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Flights from Southend to Edinburgh announced
4:16pm Thursday 7th February 2013 in Local News
SCOTLAND'S capital city Edinburgh has been announced as the latest place holidaymakers can fly to from Southend Airport.
The airport has revealed today that flights to the north of the border will be launched from May 2.
This latest addition means that there are 16 destinations passengers can fly to now from Sputhend.
The city attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists each year to the likes of its New Year Hogmanay party and its Edinburgh Festival.
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firedog
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4:21pm Thu 7 Feb 13
paintlad3
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4:25pm Thu 7 Feb 13
boyracer21
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4:27pm Thu 7 Feb 13
firedog wrote:Yes maybe a success in your eyes. But who wants to go Edinburgh? Oh I know, Andy Murray so he can go home when his kicked out of Wimbledon this year.
Another sucess for the airport,moaners can start now.
jolllyboy
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4:27pm Thu 7 Feb 13
cazza
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4:41pm Thu 7 Feb 13
Alekhine
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4:50pm Thu 7 Feb 13
supershrimper
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4:50pm Thu 7 Feb 13
jolllyboy wrote:easyJet. They are already selling seats.
By Easyjet or another ?
supershrimper
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4:52pm Thu 7 Feb 13
mys842
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4:55pm Thu 7 Feb 13
supershrimper wrote:Paris would be fantastic!
Looks like there'll be six flights a week (none on Saturday). Let's have Paris next!
How about the canaries? Or are they too far for the class of planes they use at SEN?
j-w
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4:58pm Thu 7 Feb 13
cazza wrote:At the moment you can only buy flights till October to anywhere on easyJet, October onwards should be released soon so we will have to see if Edinburgh is extended into winter.
Great idea but it seems a shame the flights are only from May to October and won't cover New Year Hogmanay or will they be extending the flights to all year?
Rochford Rob
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5:01pm Thu 7 Feb 13
BIRLIS
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5:27pm Thu 7 Feb 13
Thecountrysgonetopot!
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6:18pm Thu 7 Feb 13
ly amazing airport! Was off the plane and in my car within 4 minutes, cannot wait to use the airport in the summer to fly to America. like other posters id like to see the canery islands as a destination, im sure it wont be long!
j-w
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6:19pm Thu 7 Feb 13
Diannah
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7:27pm Thu 7 Feb 13
j-w wrote:I know. Makes me laugh thinking of the few 'anti's' continually refreshing the page just to hit the thumbs down! Still, keeps them amused, I suppose :)
I see the stupid score thing is back!
Love the fact that Edinburgh is on the Easyjet map. My sister lives there so will soon be booking my ticket. Also, looking forward to the day I can fly to Paris. Does anybody know why it isn't a destination yet?
supershrimper
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7:31pm Thu 7 Feb 13
j-w wrote:Based on Wikipedia (I know it's unreliable but it's usually right on these things) it is an all year round service.
cazza wrote:At the moment you can only buy flights till October to anywhere on easyJet, October onwards should be released soon so we will have to see if Edinburgh is extended into winter.
Great idea but it seems a shame the flights are only from May to October and won't cover New Year Hogmanay or will they be extending the flights to all year?
I know it won't happen, but if BA could emulate their LCY-JFK route from Southend that would be brilliant!
bigmak
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7:43pm Thu 7 Feb 13
Diannah
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7:45pm Thu 7 Feb 13
bigmak wrote:Good point.
There are now far fewer flights to Paris from London and the South East because Eurostar has grabbed the lion's share. Every hour they have a train that holds over 1000 passengers with fares as low as £59 and NO air passenger duty. Look at the schedules for other London area airports and you will struggle to find Paris flights. Even at London City, you can fly to Orly but only one or two to CDG, which is the main airport. Same goes for Brussels. What would be useful would be Nice, as suggested earlier, and Frankfurt where only City currently has flights .
Carnabackable
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8:01pm Thu 7 Feb 13
supershrimper
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8:09pm Thu 7 Feb 13
supershrimper
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8:17pm Thu 7 Feb 13
j-w wrote:Article on SEN website confirms that it is a year-round service so don't worry, you can spend new year up north!
cazza wrote:At the moment you can only buy flights till October to anywhere on easyJet, October onwards should be released soon so we will have to see if Edinburgh is extended into winter.
