Easyjet To Cease Southend Airport Operations

[Carl]

Following an initial announcement of intention by Easyjet a few weeks ago and now confirmed today following negotiations with unions, Easyjet will definitely close its base at Southend Airport along with those at Stansted and Newcastle.

It was then further announced today by Easyjet that they will cease all operations from Southend Airport from 1 September 2020. As a consequence it means the loss of the Southend - Alicante-Elche and Southend - Murcia-Corvera flights for those that travel to this area.

Easyjet will be in contact with any affected passengers in the coming days to inform them of their options which includes transferring to another airport or receiving a full refund.

[Graham Knight]

Aren't easyJet in serious financial trouble, Carl ?
I'm sure I read last week , that they are ready to go bust .
I just hope Ryanair aren't experiencing the same problems.
I'm in Germany now, and due to fly back to Spain with them on the 14th August.

[Carl]

Aren't easyJet in serious financial trouble, Carl ?
I'm sure I read last week , that they are ready to go bust .
I just hope Ryanair aren't experiencing the same problems.
I'm in Germany now, and due to fly back to Spain with them on the 14th August.

I haven't heard anything specifically about Easyjet financial position. Sometimes it is other airlines putting out whispers trying to spook the market and their competitors.

The airline industry has gone through several years of turmoil prior to Covid-19 with the loss of Monarch, Flybe and other well known names. We also had the grounding of the Boeing 737-Max aircraft at a time when there was consumer demand on the budget/short haul airlines to increase capacity and routes, but the couldn't as they didn't have the aircraft available. Ryanair had recruited and trained hundreds of pilots for the 737-Max, but they had no planes to fly.

Covid-19 has compounded the troubles of recent years and I don't think any airline will come out unscathed and today Jet2 announced it was looking to axe 102 pilots.

I suspect the large budget/short haul airlines will survive, just reduced in size of employees and fleet.