London Southend Airport redesigns car park to support sustainable growth from June

London Southend Airport has changed the layout of its Short Stay car park, as it prepares to welcome 2.5 million passengers a year by the end of 2019.

In order to get ready for this planned growth, construction work has been taking place (started 20 May) at London’s favourite airport to adapt the Short Stay car park to avoid congestion and ensure a smooth, safe and hassle-free passenger experience.

Additional entrance and exit points are being added to the Short Stay car park in order to ensure vehicles can enter and exit and smoothly as possible. The 0-5-minute free period is being removed and pricing in this car park will begin from £3 for up to 10 minutes, making it the cheapest Short Stay car park option of all the London airports.

Passengers that still wish to be picked up and dropped off for free can use the 15 minutes free drop off / pick up option in the Long Stay 3 car park, which is just a short walk from the terminal front door.

SHORT STAY CAR PARK TARIFF FROM MONDAY 17 JUNE

0 – 10 mins  £3.00

10 mins – 30 mins  £5.00

30 mins – 1 hour  £7.00

1 - 3 hours  £12.00

3 - 24 hours  £30.00

Each additional 24 hours or part thereof £30.00

London Southend Airport to collaborate with Southend United Community & Educational Trust  (12/2/19)

London Southend Airport is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Southend United Community & Education Trust.

Southend United Community & Educational Trust is incredibly proud of its affiliation with Southend United Football Club, but the Community & Educational Trust (SUCET) is about so much more than football. It strives to engage with and enrich the lives of people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and interests, using a varied Sports Participation, Health & Wellbeing, Education & Training and Community Cohesion programmes to reach people throughout South-East Essex.

London’s favourite airport is providing sponsorship funds and work alongside SUCET on a number of initiatives that will be announced in due course. As a result of the relationship, London Southend Airport’s logo will also appear on all of the kit worn by SUCET staff.

Glyn Jones, CEO of London Southend Airport said, “The community that surrounds our fast-growing airport is vitally important to us. After all, we employ 80% of our workforce locally. We want to ensure that we contribute positively to our community and this collaboration with SUCET is a fantastic opportunity to do just that. It has established a fantastic reputation and undertake a wide variety of positive activities throughout South-East Essex. We have a number of exciting plans to work with them on various initiatives, and we look forward to announcing more details soon!”

Dale Spiby, Chief Executive Officer of Southend United Community & Educational Trust said, “We are delighted to be in partnership with London Southend Airport. This is the coming together of two significant and highly ambitious organisations who provide a variety of opportunities within the local community. We are looking forward to joining forces and brands to enable us to deliver many exciting initiatives as part of our unique collaboration.”

Stobart Group celebrates 10 years of owning London Southend Airport and looks to the future  (15/1/19)

Stobart Group today celebrated 10 years since it acquired London Southend Airport (LSA) with a celebratory event reflecting on the past decade, and looking forward to what the future might have in store.

 

More than fifty people representing local and regional businesses, along with key stakeholders, were amongst those attending the event at the Holiday Inn at London Southend Airport, which was also attended by Stobart Group CEO Warwick Brady, with Cllr John Lamb (Leader of Southend Borough Council), Cllr Norman Smith (Leader Castle Point Council) & Ali Griffin (Chief Executive, Southend Borough Council).

Glyn Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Stobart Aviation, owners of London Southend Airport (below) said “As you’d expect from London’s fastest growing airport, we’ve seen a lot of change over the last 10 years - and we’re planning for even more change over the next 10. That’s why today we have not only considered our achievements to date, but also looked forward to what the next 10 years could bring – for both London Southend Airport and the airport industry.”

In 2019 – beyond the currently runway resurfacing to allow a greater variety of planes to operate from the airport and the April arrival of new partner Ryanair who will base 3 aircraft at LSA creating 11 new routes - there are also plans to extend the terminal, introduce self-service Bag Drop and increase the food and beverage outlets on offer to passengers. In 2009 when Stobart took over LSA there were just 3,000 passengers a year using the airport – in 2019 there is expected to be 2.5 million.

Glyn also revealed the airport will be submitting plans to build a second hotel, commenting “As we get bigger, we also want to get better – unlike other airports we have absolutely no intention of letting the passenger experience slip as we grow, we want it to improve. We will continue to invest in great people, use big data to understand our market and embrace technology and partnerships. We are absolutely determined to retain our title of Which? ‘Best Airport in London’, which we’ve been named 5 years in a row.”