London Southend Airport Announces Flights to Ireland

Aer Arann has announced that it is starting new, regular passenger services from London Southend Airport to and from both Waterford and Galway in Ireland from 27 March 2011.

Stobart Air (owner of London Southend Airport and a division of Stobart Group) Managing Director, Alastair Welch, says “This is a significant milestone in London Southend Airport’s development – the first new daily passenger service since Stobart Group took ownership two years ago. It also marks the completion of phase one of our transformation of the airport, heralding exciting and busy times ahead.”

He added “2011 is a very big year for London Southend, with a new airport railway station now complete and gearing up to be fully operational in the coming weeks, a new control tower also now ready, construction of a new passenger terminal underway and work on the runway extension and new airport hotel due to start later this year. This is the year London Southend Airport goes on the international air travel map as a fast, friendly and hassle-free new gateway to London. With the new railway station soon to be fully operational, we will be about 50 minutes by train from Liverpool Street, right in the heart of the City of London.”