London Southend

easyJet will open its 10th UK base at London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) from March next year directly creating around 130 jobs in the local area. Three Airbus A320neo airliners will be based at the Essex airport enabling the budget airline to launch six new routes from Southend. easyJet already serves [read more]

Southend Airport has had some welcome news. Low-cost carrier easyJet has added two new cities to their list of direct destinations from SEN/EGMC. Starting in December, Grenoble (GNB/LFLS) and Geneva (GVA/LSGG) will join their itinerary, which currently spans Alicante, Amsterdam, Faro, Grenoble, Malaga, Palma, and Paris. It’s hoped that these [read more]

Low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) is set to relaunch its popular route from Southend (SEN/EGMC) to Amsterdam starting from 24th May 2023. The service will operate four times per week and will be the fourth destination that the carrier operates from the airport following its return. In addition to the Amsterdam [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) is turning its back on London Southend airport after it announced it was closing its base on the 1st November. Southend has already lost rival budget airline EasyJet (U2/EZY) as a result of the airport courting Ryanair to operate from there on competing routes. Eskin [read more]

London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) has committed to carbon neutrality by 2027 after achieving airport carbon accreditation. The airport has already begun reducing CO2 emissions which totalled 4,724 tCO²e¹ in 2019, down from 5,133 in 2018 which is a 36% reduction in emissions per unit revenue. Glyn Jones, CEO, London Southend [read more]

A new private COVID-19 testing facility has opened at London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) allowing passengers to get a confirmation of a negative test before travelling. The collaboration between London Southend Airport, Prenetics and Acacium Group is available to passengers ahead of travel and also to non-passengers who want to obtain [read more]

Low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) has ended based flights at London Stansted (STN/EGSS) and London Southend (SEN/EGMC) as it closes its bases at the two airports. The last flight arrived into Southend on Sunday night while a few flights, operated by aircraft based elsewhere, will continue to serve Stansted including Belfast, [read more]

Direct flights from London Southend (SEN/EGMC) to Bergen, Norway got underway today when the inaugural Widerøe flight departed at 10:45am. Passengers on the 1hr 50min flight were treated to a water arch from the airports fire service on departure from Southend and had special cake to celebrate the launch. Christian [read more]