Great idea but it seems a shame the flights are only from May to October and won't cover New Year Hogmanay or will they be extending the flights to all year?
Thames Gateway
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9:51pm Thu 7 Feb 13
Alicante.
Amsterdam.
Barcelona.
Belfast.
Berlin.
Dublin.
Edinburgh.
Faro.
Geneva.
Ibiza.
Jersey.
Krakow.
Malaga.
Newquay.
Palma.
Venice.
Not bad for the first year of new operations.
Ian P
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7:39am Fri 8 Feb 13
mys842 wrote:Once the second runway goes in they should not have any issue flying to the canaries. LOL!
supershrimper wrote: Looks like there'll be six flights a week (none on Saturday). Let's have Paris next!Paris would be fantastic! How about the canaries? Or are they too far for the class of planes they use at SEN?
Barry Bas
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7:40am Fri 8 Feb 13
Alekhine wrote:The one and only time I have flown was to Edinburgh and I needed a passport as I needed photographic identification. This was in 2002 so not long after 9/11 so not sure if the rules have been relaxed since.
Don't forget your passport. hoho
Rochford Rob
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11:45am Fri 8 Feb 13
"Great News for getting up to Scotland quickly and cheaply. I make that 16 destinations now.......
Not bad for the first year of new operations."
I haven't heard a bad word from anyone I know that has USED the airport. The staff are reported as being extremely helpful and friendly. That means at least two posters here I know of, definitely don't work there. There again, being dreadful envious socialists (if their posts are anything to go by) they probably don't work anyway.
One of them will be along shortly to tell us how noisy it will all be.
I'd be interested to know where they live. The runway is at the end of my garden and I don't have a problem with the noise.
My neighbours are lovely people so it can't be them. :)
Alekhine
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12:09pm Fri 8 Feb 13
Barry Bas wrote:I did'nt know that but my last was a referring to a possible independent Scotland etc etc....
Alekhine wrote: Don't forget your passport. hohoThe one and only time I have flown was to Edinburgh and I needed a passport as I needed photographic identification. This was in 2002 so not long after 9/11 so not sure if the rules have been relaxed since.
maxell
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1:30pm Fri 8 Feb 13
The airline will fly year-round flights to Marrakech three times a week on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the inaugural flight taking off on February 15th 2013.
easyJet will also operate a year-round twice weekly service to Sharm el Sheikh from Stansted Airport on a Thursday and Sunday with the first flight taking off on February 17th 2013.
The new Sofia route will operate twice a week on a Tuesday and Saturday and the first flight on the February 16th 2013.
Hugh Aitken, easyJet’s UK Commercial Manager said: "Each season we decide where to add new flights based on the places our customers tell us they most want to visit, so I’m sure these three new summer sun destinations are going to be a huge hit with holidaymakers.
"Currently, easyJet operates two mid-haul routes from Stansted to Bodrum and Dalaman so today’s announcement shows a real commitment to offering more varied destinations further afield, and the best value for our passengers."
easyJet’s 2013 Summer schedule (up to Sept 8th 2013) from Stansted Airport now features 1.7 million seats on 10,900 flights to 27 routes across Europe and North Africa.
maxell
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1:31pm Fri 8 Feb 13
disenfranchisedpast
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3:07pm Fri 8 Feb 13
Ian P wrote:Love to know where that second runway would fit......
mys842 wrote:Once the second runway goes in they should not have any issue flying to the canaries. LOL!
supershrimper wrote: Looks like there'll be six flights a week (none on Saturday). Let's have Paris next!Paris would be fantastic! How about the canaries? Or are they too far for the class of planes they use at SEN?
thesouthendone
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3:55pm Fri 8 Feb 13
disenfranchisedpast wrote:Hopefully compulsory purchase orders, if they are prepared to consider that for a new cinema then they won't think twice about actually doing it for the airport and neither should they, it's brilliant.
