

	The extension is enabling 300 new&#044; local jobs &amp;ndash&#059; these will arise from the increase in Southend based aircraft over time which will result in a variety of additional operational and service roles such as passenger service&#044; security&#044; retail&#044; catering&#044; baggage handling&#044; engineering and maintenance&#044; plus airline crew from London Southend based airline operations&#046;

	Phase 1 of the light and airy&#044; fly-through terminal becameoperational almost one year ago &#040;28 February 2012&#041; and is less than 100 paces from the new railway station&#046; Passengers flying out from the airport will wait for a maximum of four-minutes for security&#044; whilst those arriving with just hand luggage can expect to travel from plane to train within 15 minutes of leaving the aircraft&#046;

	This Phase 2 extensionis to ensure those high standards of service passengers currently enjoy are not compromised as passenger numbers grow towards 2million per year by 2020&#046; &#160;

	The terminal building will become 90 metres longer&#046; The number of check in desks &#047; baggage drop off points will increase&#044; as will the amount of space for passengers in security&#046; The Departure Lounge will grow in size to enhance the experience for passengers relaxing and awaiting boarding after security&#046; A larger Arrivals area will have enhanced baggage reclaim facilities and a larger immigration area&#046; Retail and catering facilities will be expanded throughout the terminal in order to provide a much wider range of shops and services available to passengers&#046;

	The whole project will be completed just before Christmas 2013&#046;Kier is the key contractor for the work&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;We want to make sure that we continue to deliver a unique level of customer service in Southend and this extension ensures that we can continue to deliver those high standards as the airport grows&#046;The extension is taking shape and the work is on track to hit our target of an extended Arrivals area by the time the 4theasyJet aircraft arrives to make its new home in Southend and flights to Berlin&#044; Krakow and Newquay get underway&#046;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 561 image_ image_name&#061;&quot;0&quot; width&#061;&quot;640&quot; height&#061;&quot;480&quot; name&#061;&quot;Phase 2 &quot; alt&#061;&quot;Phase 2 &quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot; style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 381px&#059; height&#058; 286px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot; align&#061;&quot;center&quot;&#093;

	Image of the phase 2 construction taken from the Air Traffic Control Tower

	NOTES TO EDITORS

	&#042;Construction of the extension will be split into three phases&#046; The first phase is a new arrivals facility&#044; and this is scheduled to be ready at the end of May &#047; start June 2013&#046; The final phase &amp;ndash&#059; including Check In&#044; Departure Lounge and other passenger services will be completed by Christmas 2013&#046;]]></description>
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<title>London Southend Airport enjoys its busiest year EVER</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/london-southend-airport-enjoys-its-busiest-year-ever/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	As London Southend Airport approaches its first birthday as a regenerated regional airport&#044; it is also celebrating another milestone &amp;ndash&#059; its busiest year ever&#046;

	721&#044;661 passengers used London Southend Airport in the year to the end of February 2013&#046; That beats the previous record of 692&#044;000 passengers using the airport over a 12 month period which was set back in 1967&#044; when it was the third busiest airport in the UK &#040;second only to Heathrow and Manchester&#041;&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch says&amp;ldquo&#059;We designed our new facilities to be &amp;lsquo&#059;simply easier&amp;rsquo&#059; and the whole team continues to work hard to ensure we deliver on our very special commitments to passengers &amp;ndash&#059; that they should wait no more than 4 minutes to go through security and that&#044; on arrival with hand baggage&#044; they are on the rail station platform within 15 minutes of leaving the aircraft&#046; It is clearly this unique service that means more and more passengers are choosing London&amp;&#035;39&#059;s newest airport - as was reflected when we recently rated highest in easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s Customer Satisfaction Survey across all its European airports&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Over &#163;100 million has been invested in London Southend Airport since it was acquired by the Stobart Group in 2008&#044; with more than 500 new jobs created on site&#046; New facilities include a train station on the London Liverpool Street &#040;just 53 minutes into the heart of the City&#041;&#044; an Air Traffic Control Tower&#044; terminal building&#044; runway extension&#044; radar and a Holiday Inn hotel&#046;

	easyJet started flying from London Southend on 2 April 2012 and now operates services to Amsterdam&#044; Alicante&#044; Barcelona&#044; Belfast&#044; Faro&#044; Geneva&#044; Ibiza&#044; Jersey&#044; Malaga&#044; Mallorca and Venice &amp;ndash&#059; flights to Edinburgh start in May&#044; with flights to Berlin&#044; Krakow and Newquay starting in June&#046; Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann&#044; has three daily return services between London Southend and Dublin&#044; where travellers are able to take advantage of transatlantic connections to New York&#044; Boston&#044; Chicago and Orlando&#046;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;

