easyJet's expansion at Southend Airport (From Southend Standard)

Diannah wrote:
Does anybody know if Southend are planning flights to France?

APR wrote:
I was under the impression that it was always the intention to have four aircraft at Southend ?

bongking wrote:

APR wrote:
I was under the impression that it was always the intention to have four aircraft at Southend ?

it will go up to 10 in the next couple of years, it will be great for us travers!!

Max Impact wrote:
STOP PRESS: Jayman & Jollyboy yet to post negative comments on Echo Story relating to airport...

NOT a peep in FOUR hours wonder if we will get the normal comment relating to the Echo running an advert for the Airport/EasyJet and that it's not news.

bongking wrote:

Diannah wrote:
Does anybody know if Southend are planning flights to France?

why do you want to go there for!!

Max Impact wrote:
Dumb and Dumber!

netty49 wrote:
when is southend airport going to do flights to scotland

Nebs wrote:
Great, a few trips next winter to watch the Cracovia Ice Hockey team.

Olivia2847 wrote:

Nebs wrote:
Great, a few trips next winter to watch the Cracovia Ice Hockey team.

Who is bright spark who keeps logging off and logging on again to score this down?

Joe Wildman wrote:

Olivia2847 wrote:

Nebs wrote:
Great, a few trips next winter to watch the Cracovia Ice Hockey team.

Who is bright spark who keeps logging off and logging on again to score this down?

What is this scoring up/down thing I can't see anything like that on my computer.

111111 wrote:
Possibly if these planes flew 400 feet over your house you would not be
Quite so positive - it would appear that stobart air is getting its staff to leave these messages of support remember there are thousands of people that do not agree with airport expansion

111111 wrote:
Possibly if these planes flew 400 feet over your house you would not be Quite so positive - it would appear that stobart air is getting its staff to leave these messages of support remember there are thousands of people that do not agree with airport expansion

Max Impact wrote:
Dumb and Dumber!

jayman wrote:

Max Impact wrote:
Dumb and Dumber!

oh... god.

you are so 'in house'

I cordially invite you to be funny in any way at your soonest convenience.

there is so much bull sh1t coming from that airport i would have thought they where using the airfield to graze cattle when they should be landing planes.

never mind, this article may as well read 'news flash!!!! southend airport has a radar' or 'news flash!!!! southend council gives consent for airport to do something'

this is not news... its yet another commercial advert for the airport.

steve077 wrote:
Flights to Edinburgh would be good, as would the south of France . Berlin is good. Why go from other London airports when we have Southend on our doorstep, much easier & better

111111 wrote:
Possibly if these planes flew 400 feet over your house you would not be
Quite so positive - it would appear that stobart air is getting its staff to leave these messages of support remember there are thousands of people that do not agree with airport expansion

Max Impact wrote:

jayman wrote:

Max Impact wrote:
Dumb and Dumber!

oh... god.

you are so 'in house'

I cordially invite you to be funny in any way at your soonest convenience.

there is so much bull sh1t coming from that airport i would have thought they where using the airfield to graze cattle when they should be landing planes.

never mind, this article may as well read 'news flash!!!! southend airport has a radar' or 'news flash!!!! southend council gives consent for airport to do something'

this is not news... its yet another commercial advert for the airport.

Jayman/Jollyboy/1111

11 or whatever name you want to use next.

So bringing more jobs to Southend is not news is it.

So nothign relating to the airport is a story is it...

I bet you would change your mind if there were job cuts or an accident, it's always the same with people like you, hate to see something being successful when it is something you are so very very against, you would only be happy if every single job in Southend was lost and people were laying dead on the street.

Shame on you

BASILBRUSH wrote:

111111 wrote:
Possibly if these planes flew 400 feet over your house you would not be
Quite so positive - it would appear that stobart air is getting its staff to leave these messages of support remember there are thousands of people that do not agree with airport expansion

111111,
Or perhaps people are genuinely supportive of one our areas biggest employers?
I didnt see thousands of people protesting against the extension at the Council meetings... far from it, and a hall full of people eager to hear of a few quid on a no win no fee basis doesnt prove a thing... I suspect a number have used the Airport themselves, and good luck to them.
Some will be against it, just as I am against certain groups that have to protest against anything new or chang e in this area... They'll still be here.

The Aircraft fly directly over my house depending on wind etc. It's the small ones that make the most noise, but then again I do live in a town with an Airport.... Even the shipping on the Thames is noisier with its constant dull hum... But then i live near the Thames and buy the products shipped in... I wont mention the trains. ;)
But again why would i complain about something I use?

As for Jayman, he is 'the' definition of Troll and cant stand the fact the Airport is actually successful. Why? We will probably never know... or care.