Ian P wrote:Love to know where that second runway would fit......
mys842 wrote:Once the second runway goes in they should not have any issue flying to the canaries. LOL!
supershrimper wrote: Looks like there'll be six flights a week (none on Saturday). Let's have Paris next!Paris would be fantastic! How about the canaries? Or are they too far for the class of planes they use at SEN?
One of the few success stories in Southend at the moment and not half as noisy as the moaning minority constantly say.
supershrimper
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5:05pm Fri 8 Feb 13
maxell wrote:What the hell?
These flights look really good as well and it much easier to get to stanstead by rail if you live in the fenchurch street line area. Ieven thought scotland is a beautiful place it has not got the sunshine (well it might have but its not the hot sort) The low-cost airline will be adding Marrakech, Morocco, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, as well as Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, to its flight network.
The airline will fly year-round flights to Marrakech three times a week on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the inaugural flight taking off on February 15th 2013.
easyJet will also operate a year-round twice weekly service to Sharm el Sheikh from Stansted Airport on a Thursday and Sunday with the first flight taking off on February 17th 2013.
The new Sofia route will operate twice a week on a Tuesday and Saturday and the first flight on the February 16th 2013.
Hugh Aitken, easyJet’s UK Commercial Manager said: "Each season we decide where to add new flights based on the places our customers tell us they most want to visit, so I’m sure these three new summer sun destinations are going to be a huge hit with holidaymakers.
"Currently, easyJet operates two mid-haul routes from Stansted to Bodrum and Dalaman so today’s announcement shows a real commitment to offering more varied destinations further afield, and the best value for our passengers."
easyJet’s 2013 Summer schedule (up to Sept 8th 2013) from Stansted Airport now features 1.7 million seats on 10,900 flights to 27 routes across Europe and North Africa.
Joe Wildman-Clark
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8:22pm Fri 8 Feb 13
maxell wrote:Has this anything to do with Southend please?
These flights look really good as well and it much easier to get to stanstead by rail if you live in the fenchurch street line area. Ieven thought scotland is a beautiful place it has not got the sunshine (well it might have but its not the hot sort) The low-cost airline will be adding Marrakech, Morocco, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, as well as Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, to its flight network.
The airline will fly year-round flights to Marrakech three times a week on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the inaugural flight taking off on February 15th 2013.
easyJet will also operate a year-round twice weekly service to Sharm el Sheikh from Stansted Airport on a Thursday and Sunday with the first flight taking off on February 17th 2013.
The new Sofia route will operate twice a week on a Tuesday and Saturday and the first flight on the February 16th 2013.
Hugh Aitken, easyJet’s UK Commercial Manager said: "Each season we decide where to add new flights based on the places our customers tell us they most want to visit, so I’m sure these three new summer sun destinations are going to be a huge hit with holidaymakers.
"Currently, easyJet operates two mid-haul routes from Stansted to Bodrum and Dalaman so today’s announcement shows a real commitment to offering more varied destinations further afield, and the best value for our passengers."
easyJet’s 2013 Summer schedule (up to Sept 8th 2013) from Stansted Airport now features 1.7 million seats on 10,900 flights to 27 routes across Europe and North Africa.
You say "These flights look really good as well and it much easier to get to stanstead by rail if you live in the fenchurch street line area."
How when the Stansted Express leaves from Liverpool Street!
People close to the Fenchurch Street line only have to get a train to Southend and then a taxi/bus or walk up the High Street to Southend Victoria and get the train to the airport.
People on the Liverpool Street line onlt have to get the train to the airport station.
All in all Southend Airport has outstanding public transport conecations.
Nebs
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10:47pm Fri 8 Feb 13
What's the point!!
Anybody wanting to fly to London from Edinburgh would actually fly to Gatwick which is far closer to London than Southend.
Southend is on the East Essex coast and on a bad day into London Liverpool Street it can take 2 hours by train. The train journey alone will be longer and more expensive than the flight.
So ...... If you actually want to fly to LONDON then may I recommend London Gatwick (which is actually in Sussex).
And there endeth Oor Man in London's geography lesson and top tip of the day.
tricklesthegreek
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8:44am Sat 9 Feb 13
mys842 says...
4:20pm Thu 7 Feb 13