	Hugh Aitken&#044; easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s UK Commercial Manager said &quot;We&amp;&#035;39&#059;re absolutely delighted that this first year of operations has been a record breaking one at London Southend Airport&#046;&#160; Our aim at easyJet is to provide our customers from Southend and beyond&#044; with easy&#044; affordable services&#044; delivering outstanding value and customer service&#046; We&amp;&#035;39&#059;re doing exactly that and over 700&#044;000 passengers who have travelled to and from London Southend Airport agree&#046;&#160; The airport&amp;&#035;39&#059;s success is testament to the hard work and commitment of the Southend team and we look forward to further record setting years ahead&#046;&quot;

	Simon Fagan&#044; Aer Arann&amp;rsquo&#059;s Chief Commercial Officer said &amp;ldquo&#059;We at Aer Lingus Regional are delighted to have contributed to Southend airport&amp;rsquo&#059;s busiest year&#046; We will be celebrating a year at the airport this May&#160; at which point we will have flown over 50&#044;000 people on the route &#046;With our improved summer schedule&#044; starting 31 March&#044; London based passengers can now catch the train from Central London to make our morning flight and also connect to the US&#044; availing of pre-clearance in Dublin to save time at their US destination&#046; The schedule now allows Irish based travellers complete a day return to London&amp;rsquo&#059;s newest hub&#044; London Southend&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	Almost one year since the easyJet flights started London Southend Airport continues to develop - work on a &#163;10 million extension to the terminal is on schedule for the new Arrivals area to be open in June 2013&#044; when a 4th easyJet aircraft arrives to be based at the airport&#046; This extensionis to ensure those high standards of service passengers currently enjoy are not compromised as passenger numbers grow towards 2million per year by 2020&#046;&#160; The extension is also enabling 300 new&#044; local jobs &amp;ndash&#059; these will arise from the increase in Southend based aircraft over time which will result in a variety of additional operational and service roles&#046;

	The project will be completed just before Christmas 2013&#046;Alastair Welch says &amp;ldquo&#059;We want to make sure that we continue to deliver our distinctive level of customer service in Southend and this extension ensures that we can continue to deliver those high standards as the airport grows&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	More about London Southend Airport at www&#046;southendairport&#046;com
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<title>easyJet celebrates  its first successful year at London Southend</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/easyjet-celebrates-its-first-successful-year-at-london-southend/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:38:22 +0100</pubDate>
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	easyJet&#044; the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest airline&#044; celebrated its one year anniversary at London Southend Airport &amp;ndash&#059; Tuesday 2 April with passengers&#044; staff and children from the local community who were invited to participate in a paper plane &amp;lsquo&#059;origami master class&amp;rsquo&#059; and competition to mark the occasion&#046;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;

	A huge easyJet orange&#044; origami paper plane &#040;2m x 2m&#041; was unveiled in the check-in areaby easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s UK Commercial Manager Hugh Aitken and London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch&#046;

	Hugh Aitken&#044; easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s UK Commercial Manager&#044; commented &amp;ldquo&#059;There was a great atmosphere at the easyJet check-in desk &amp;ndash&#059; our origami plane was certainly eye-catching&#033; The atmosphere was exactly what we wanted to create for all our passengers to say thank you for their continued support&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	easyJet launched at London Southend on 2 April 2012 with 10 popular holiday routes across Europe&#046; During the airline&amp;rsquo&#059;s first year it has continued to invest in the airport by launching an additional six routes&#044; bringing more choice and outstanding value to its passengers from Southend and the surrounding areas&#046; The total number of easyJet destinations from London Southend is now 15&#044; and will soon include links to additional business and leisure hubs such as Edinburgh &#040;May&#041;&#044; Berlin&#044; Krakow and Newquay &#040;June&#041;&#046;&#160; Also in June&#044; this investment will be strengthened by the arrival of a fourth aircraft to be based at London Southend Airport&#046;

