Southend Turns Orange!!!

With the opening of the new easyJet base, Southend has seen the a level of passenger flights not experienced for very many years. There are 2 based aircraft at the moment, with a third one starting next month. Here are a selection of my favourite shots over the last week.

Cruising on the inaugural flight on Monday aboard G-EZAJ.

G-EZAJ easyJet A319 Inflight by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-EZAJ passing the church backtracking 06 for departure to Barcelona.

G-EZAJ easyJet A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-EZAJ easyJet A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Touchdown! On the inaugural flight from Alicante.

G-EZFT easyJet A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Backtracking the runway on the inaugural flight to Faro.

G-EZFT easyJet A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-EZFT easyJet A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Arriving from Belfast:

G-EZFU eayJet A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Departing to Barcelona

G-EZFU easyJet A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Touchdown from Amsterdam!

G-EZFU easyJet A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Yet other things have been happening at SEN too! The Ford charters:

D-ASTX Germania A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

D-ASTX Germania A319 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-CELS Jet2 B733 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-CELS Jet2 B733 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

G-CELS Jet2 B733 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

And finally a nice maintenance movement, doing a test flight.

TC-IZL Atlasjet A320 at Southend EGMC by AeroPics, on Flickr

Amazing to see my local airport come to life! 9 airliner movements in one session was quite something last night!!