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]
London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) welcomes Wizz Air back to its apron today with a flight to Bucharest that is scheduled to depart at 19:50 local time. The Hungarian low-cost carrier stopped flying earlier this year due to coronavirus travel restrictions but like other airlines has slowly been resuming operations. Glyn [read more]
London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) owners Stobart Group have raised £140m to transform and enhance the passenger experience in the new post-COVID-19 world. The airport will now invest the money over the coming years and will focus on maintaining a constant flow of passengers through the terminals and avoiding bottlenecks and [read more]
A run & cycle event on the runway at London Southend airport last week has raised over £6000 for the NHS. The team of 40 participants were joined by Southend East MP James Durridge for the event which saw them aim to run and cycle 290km (180 miles). They actually [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced it will drop its London Southend to Glasgow route from 3rd January 2020. Loganair is operating the route with a 49-seat Embraer RJ145 Regional Jet making it hard to compete against the numerous low-cost options between London to Glasow from airlines such as Easyjet and Ryanair. [read more]
Low-cost carrier Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced its flying programme for Summer 2020 at Southend (SEN/EGMC) which includes six new routes. The summer will see brand new routes to Bergerac, Girona and Marseille along with the addition of summer services to Bucharest, Venice Treviso and Vilnius. The additions bring the total [read more]
Scottish regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has been officially awarded the Public Service Obligation route between the city of Derry, Northern Ireland and London. A Public Service Obligation or PSO route is an air route that is deemed vital to the economic development of the region and as such are subsidised [read more]
Stobart Air is adding a daily service from London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) to Newquay Airport (NQY/EGHQ) in Cornwall. Operating under a Flybe codeshare the service will begin on the 1st April, initially as a 5-day per week service but will increase to daily from the 1st May. The route will [read more]
Low-cost carrier Easyjet has launched the first of its four new routes from London Southend. The flight to Bordeaux, France which took off yesterday afternoon is the first of four to launch this summer and will also see a new aircraft at the base. The Bordeaux flight will operate 3 times [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair is to launch flights from London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) from April 2019. The 13 new routes, which already show on Ryanair’s website, include: Alicante (5 weekly) Barcelona Reus (2 weekly) Bilbao (4 weekly) Brest (2 weekly) Corfu (2 weekly) Cluj (3 weekly) Dublin (2 daily) Faro [read more]
©2015-2025 UK Aviation News. A UK Aviation Media Website.