	Mr Aitken added &amp;ldquo&#059;It&amp;rsquo&#059;s been a monumental year for us&#059; we&amp;rsquo&#059;ve flown more than 700&#044;000 passengers and have increased the destinations we operate to by more than 50&#037;&#046; We&amp;rsquo&#059;ve made travelling easy for the 150&#044;000 people of Southend and the surrounding areas across Essex and East London with affordable flights from as little as &#163;26&#046;49&#046; Plus we have ensured our customers are the happiest at LondonSouthend Airport out of all our bases securing an impressive 92&#037; satisfaction rate&#046; We&amp;rsquo&#059;re fully committed to London Southend Airport and have demonstrated this by investing heavily in new destinations&#046; We&amp;rsquo&#059;re keen to continue adding more varied routes to our schedule and over the coming week&amp;rsquo&#059;s we&amp;rsquo&#059;ll see inaugural flights to Edinburgh&#044; Berlin&#044; Krakow and Newquay take-off&#046; Ultimately our long-term aim at London Southend Airport is simple&#059; to expand our network&#044; bring more competition and lower fares as well as opening up new markets to both our leisure and business travellers&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	To further celebrate the landmark anniversary&#044; easyJet invited local children from Little Havens Hospice to come along to the airport to take part in a paper plane making master class&#044; hosted by world renowned origami artist Mark Bolitho&#046;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 585 align&#061;&quot;center&quot; alt&#061;&quot;1 anni&quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot; height&#061;&quot;2444&quot;  image_ image_name&#061;&quot;0&quot; name&#061;&quot;1 anni&quot;  style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 418px&#059; height&#058; 269px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot; width&#061;&quot;650&quot;&#093;

	Local children enjoy paper plane making classes at London Southend Airport

	Little Havens cares for children from across Essex which have been diagnosed with a life-limiting illness and also offers support for their families&#046; Art and crafts play an important part in the sensory therapies provided by the hospice&#044; giving children with serious illnesses a creative outlet to express themselves&#046;

	Participants then entered a paper plane throwing competition to win return flights for a family of four to either Amsterdam - the closest route served by the airline from London Southend - or Faro&#044; the furthest route served from London Southend by easyJet&#046;

	Passengers were also treated to complimentary number one shaped birthday cake and champagne throughout the day&#046;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; says &amp;ldquo&#059;It has been a fantastic first year with easyJet for all the team at Southend&#044; and as recent figures showed our busiest ever&#046; We think ourunique promises to passengers &amp;ndash&#059; that they should wait no more than four &#160;minutes to go through security and that&#044; on arrival with hand baggage&#044; they are on the rail station platform within 15 minutes of leaving the aircraft - is what is driving more and more passengers to choose London&amp;&#035;39&#059;s newest airport&#046; That is why we are currently extending the terminal to ensure that we continue to deliver these high standards of customer service as the airport grows&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 584 alt&#061;&quot;1 anni&quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot;  image_ name&#061;&quot;1 anni&quot;  style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 441px&#059; height&#058; 289px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot;&#093;

	Local Children with &#040;L-R&#041; Hugh Aitken easyJet&amp;&#035;39&#059;s UK Commercial Manager and Alastair Welch Managing Director London Southend Airport&#046; 
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<title>Youngest pilot to fly solo round the world makes his UK stop at London Southend Airport</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/youngest-pilot-to-fly-solo-round-the-world-makes-his-uk-stop-at-london-southend-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:29:26 +0100</pubDate>
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	A Malaysian pilot who is attempting to set the Guinness World Record as youngest pilot to fly solo around the world in a single engine aircraft made his UK stop at London Southend Airport on Saturday 27 April&#046;

	Captain James Tan is currently in the middle of his 1Malaysia Around The World expedition&#046; The 21-year old started his 21&#044;900 nautical mile&#044; 50-day journey in Langkawi&#044; Malaysia on March 26&#046;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 594 align&#061;&quot;center&quot; alt&#061;&quot;Malay 2&quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot; height&#061;&quot;3264&quot;  image_ image_name&#061;&quot;0&quot; name&#061;&quot;Malay 2&quot;  style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 402px&#059; height&#058; 536px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot; width&#061;&quot;650&quot;&#093;

	Captain James Anthony Tan with his Cessna 210P

	He will finish his trip in Malaysia&amp;rsquo&#059;s capital&#044; Kuala Lumpur on 12 May 2013&#046;

	James touched down at London Southend Airport just after 6pm after flying in from Iceland capital Reykjavik&#046; On his arrival in Essex he was greeted by the Malaysian High Commissioner to the UK&#046;&#160;

