London Southend Airport
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London Southend Airport (IATA: SEN, ICAO: EGMC ) is a British commercial airport in Southend- on-Sea, about 60 kilometers east of London.
History
On the site of today's London Southend Airport was in 1914 a base of the Royal Flying Corps. In the 1960s, the airport was with about 700,000 passengers in the third largest in the Greater London area.
In 2008 he was taken over by the Stobart Group. On March 19, 2010, an extensive expansion and modernization program was approved, from the London Southend Airport is to become a modern regional airport for the Greater London with the one who is able to compete against the other London airports. Inter alia, the start- off and landing strip is extended. In addition, a new control tower and airport railway station was built.
In April 2012, the second phase of the airport expansion was approved. The terminal building will be extended by 90 meters to accommodate additional security checks, baggage conveyors, shops and restaurants as well as a departure lounge. The capacity of the airport is designed to grow to two million passengers per year by 2020. In October 2012, a hotel chain Holiday Inn opened at the airport.
London Southend is since July 2012 next to Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and City the sixth official IATA airport of the city.
In August 2013 London - Southend was chosen in a poll to the airport with the nation's highest customer satisfaction. At the same time the completion of a terminal expansion to increase capacity for the end of 2013 was announced.
Location and Transport
The airport is located about three kilometers north of Southend- on-Sea about 60 km east of the city of London. It is connected via the A127 dual carriageway to the M25 Motorway.
Since July 2011, he has a dedicated rail station, Southend Airport, which is connected by Abellio Greater Anglia, among others, to Liverpool Street Station. The journey takes about 50 minutes.
Airlines and destinations
In April 2012, shortly after the opening of the expanded airport, the low cost airline easyJet opened a base at London Southend Airport and stationed three Airbus A319 -100 here. Ten European destinations are initially served, including Belfast, Amsterdam, Berlin -Schönefeld and Barcelona. In addition, flies more than Aer Lingus Regional from London Southend to Waterford and Dublin. On October 15, 2012, the route network was expanded by the German OLT Express Germany. Targets were each seasonal Dresden and Saarbrücken, but both were abandoned by the beginning of 2013.