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Southend Airport owners in talks with up to 50 airlines

24/10/2014

25 Comments

 
Newly restructured Stobart Group is in talks with up to 50 airlines to begin flying out of Southend Airport, according to chief executive Andrew Tinkler.

The company, which yesterday published its results for the six months ended August 2014, restructured earlier this year to focus on its aviation and energy divisions.

The aviation business is comprised primarily of airports at Southend and Carlisle. 

Mr Tinkler said: “Southend is an airport that can really serve London. You fly in and you’re off the plane and on to the train in 10 minutes if you’ve only got hand luggage.” 

Southend Airport railway station links to Stratford and London Liverpool Street.

Southend airport currently handles around one million passengers annually – with a 19 per cent jump in numbers in the first half of this yea. It aims to triple that number by 2017. 

“We’re seeing good traction with airlines we’re speaking to,” said Mr Tinkler.

“Our aspiration is to achieve £10 Ebitda [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisa­tion] per passenger going through the airport.”

While he declined to name any of the airlines in discussion with Stobart, Tinkler stated that the firm was speaking to “all the airlines across Europe”, adding: “All of those airlines would potentially fly through Southend.”
25 Comments
Sharon
23/10/2014 08:41:01 pm

Belfast City (George Best) airport please

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jake bonnett
23/10/2014 09:34:39 pm

I would love to see la Rochelle airport added :)

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Daphne
23/10/2014 09:44:20 pm

Salzburg Hamburg please .

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Toni
23/10/2014 09:53:41 pm

Limoges, Bergerac or Angouleme please

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garry
23/10/2014 11:19:22 pm

Bangkok

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Julie pearce
24/10/2014 12:04:14 am

i would like southern west france angouleme,Limoges,Bergerac preferably

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Anna
24/10/2014 12:54:51 am

Tirana airport, Albania, please!
Would be great!

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Fiona
24/10/2014 02:32:23 am

Podgorica in Montenegro please.

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sylvia
24/10/2014 02:35:33 am

Poznan,Poland. Please

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Geoff
24/10/2014 02:42:02 am

Would be nice to fly to Newquay Cornwall , save going to gatwick

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Julie
24/10/2014 03:18:00 am

Paris, Cyprus, or any Greek island

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Simon Reed
24/10/2014 03:42:49 am

Helsinki and Oulu please!

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Roger Frith
24/10/2014 04:52:09 am

Dalaman in Turkey would be great.

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Cathy Harris
24/10/2014 06:09:19 am

Gothenburg sweden

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Kevin
24/10/2014 06:37:42 am

Cyprus is an obvious choice, come on Eddie!

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Julie
24/10/2014 06:38:33 am

Aberdeen please

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Kevin
24/10/2014 06:39:52 am

Larnaca of course!

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Southend Rising
24/10/2014 08:53:19 am

Thanks everyone for the suggestions, Cyprus sounds popular. We will feed all your thoughts back to Southend Airport and the Stobart Group.

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Jeannie link
24/10/2014 05:20:52 pm

Nice and Edinburgh please

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Gill
24/10/2014 06:01:56 pm

Be great to fly to other places, but really need to sort the roads and parking too.

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Pat
24/10/2014 07:57:05 pm

South West France would be good, Toulouse, Limoges or Brive. There must be a big ex-pat market down there.

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Damien
24/10/2014 11:47:13 pm

Newquay Oporto and Seville

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Caroline
25/10/2014 05:50:06 am

Mahon

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Roberta link
25/10/2014 07:29:20 am

Paphos Cyprus please

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M H Woods
30/10/2014 04:35:39 pm

But increase the number of airlines and flights and the 10 minutes plane-to-train claim comes under real pressure.

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