Southend Airport to operate passenger flights across the UK and Europe

16.12.2008   (Skyscanner)

Southend Airport’s new owners the Stobart Group have said the airport will soon
start to operate passenger flights across the UK and Europe.

After acquiring the airport for £21 million last week, Stobart said that passenger
airline services could help “drive freight opportunities”, with the firm having
ambitions for the airport to become a niche air freight destination.

Commenting on the acquisition, Andrew Tinkler, chief executive of Stobart, said
that the airport’s development as a passenger airport would be “excellent news”
for Southend and the wider south-east region.

“Stobart has the necessary skills, including rail infrastructure and civil engineering
expertise, to make a positive impact on the airport’s development plans,” he said.

The airport’s future prospects have been helped by the Thames Gateway initiative,
the London Gateway project and the capital’s hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games.

The Stobart Group announced in July that it wanted to extend the option to buy
Carlisle Airport for a further six months.

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