	His trip in a Cessna 210P single engine aircraft is part of a scheme to inspire others to overcome their personal issues - James suffers from dyslexia - and try new challenges&#046;

	James says &amp;ldquo&#059;It&amp;rsquo&#059;s been an awesome journey so far and today I reach the 25&#044;000 kilometre mark and so I have fifteen left then I have made a complete circle&#046; It&amp;rsquo&#059;s been amazing and everyone has been so great&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;&#160; 

	He added &amp;ldquo&#059;My feelings right now can be summed by in my favourite quote from Mark Twain who said &amp;lsquo&#059;The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why&#046;That&amp;rsquo&#059;s why I am telling everyone it is so important to find out your dream and pursue &amp;ndash&#059; just like I am&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	More on James and his journey at www&#046;1rtw&#046;com&#046;my

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	Captain James Anthony Tan meets the Malaysian High Commissioner on arrival at London Southend Airport
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<title>Highland style take-off for easyJet flights from London Southend to Edinburgh</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/highland-style-take-off-for-easyjet-flights-from-london-southend-to-edinburgh/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 17:01:06 +0100</pubDate>
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	easyJet&#044; the UK&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest airline&#044; is giving its passengers a Scottish style send-off to celebrate its inaugural flight from London Southend to Edinburgh today &amp;ndash&#059; Thursday 2 May 2013&#046;

	The airline&amp;rsquo&#059;s passengers will be welcomed with entertainment from the 10-piece Essex Caledonian Pipe Band and a refreshing glass of Irn Bru &#040;or champagne&#033;&#041; plus a stick of Edinburgh Rock ahead of the first flight&#046;

	easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s new direct flights to the Scottish capital from London&amp;rsquo&#059;s newest airport will enable travellers from the region to reach Edinburgh in just 75 minutes&#044; six days a week&#044; all year round with London Southend becoming easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s fourth London airport offering flights to Edinburgh &amp;ndash&#059; more than any other airline&#046;&#160; With fares available from just &#163;21&#046;49&#042; the new service will provide every opportunity for the85&#044;000 passengers expected to use the service each year&#044; to experience the city&amp;rsquo&#059;s world famous culture&#044; history&#044; architecture and sense of fun&#046;

	Hugh Aitken&#044; easyJet&amp;rsquo&#059;s UK Commercial Manager said&amp;ldquo&#059;We&amp;rsquo&#059;re delighted to be launching this new easyJet service from London Southend to Edinburgh&#046;&#160;&#160; We&amp;rsquo&#059;re actively expanding our destinations from the airport and delivering on our promise to provide great value for money&#044; choice and flexibility with our friendly service&#046;Our direct flight to Edinburgh will enable passengers from the region to explore the city or extendtheir visit to further areas of Scotland easily and affordably whether travelling for leisure or work&#046;We&amp;rsquo&#059;re sure the new service will be a big hit&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

	London Southend Airport Managing Director Alastair Welch said&amp;ldquo&#059;Our customer research told us Edinburgh was the most popular and widely requested UK destination locally&#044; so it therefore it made perfect sense for us to respond to that and give passengers what they want&#046; It also means that people in Essex and London no longer have to face a day long drive or tortuous train journey to get to Scotland&#046;&amp;rdquo&#059;

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	&#160;Alastair Welch&#044; MD London Southend Airport&#044; and the Essex Caledonian Pipe Band

	NOTES 

	&#042;Per person one way including fees and charges based on two people travelling on the same booking&#046;
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<title>Aer Lingus Regional mark one year at London Southend with record monthly passenger numbers of 5,600 in May</title>
<link>http://www.southendairport.com/news/latest-news/aer-lingus-regional-mark-one-year-at-london-southend-with-record-monthly-passenger-numbers-of-5-600-in-may/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:29:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			New ATR plane flies&#160; to Southend in inaugural week of flight
	
	
		
			Aer Lingus Regional marks one year on the Dublin to London Southend route
	
	
		
			Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann&#044; aims to grow route by 20&#037; this year
	
	
		
			Improved Dublin to London Southend schedule facilitates day return for passengers
	


	Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann&#044; is on track to fly a new monthly record of 5&#044;600 passengers this month as the airline marks one year of the Dublin to London Southend Airport service this week&#046;

	The route&#044; launched in May 2012&#044; has grown considerably over the past year&#044; flying over 55&#044;000 passengers to London&amp;rsquo&#059;s newest hub&#044; London Southend&#046;