Bring on the Airport success, the potential investment in the town recently reported and anything else that brings this area up!
Leave the miserable nay sayers to constantly moan and whinge about progress if thats what floats their boat.

jayman wrote:

BASILBRUSH wrote:

111111 wrote:
Possibly if these planes flew 400 feet over your house you would not be
Quite so positive - it would appear that stobart air is getting its staff to leave these messages of support remember there are thousands of people that do not agree with airport expansion

111111,
Or perhaps people are genuinely supportive of one our areas biggest employers?
I didnt see thousands of people protesting against the extension at the Council meetings... far from it, and a hall full of people eager to hear of a few quid on a no win no fee basis doesnt prove a thing... I suspect a number have used the Airport themselves, and good luck to them.
Some will be against it, just as I am against certain groups that have to protest against anything new or chang e in this area... They'll still be here.

The Aircraft fly directly over my house depending on wind etc. It's the small ones that make the most noise, but then again I do live in a town with an Airport.... Even the shipping on the Thames is noisier with its constant dull hum... But then i live near the Thames and buy the products shipped in... I wont mention the trains. ;)
But again why would i complain about something I use?

As for Jayman, he is 'the' definition of Troll and cant stand the fact the Airport is actually successful. Why? We will probably never know... or care.

Bring on the Airport success, the potential investment in the town recently reported and anything else that brings this area up!
Leave the miserable nay sayers to constantly moan and whinge about progress if thats what floats their boat.

do you actually know what a troll is?

I have been against the airport expansion since day one. I don't belong to any group related to the airport. I'm a local resident. I'm in support of the estuary airport plan, therefore im not against the aviation industry, I'm just against one part of the industry that happens to be in the wrong location, lacks any real prestige as a fully capable airport and one that bases its sole existence on bottom feeding previously existing routes from other airports.

Southend airport, an airport that is not as good as Stansted or Heathrow or Gatwick , has less transport connections and is half the size with half the facilities.

Southend airport is a temporary solution to a growing problem, but don't worry. Charles De Gaulle Airport has loads of remaining capacity..

when the penny finally drops and the governments hand is forced into action to build another airport/runway do you really think easy jet or other airlines will maintain its Southend service's?

Southend airports history will repeat itself..

111111 wrote:
Possibly if these planes flew 400 feet over your house you would not be
Quite so positive - it would appear that stobart air is getting its staff to leave these messages of support remember there are thousands of people that do not agree with airport expansion

Broadwaywatch wrote:
I must admit that I am somewhat reluctant to post on here due to the amount of insults bantered about. However, here go's...... I have noticed that the majority of comments regarding the airport, apart from the abuse, seem to focus on their own personal requirements for flight destinations and personal convenience but rarely, if any detailed information as to the overall advantages to the Southend Borough as a whole; financially or otherwise. We are made aware of how many flights take tourists, holidaymakers and business people abroad but is there any information on hand as to how many foreigner's come back on those flights and venture into and enjoy our towns shops and leisure facilities? This is just a question not an excuse for abuse.

APR wrote:

Broadwaywatch wrote:
I must admit that I am somewhat reluctant to post on here due to the amount of insults bantered about. However, here go's...... I have noticed that the majority of comments regarding the airport, apart from the abuse, seem to focus on their own personal requirements for flight destinations and personal convenience but rarely, if any detailed information as to the overall advantages to the Southend Borough as a whole; financially or otherwise. We are made aware of how many flights take tourists, holidaymakers and business people abroad but is there any information on hand as to how many foreigner's come back on those flights and venture into and enjoy our towns shops and leisure facilities? This is just a question not an excuse for abuse.

Fair enough question.

I would guess that the answer would be, very very few.

Then you could say this about virtually any airport.
Airports are a transit hub, people just go to and from them.
The same happened with the Olympics, shops nearby had no increase in trade.
In fact London was quieter overall.

Broadwaywatch wrote:

APR wrote:

Broadwaywatch wrote:
I must admit that I am somewhat reluctant to post on here due to the amount of insults bantered about. However, here go's...... I have noticed that the majority of comments regarding the airport, apart from the abuse, seem to focus on their own personal requirements for flight destinations and personal convenience but rarely, if any detailed information as to the overall advantages to the Southend Borough as a whole; financially or otherwise. We are made aware of how many flights take tourists, holidaymakers and business people abroad but is there any information on hand as to how many foreigner's come back on those flights and venture into and enjoy our towns shops and leisure facilities? This is just a question not an excuse for abuse.

Fair enough question.

I would guess that the answer would be, very very few.

Then you could say this about virtually any airport.
Airports are a transit hub, people just go to and from them.
The same happened with the Olympics, shops nearby had no increase in trade.
In fact London was quieter overall.

