I lived in the Southeast of England up until the age of about 22 and was always interested in what was happening at the lesser known airports of the area. Does anyone know if anything is going on these days at Southend for example. When I lived in the region and worked in travel industry then, Southend had a selection of summer charters to various points in the Med, plus the Channel Islands and Maresk Air first operated into the UK via Southend with a Dash 7 to Billund. How about Lydd,Manston and Shoreham. Shoreham used to have a service to Jersey by JEA with a Twin Otter. By the way if you think i must be old and grey, im now 35 !!
By: dcfly - 23rd November 2002 at 09:37
RE: The other UK Southeast Airports
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 23-11-02 AT 09:40 AM (GMT)]Yeah thats the one Saab , I couldnt remember their name.
There’s also Redhill aerodrome which hosts a multitude of lght a/c and choppers, but I dont think there’s any scheduled flights from there.
For more lght a/c there’s also Rochester and Headcorn.
Dave 🙂
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By: Saab 2000 - 23rd November 2002 at 09:22
RE: The other UK Southeast Airports
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 23-11-02 AT 09:22 AM (GMT)]Love Air is at Biggin Hill using Jetstream 31s.
By: dcfly - 22nd November 2002 at 22:40
RE: The other UK Southeast Airports
You’re forgetting Biggin Hill, I think scheduled flights to Le Tourquet still come out of there.
Shoreham only has light aircraft operating from there these days with a few helicopters coming and going. Still worth a visit, ’30s style terminal building and bar/cafe,and museum.
The last time I went to Llydd was about 3 years ago, just a few Trislanders on view and other light aircraft.
Dave
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By: Saab 2000 - 22nd November 2002 at 16:57
RE: The other UK Southeast Airports
Passenger services at Southend are pretty limited.The only airline I can think is Flybe on the summer JER and GCI flights.Other than that there are business charters,quite a few cargo flights and also crew training and some painting jobs.
Shoreham is a light aviation airport.I can only think of Skytrek as an operator to Le Troquet but they went under.I think there may be a few business jets as well.
Lydd has been trying to attract new operators as a solution to over crowding at the London Airports but so far they’ve been unsuccessful.Only airline there is Lyddair.
Manston has alot of cargo,747s etc.Cruise flights are also in operation from Dover back to the USA.Aurigny operate JER charters in the summer.Other than that there are no regular scheduled flights,but it probably is the most exciting out of the 4!
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November 22, 2002 at 2:21 pm