Route Development

[Aviador]

CityJet will be opening a new base at Southend. 4 aircraft 18 routes yet to be announced employing 80 staff.

Excellent news for Southend airport which seems to be going from strength to strength. #cityjetexpansion #Southend

 

[Jerry]

Excellent news for Southend airport which seems to be going from strength to strength. #cityjetexpansion #Southend

Yes it is don't think they've announced any routes yet though.

 

[BHX492]

FlyOne will launch 2x weekly flights to Chisinau on a Tuesday and Friday from the 19th July

• Chisinau KIV 20:25 Departure → London SEN 21:45 Arrival
• London SEN 22:45 Departure → Chisinau KIV 03:40 Arrival

 

[jfy1999]

New Wideroe route to Kristiansand with daily flights due to start March 29

https://twitter.com/x/status/1217758965410553856

 

[jfy1999]

New Wideroe route to Bergen scheduled for august, 2 weekly flights. Obviously subject to change. No idea what is due to happen with Kristiansand.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1275732591476441089

 

[CM.]

Looks like another boost for Southend Airport as Balkan Holidays are launching a new route from Bourgas to Southend for Summer 2024.

They’ve removed London Stansted for Summer 24 so I guess Southend replaces STN for 2024.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1666814744312041475

 

[Jinx1]

AeroItalia announces Milan Bergamo to Southend, the route will operate x6 weekly on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri and Sun, timings as per below:

Milan 0900-0945 Southend
Southend 1045-1330 Milan

This is the 1st of 3 rumored new routes in partnership with the airline, with Rome and Sicily (Comiso or Catania) also believed to be on the cards.

 

[Silvercity]

AeroItalia announces Milan Bergamo to Southend, the route will operate x6 weekly on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri and Sun, timings as per below:

Milan 0900-0945 Southend
Southend 1045-1330 Milan

This is the 1st of 3 rumored new routes in partnership with the airline, with Rome and Sicily (Comiso or Catania) also believed to be on the cards.

Boost for SEN

 

[Jerry]

Bit of a curveball route this!

 

[Seasider]

When does it start?

 

[Jinx1]

When does it start?

25th of March 2024

Bit of a curveball route this!

Yes, Milan has previously done well with both EasyJet and Ryanair historically, but AeroItalia are charging 80 EUR one-way and therefore I really can't see this being successful unfortunately.

 

[Jerry]

25th of March 2024


Yes, Milan has previously done well with both EasyJet and Ryanair historically, but AeroItalia are charging 80 EUR one-way and therefore I really can't see this being successful unfortunately.

It'll be interesting to see if it's successful. One of the challenges they'll face is lack of recognition airline wise compared to the likes of Easyjet.

 

[pug]

It’s an interesting one, the lack of recognition could cause issue, however SEN is blessed with being on a railway line very close to the City of London and therefore does have a large market almost on its doorstep.

It is undoubtably a shame with what’s happened at SEN in recent years, do any growth attempts no matter how left field should be supported. It’s certainly in a far better position than its contemporaries like HUY, MME etc purely owing to the access to such a large market.

Conversely, it looks like Lakeland airways (or whatever they are calling themselves now) intend to start up a number of services, the first being an SEN-MME route. Not a clue how they think that will work, presumably the TVCA Mayor will be helping with his offer of a chunk of his bottomless pit of cash to help get it going,

 

[Jinx1]

It’s an interesting one, the lack of recognition could cause issue, however SEN is blessed with being on a railway line very close to the City of London and therefore does have a large market almost on its doorstep.

It is undoubtably a shame with what’s happened at SEN in recent years, do any growth attempts no matter how left field should be supported. It’s certainly in a far better position than its contemporaries like HUY, MME etc purely owing to the access to such a large market.

Conversely, it looks like Lakeland airways (or whatever they are calling themselves now) intend to start up a number of services, the first being an SEN-MME route. Not a clue how they think that will work, presumably the TVCA Mayor will be helping with his offer of a chunk of his bottomless pit of cash to help get it going,

Now if that was to go ahead that would be a gamble. Will be interesting to see if they can get it off the ground. Good luck to them, more routes are always welcome after the last 4 years.

 

[Jinx1]

Unsurprisingly, AeroItalia have this week pulled the Milan flights from sale and have no plans to operate routes from SEN going forward, the route had only been on sale for a month and the first flight had not even taken off, big blow for London Southend.

 

[Silvercity]

There was always Jersey flights from SEN , anyone offering this for the summer ?

 

[Jerry]

There was always Jersey flights from SEN , anyone offering this for the summer ?

Nope.

 

[Jinx1]

There was always Jersey flights from SEN , anyone offering this for the summer ?

Currently no, but I do believe this route will be on the departure board at SEN for Summer 2024.