Thank you APR for your polite reply and your sensible and constructive remarks.

jayman wrote:

BASILBRUSH wrote:

111111 wrote:
Possibly if these planes flew 400 feet over your house you would not be
Quite so positive - it would appear that stobart air is getting its staff to leave these messages of support remember there are thousands of people that do not agree with airport expansion

111111,
Or perhaps people are genuinely supportive of one our areas biggest employers?
I didnt see thousands of people protesting against the extension at the Council meetings... far from it, and a hall full of people eager to hear of a few quid on a no win no fee basis doesnt prove a thing... I suspect a number have used the Airport themselves, and good luck to them.
Some will be against it, just as I am against certain groups that have to protest against anything new or chang e in this area... They'll still be here.

The Aircraft fly directly over my house depending on wind etc. It's the small ones that make the most noise, but then again I do live in a town with an Airport.... Even the shipping on the Thames is noisier with its constant dull hum... But then i live near the Thames and buy the products shipped in... I wont mention the trains. ;)
But again why would i complain about something I use?

As for Jayman, he is 'the' definition of Troll and cant stand the fact the Airport is actually successful. Why? We will probably never know... or care.

Bring on the Airport success, the potential investment in the town recently reported and anything else that brings this area up!
Leave the miserable nay sayers to constantly moan and whinge about progress if thats what floats their boat.

do you actually know what a troll is?

I have been against the airport expansion since day one. I don't belong to any group related to the airport. I'm a local resident. I'm in support of the estuary airport plan, therefore im not against the aviation industry, I'm just against one part of the industry that happens to be in the wrong location, lacks any real prestige as a fully capable airport and one that bases its sole existence on bottom feeding previously existing routes from other airports.

Southend airport, an airport that is not as good as Stansted or Heathrow or Gatwick , has less transport connections and is half the size with half the facilities.

Southend airport is a temporary solution to a growing problem, but don't worry. Charles De Gaulle Airport has loads of remaining capacity..

when the penny finally drops and the governments hand is forced into action to build another airport/runway do you really think easy jet or other airlines will maintain its Southend service's?

Southend airports history will repeat itself..

The Northern Shrimper wrote:
Makes interesting reading all these comments, for and against expansion, lovely to fly to Berlin, nothing to France, hey hooo here we go to Stanstead, what a shame I am crying into my tea, we have a lovely Airport at Durham Tees Valley and what do we get because Easy Jet and others are not interested so DTV is underused, yes we have flights leaving for AMSTERDAM and ABERDEEN. Its about time the Government started using Airports such as these (an excellent rail service to London) and Doncaster Robin Hood Airport. You folk 'down souf' dont know how lucky you are in Southend, I have to travel 60 odd miles to my nearest airport do that when its foggy and snowy after a week in the sun somewhere. There!

Max Impact wrote:

jayman wrote:

BASILBRUSH wrote:

111111 wrote:
Possibly if these planes flew 400 feet over your house you would not be
Quite so positive - it would appear that stobart air is getting its staff to leave these messages of support remember there are thousands of people that do not agree with airport expansion

111111,
Or perhaps people are genuinely supportive of one our areas biggest employers?
I didnt see thousands of people protesting against the extension at the Council meetings... far from it, and a hall full of people eager to hear of a few quid on a no win no fee basis doesnt prove a thing... I suspect a number have used the Airport themselves, and good luck to them.
Some will be against it, just as I am against certain groups that have to protest against anything new or chang e in this area... They'll still be here.

The Aircraft fly directly over my house depending on wind etc. It's the small ones that make the most noise, but then again I do live in a town with an Airport.... Even the shipping on the Thames is noisier with its constant dull hum... But then i live near the Thames and buy the products shipped in... I wont mention the trains. ;)
But again why would i complain about something I use?

As for Jayman, he is 'the' definition of Troll and cant stand the fact the Airport is actually successful. Why? We will probably never know... or care.

Bring on the Airport success, the potential investment in the town recently reported and anything else that brings this area up!
Leave the miserable nay sayers to constantly moan and whinge about progress if thats what floats their boat.

do you actually know what a troll is?

I have been against the airport expansion since day one. I don't belong to any group related to the airport. I'm a local resident. I'm in support of the estuary airport plan, therefore im not against the aviation industry, I'm just against one part of the industry that happens to be in the wrong location, lacks any real prestige as a fully capable airport and one that bases its sole existence on bottom feeding previously existing routes from other airports.

Southend airport, an airport that is not as good as Stansted or Heathrow or Gatwick , has less transport connections and is half the size with half the facilities.

Southend airport is a temporary solution to a growing problem, but don't worry. Charles De Gaulle Airport has loads of remaining capacity..

when the penny finally drops and the governments hand is forced into action to build another airport/runway do you really think easy jet or other airlines will maintain its Southend service's?

Southend airports history will repeat itself..

This makes intresting reading, it is the current growth or retraction percentage of passenger change at the main London Airports.

