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Southend Airport deal with private jet company at Olympics
4:30pm Tuesday 10th July 2012 in Basildon
Southend Airport deal with private jet company at Olympics
THE rich and famous will jet into Southend for the Olympics after bosses secured an exclusive deal with one of the world’s biggest private jet companies.
Landmark Aviation, which has bases at more than 50 airports across the globe, has named Southend Airport as its only destination for 2012 Games passengers.
To ensure its new well-heeled customers enjoy a smooth journey to Stratford, the airport has redesigned its old terminal to cope with as many as five luxury business jets at once. It is believed to have been enticed to Southend becaue of its proximity to the Olympic park, which can be reached in about 45 minutes on the train – quicker than from any other UK airport.
Dan Bucaro, Landmark’s chief executive, said: “We’ve seen the airport facilities first-hand and believe they represent something new and very special for the London area.
“We look forward to introducing our clients to Southend Airport and to ensuring they receive the best possible welcome and service when they fly to the UK this summer – whether for the Olympics or any other reason.”
Industry experts have predicted there will be an extra 3,000 private jet flights to airports within commuting distance of Stratford throughout the Olympics.
The deal secures business jet spaces for Landmark for the rest of the summer.
However, as the company specialises in providing last-minute luxury flights for rich passengers, airport bosses are unlikely to know which aircraft they will be welcoming until just a few hours before they arrive.
Alastair Welch, the airport’s managing director, said: “We are very excited to be entering into this partnership with Landmark.”
Comments(42)
cockleshed
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2:47pm Tue 10 Jul 12
anon anon
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2:56pm Tue 10 Jul 12
joeski97 wrote:yep, its getting better....
great news for southend :)
cockleshed
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3:20pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Barry Bas
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3:38pm Tue 10 Jul 12
cockleshed wrote:I suppose if they can afford a luxury jet then they can afford a chauffeur driven limo to take them to London.
Luxury business jets and then a Liverpool Street line cattletruck... are they in for a shock !
r6keith
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3:50pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Something in this town thats a positive step forward in the right direction.
emcee
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4:26pm Tue 10 Jul 12
cockleshed wrote:I think what they meant to say was that it was cheapest available.
Just another thought.... 'It is believed to have been enticed to Southend becaue of its proximity to the Olympic park, which can be reached in about 45 minutes on the train – quicker than from any other UK airport. ' This is not correct London city airport is full of luxury jets and directly linked by the DLR to Statford Internalional and it's easily less than 45 mins .....
London City would, indeed, have been the most efficient, transport wise, but it may already be over-subscribed during the Olympic period and the facilities and services are probably twice the price.
mrttev63
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4:48pm Tue 10 Jul 12
shoebury52
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4:51pm Tue 10 Jul 12
craigie123
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5:00pm Tue 10 Jul 12
cockleshed wrote:love the comment it made me laugh or the sweatbox
Luxury business jets and then a Liverpool Street line cattletruck... are they in for a shock !
The Cater Wood Creeper
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5:31pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Barry Bas wrote:they'll probably be exempt from the average speed cameras on the A127 as well considering they are rich and famous and it's for the olympics
cockleshed wrote: Luxury business jets and then a Liverpool Street line cattletruck... are they in for a shock !I suppose if they can afford a luxury jet then they can afford a chauffeur driven limo to take them to London.
APR
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5:57pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Hopefully they will be using the part that was used for Aer Arran flights ?
Max Impact
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7:04pm Tue 10 Jul 12
southendshrimper
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7:38pm Tue 10 Jul 12
(sorry Max we know how much you love jayman & leftys comments & "facts") tee hee
tophatdt
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8:17pm Tue 10 Jul 12
? no, I think the rich people will have private limos. I shall be over there watching the action during the first week of the Olympics......the new Holiday Inn restaurant and bar will be open by then.
tophatdt
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8:19pm Tue 10 Jul 12
rallyreg
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9:09pm Tue 10 Jul 12
Trainman
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11:17pm Tue 10 Jul 12
howironic
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8:37am Wed 11 Jul 12
Max Impact wrote:What's LCA? Surely LCY
LCA is going to be hit hard by the London 2012 Airspace Restrictions as it is so close to the olympic park, Southend is on the edge of the zone so will face some but fewer regulations.