	Aer Lingus Regional&#044; operated by Aer Arann&#044; aims to continue to grow the route by 20&#037; in the next 12 months&#046;

	The airline has introduced a numbers of measures to support this growth which includes an improved schedule&#044; increasing capacity on the route and&#044; by delivering greater comfort to passengers on the airlines new plane&#046;

	Aer Arann&#044; operator of Aer Lingus Regional&#044; recently collected the first of eight new planes as part of a &amp;euro&#059;144m deal with ATR&#044; the world&amp;rsquo&#059;s largest manufacturer of regional aircraft in Toulouse&#044; France&#046;

	The new ATR plane&#044; which arrived last week&#044; flew to London Southend for the first time today&#046;

	The investment in new planes is part of the airline&amp;rsquo&#059;s &amp;lsquo&#059;new beginning&amp;rsquo&#059; strategy&#044; which aims to position Aer Arann&#044; operator of Aer Lingus Regional&#044; among Europe&amp;rsquo&#059;s top tier of regional airlines&#046;

	Due to demand and customer feedback&#044; Aer Arann adjusted the Dublin to London Southend schedule which now facilitates a day return for business passengers&#046;

	The popular Dublin to London Southend flight now departs Dublin at 7&#058;15am&#044; arriving in London Southend at the earlier time of8&#046;50am and returning from London Southend at 19&#046;30pm on the same day&#046; &#160;

	Aer Lingus Regional recently moved to Dublin&amp;rsquo&#059;s newest terminal&#044; T2&#044; in Dublin Airport&#044; where they join Aer Lingus&amp;rsquo&#059; mainline services&#046; The move provides further convenience for London Southend-based passengers as it facilitates onward travel with Aer Lingus transatlantic routes to US destinations&#044; from the same terminal &amp;ndash&#059; a growing part of the Aer Lingus Regional business with over 3&#044;000 passengers making onwards journeys to the US from London Southend per year&#046;

	Commenting in London Southend Airport today&#044; Aer Arann&amp;rsquo&#059;s Chief Commercial Officer&#044; Simon Fagan said&#058;

	&amp;lsquo&#059;We are delighted to mark the first anniversary of this key route in the Aer Lingus Regional network&#046; The route has grown significantly over the past year and our aim now is to continue to work hard to build on this success&#046;

	&amp;lsquo&#059;We recently welcomed the arrival of the first of eight new ATR planes&#044; the first of which is here today in its inaugural week of flight&#046;

	&amp;lsquo&#059;The arrival of our new planes enables Aer Arann to further expand our regional offering and to support the addition of new routes and frequencies on existing routes&#046;

	&amp;lsquo&#059;Dublin to London Southend is an extremely popular route on our network&#044; for both business and leisure passengers&#046; We continue to see steady growth in traffic&#044; with almost 55&#044;000 passengers benefiting from an easy&#044; efficient and accessible connection between Dublin and London Southend this year&#046;

	&amp;lsquo&#059;With an improved schedule&#044; new planes and great choice for passengers&#044; we are working hard to deliver on our objective of further developing and growing passenger numbers on this route&#046;&#160;

	&amp;lsquo&#059;Aer Lingus Regional is committed to providing its customers with easy&#044; convenient regional connectivity and great value for money&#044; Mr Fagan concluded&#046;&amp;rsquo&#059;

	Speaking on the first anniversary of the Aer Lingus Regional service&#044; Alastair Welch&#044; Managing Director&#044; London Southend Airport said&#058;

	&amp;lsquo&#059;As we celebrate a successful first year for our Dublin service&#044; with new schedules and new aircraft being delivered&#044; we look forward to even more passengers finding out that flying through London Southend Airport really is &amp;&#035;39&#059;simply easier&amp;&#035;39&#059;&#046;&amp;rsquo&#059;

	&#091;IMG&#058; 606 image_ image_name&#061;&quot;0&quot; width&#061;&quot;650&quot; height&#061;&quot;2848&quot; alt&#061;&quot;Aer Lingus ATR 72-600&quot; class&#061;&quot;criss-cross&quot; name&#061;&quot;Aer Lingus ATR 72-600&quot; style&#061;&quot;border-bottom&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-left&#058; 0px solid&#059; width&#058; 476px&#059; height&#058; 316px&#059; border-top&#058; 0px solid&#059; border-right&#058; 0px solid&quot; title&#061;&quot;&quot; align&#061;&quot;center&quot;&#093;

	Brnad new ATR72-600 series aircraft

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