Stansted -5%
Heathrow -2%
London City -2%
Luton 0%
Gatwick 0%
Southend +1340%

openspace wrote:

jayman wrote:

BASILBRUSH wrote:

111111 wrote:
Possibly if these planes flew 400 feet over your house you would not be
Quite so positive - it would appear that stobart air is getting its staff to leave these messages of support remember there are thousands of people that do not agree with airport expansion

111111,
Or perhaps people are genuinely supportive of one our areas biggest employers?
I didnt see thousands of people protesting against the extension at the Council meetings... far from it, and a hall full of people eager to hear of a few quid on a no win no fee basis doesnt prove a thing... I suspect a number have used the Airport themselves, and good luck to them.
Some will be against it, just as I am against certain groups that have to protest against anything new or chang e in this area... They'll still be here.

The Aircraft fly directly over my house depending on wind etc. It's the small ones that make the most noise, but then again I do live in a town with an Airport.... Even the shipping on the Thames is noisier with its constant dull hum... But then i live near the Thames and buy the products shipped in... I wont mention the trains. ;)
But again why would i complain about something I use?

As for Jayman, he is 'the' definition of Troll and cant stand the fact the Airport is actually successful. Why? We will probably never know... or care.

Bring on the Airport success, the potential investment in the town recently reported and anything else that brings this area up!
Leave the miserable nay sayers to constantly moan and whinge about progress if thats what floats their boat.

do you actually know what a troll is?

I have been against the airport expansion since day one. I don't belong to any group related to the airport. I'm a local resident. I'm in support of the estuary airport plan, therefore im not against the aviation industry, I'm just against one part of the industry that happens to be in the wrong location, lacks any real prestige as a fully capable airport and one that bases its sole existence on bottom feeding previously existing routes from other airports.

Southend airport, an airport that is not as good as Stansted or Heathrow or Gatwick , has less transport connections and is half the size with half the facilities.

Southend airport is a temporary solution to a growing problem, but don't worry. Charles De Gaulle Airport has loads of remaining capacity..

when the penny finally drops and the governments hand is forced into action to build another airport/runway do you really think easy jet or other airlines will maintain its Southend service's?

Southend airports history will repeat itself..

So, using your usual warped logic, Stansted Airport must be a failure since it is only half as big as Heathrow with half the facilities. I don't think so.
Ask all those who have used Southend Airport what they think of it, you might be surprised at the replies, they probably like it very much. Facts to back up this statement - I have spoken to a number of people who flew from the airport, all very impressed so I don't know where you get your so-called information from.
Fortunately, people vote with their feet and the growing number of people using the airport, the increasing number of flights and the terminal expansion make all of your comments appear, as usual.ludicrous.

PS How many years of success do you need before you admit you are wrong, please respond with a number, we are patient and have long memories so look forward to reminding you how wrong you will be proved to be.

Max Impact wrote:
Still waiting for Jollyboys recordings... Think there is more chance of him backing the airport than producing them!

pipeman wrote:

Max Impact wrote:
Still waiting for Jollyboys recordings... Think there is more chance of him backing the airport than producing them!

His at LHR MAX, recording this:

http://www.airliners

.net/photo/Singapore

-Airlines/Airbus-A38

0-841/2176674/M/

anti's would go into meltdown ..lol and they complain about Southend..!

rjsizzler wrote:
Rather than quote the lot:

"Southend airport, an airport that is not as good as Stansted or Heathrow or Gatwick , has less transport connections and is half the size with half the facilities."

So what? When I've flown from there the size of the place was a massive bonus - quick check-in, grab a coffee, hop on plane and away!

I know people who've come from London who say the transport was great; straight from Liverpool St and into the terminal.

The airport will expand but it isn't trying to be Gatwick. On a personal level, it's fantasic and I hope never to have to drive to another airport again!

Max Impact wrote:
Still waiting for Jollyboys recordings...

Think there is more chance of him backing the airport than producing them!

Basildon.lad.21 wrote:
To be honest, flying from Southend airport just does not have that holiday feel. Id rather go from Heathrow or Gatwick.

John T Pharro wrote:

Basildon.lad.21 wrote:
To be honest, flying from Southend airport just does not have that holiday feel. Id rather go from Heathrow or Gatwick.

When did you actually fly from Southend?
I flew years ago on a skiing holiday to Switzerland and it was absolutely brilliant. No delays, your baggage was travelling alongside you to the Carrosel and local. I realise that today things would be more mechanised especially the baggage, but I would fly any day local than travel the M25 to either Heatrow, Stanstead or Gatwick and have the stress of the journey. If you are in a 12 mile radius of Southend Airport it would only take half an hour for someone to pick you up. I have waited longer than that to pick up my luggage from Stanstead!!

paintlad3 wrote:
It shows the faith Easy jet have in stobarts and Southend Airport
Well Done!!