Barry Bas
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9:04am Wed 11 Jul 12
howironic wrote:I think he is using the accronym for London City Airport. What is LCY? Is it some sort of identification code?
Max Impact wrote: LCA is going to be hit hard by the London 2012 Airspace Restrictions as it is so close to the olympic park, Southend is on the edge of the zone so will face some but fewer regulations.What's LCA? Surely LCY
_champagne2
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9:39am Wed 11 Jul 12
howironic
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11:45am Wed 11 Jul 12
Barry Bas wrote:LCY is the airport code for London City, the same way SEN is for London Southend and not LSA. It's a shame as it was a well informed intelligent post, but let himself down by quoting something that doesn't exist.
howironic wrote:I think he is using the accronym for London City Airport. What is LCY? Is it some sort of identification code?Max Impact wrote: LCA is going to be hit hard by the London 2012 Airspace Restrictions as it is so close to the olympic park, Southend is on the edge of the zone so will face some but fewer regulations.What's LCA? Surely LCY
RichardAC
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11:49am Wed 11 Jul 12
Barry Bas
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12:30pm Wed 11 Jul 12
howironic wrote:How has he let himself down by using an acronym (which in my dictionary says is a word formed by the initial letters of other words) that LSA certainly is, rather than using the airport code? I understood what he meant and I am sure more people, like me, wouldn't know the airport official codes so would use the acronym. I mean I have seen SEN in the comments to stories about Southend Airport before but I thought they were something to do with that protest group.
Barry Bas wrote:LCY is the airport code for London City, the same way SEN is for London Southend and not LSA. It's a shame as it was a well informed intelligent post, but let himself down by quoting something that doesn't exist.howironic wrote:I think he is using the accronym for London City Airport. What is LCY? Is it some sort of identification code?Max Impact wrote: LCA is going to be hit hard by the London 2012 Airspace Restrictions as it is so close to the olympic park, Southend is on the edge of the zone so will face some but fewer regulations.What's LCA? Surely LCY
r6keith
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1:45pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Mr. Pedantic
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2:39pm Wed 11 Jul 12
LCY is the code for London City.
LGW is London Gatwick.
LHR is London Heathrow.
LSA is Losuia in Papua New Guinea.
LTN is London Luton.
SEN is London Southend.
LCA is not an official airport code.
I'd imagine the name of the airport determines the city it serves rather than its geographical location.
Barry Bas
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3:08pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Barry Bas wrote:Sorry meant LCA not LSA.
howironic wrote:How has he let himself down by using an acronym (which in my dictionary says is a word formed by the initial letters of other words) that LSA certainly is, rather than using the airport code? I understood what he meant and I am sure more people, like me, wouldn't know the airport official codes so would use the acronym. I mean I have seen SEN in the comments to stories about Southend Airport before but I thought they were something to do with that protest group.Barry Bas wrote:LCY is the airport code for London City, the same way SEN is for London Southend and not LSA. It's a shame as it was a well informed intelligent post, but let himself down by quoting something that doesn't exist.howironic wrote:I think he is using the accronym for London City Airport. What is LCY? Is it some sort of identification code?Max Impact wrote: LCA is going to be hit hard by the London 2012 Airspace Restrictions as it is so close to the olympic park, Southend is on the edge of the zone so will face some but fewer regulations.What's LCA? Surely LCY
Max Impact
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3:45pm Wed 11 Jul 12
howironic wrote:What if I was to use EGMC for Southend?
Barry Bas wrote:LCY is the airport code for London City, the same way SEN is for London Southend and not LSA. It's a shame as it was a well informed intelligent post, but let himself down by quoting something that doesn't exist.howironic wrote:I think he is using the accronym for London City Airport. What is LCY? Is it some sort of identification code?Max Impact wrote: LCA is going to be hit hard by the London 2012 Airspace Restrictions as it is so close to the olympic park, Southend is on the edge of the zone so will face some but fewer regulations.What's LCA? Surely LCY
It is the International Civil Aviation Organization airport code for Southend how many people would know that on here (no offence to anyone)
So many people use LCA for London City SEN or SND when on chat boards that eveyone knows what you are talking about and as it is not in an offical form it matters not.
emcee
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4:54pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Max Impact wrote:The 4 letter ICAO codes are mainly used as a geographic code for airport identification. The 3 letter IATA (International Air Transport Association) are used for transport operations and most people who have flown will notice this as the destination airport on the luggage tags attached to their bags by check-in staff, e,g, LHR=Heathrow, LGW=Gatwick, SEN=Southend, LAX=Los Angeles etc.
howironic wrote:What if I was to use EGMC for Southend?
Barry Bas wrote:LCY is the airport code for London City, the same way SEN is for London Southend and not LSA. It's a shame as it was a well informed intelligent post, but let himself down by quoting something that doesn't exist.howironic wrote:I think he is using the accronym for London City Airport. What is LCY? Is it some sort of identification code?Max Impact wrote: LCA is going to be hit hard by the London 2012 Airspace Restrictions as it is so close to the olympic park, Southend is on the edge of the zone so will face some but fewer regulations.What's LCA? Surely LCY
It is the International Civil Aviation Organization airport code for Southend how many people would know that on here (no offence to anyone)
So many people use LCA for London City SEN or SND when on chat boards that eveyone knows what you are talking about and as it is not in an offical form it matters not.
Max Impact
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6:25pm Wed 11 Jul 12
APR
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7:11pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Max Impact
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11:23pm Wed 11 Jul 12
APR wrote:No not really it was just a disagreement/discuss
Does it really matter ?
ion on offical airport codes and how some are commonly abbreviated.
This is a public space for such things, and it is inkeeping with the topic.
Major Incident
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10:03am Thu 12 Jul 12
APR
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10:24am Thu 12 Jul 12
A lot more than 45 minutes I would guess.
City airport has limited parking space, which is what limits it's ability to handle more aircraft.
Matthew of Basildon
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12:11pm Thu 12 Jul 12
"Dear Morons,
Waffle, waffle, too noisy, waffle, waffle, roof blown off, waffle waffle, whippersnappers, waffle, Dribble.
Yours Sincerely
Jayman"
All in all though, well done LSE!
The Cater Wood Creeper
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1:41pm Thu 12 Jul 12
(tongue in cheek repartee)
Max Impact
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2:58pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Why not fly in to LCA get DLR take plane to SND whilst waiting for person to retrn to LCA on DLR when plane leaves SND to LCA to pick them up after getting off DLR
The nimbys should take note of the codes GET and LOST
raggs
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8:07pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Mr. Pedantic wrote:looks like the formula for assigning airport codes should leave london southend with the letters LSE. the London School of Economics is famously known around the world by this acronym though...i wonder if they took that into account when deciding on SEN?
For fellow pedants......
LCY is the code for London City.
LGW is London Gatwick.
LHR is London Heathrow.
LSA is Losuia in Papua New Guinea.
LTN is London Luton.
SEN is London Southend.
LCA is not an official airport code.
I'd imagine the name of the airport determines the city it serves rather than its geographical location.
anyway, as an expat southender who comes home once a year i'm stoked that i can fly from there to euroland and ireland now, love it.
r6keith
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2:04pm Fri 13 Jul 12
raggs wrote:I think SEN code was about before the London tag was attached to our airports name .
Mr. Pedantic wrote: For fellow pedants...... LCY is the code for London City. LGW is London Gatwick. LHR is London Heathrow. LSA is Losuia in Papua New Guinea. LTN is London Luton. SEN is London Southend. LCA is not an official airport code. I'd imagine the name of the airport determines the city it serves rather than its geographical location.looks like the formula for assigning airport codes should leave london southend with the letters LSE. the London School of Economics is famously known around the world by this acronym though...i wonder if they took that into account when deciding on SEN? anyway, as an expat southender who comes home once a year i'm stoked that i can fly from there to euroland and ireland now, love it.
BMNO6
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8:55pm Fri 13 Jul 12
SS4
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6:01pm Tue 24 Jul 12
Mr. Pedantic wrote:If we really are being pedantic:
For fellow pedants......
LCY is the code for London City.
LGW is London Gatwick.
LHR is London Heathrow.
LSA is Losuia in Papua New Guinea.
LTN is London Luton.
SEN is London Southend.
LCA is not an official airport code.
I'd imagine the name of the airport determines the city it serves rather than its geographical location.
LCA actually is an airport code, it is for Larnaca in Cyprus.
Broadwaywatch
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7:53am Thu 2 Aug 12
joeski97 wrote:2 August 2012 ....Still waiting!
great news for southend :)
joeski97 says...
2:34pm Tue 10 Jul 12