easyJet to open a base at London Southend airport

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• e14 says:

  17 May17 May 03:36

  U2 currently runs a twice weekly service SEN-ALC

  • The Lord says:

    17 May17 May 05:40

    Bono?

• TimM says:

  17 May17 May 05:23

  Excellent choice of new routes from Southend.

  • ChrisBCN says:

    17 May17 May 09:13

    Huh? Why aren’t you complaining that it’s more London routes?

    • TimM says:

      18 May18 May 07:04

      I am only commenting on the destinations, not the origin!

• BJ says:

  17 May17 May 06:00

  I’m very impressed with these refundable Accor sales. If they fit within hotel promotions or some other category at the next HfP awards I think they would be a very worthy nominee.

• Gordon says:

  17 May17 May 06:22

  There was an increase on take up from the regions that prompted EasyJet to form a base a SEN, having 3 aircraft there permanently, and creating 180 jobs, which can’t be a bad thing.

  • HampshireHog says:

    17 May17 May 09:19

    I think it’s a stretch to describe London Southend as in the Regions

    • Gordon says:

      17 May17 May 11:06

      It’s in the regions of, Hockley, Rochford, Rayleigh, Wickford, 😉

    • Chrisasaurus says:

      17 May17 May 13:07

      I think it’s also a stretch to call Southend London but it’s true that this isn’t exactly Hull…

• SamG says:

  17 May17 May 07:04

  Hmm, in the case of Newark I think the press release was correct and nothing has changed recently- it used to be that you couldn’t access the buffet unless flying CW or F but now it’s open to all passengers. F passengers have a small separate table service area . So depends what we are calling “pre flight dining!”

  • David says:

    17 May17 May 12:11

    Exactly – very confusing 🤔

• Oh really says:

  17 May17 May 07:10

  Ref: pre flight dining

  What is the correction? It’s not clear from the text above.

  • Rob says:

    17 May17 May 07:41

    Silver in Economy isn’t getting in any longer.

    • LittleNick says:

      17 May17 May 07:46

      Nor Gold in Club World it seems? Won’t even through a carrot to golds

    • SamG says:

      17 May17 May 08:07

      A Silver in economy can access the old “sleeper service” buffet dining in e.g. Newark that they couldn’t access prior to 2021. So the correction isn’t (fully?) correct 🙂

• Paul says:

  17 May17 May 07:21

  In the past you needed to be in First for table service or in Club for the buffet. So a Gold in traveller plus could not access the buffet, and would be told they’d get their meal on board.

  The change in 2021 allowed the gold in traveller plus to access the buffet, for example. I do not believe this has changed.

• Paul says:

  17 May17 May 07:49

  If HfP don’t understand the rules around BA pre flight dining then there sure as hell is no chance for the occasional flyer. Everything I read about BA simply reconfirms my decision in 2017 to avoid them whenever possible. I am proudly a Gold card holder (1505 tier points last year) and have not stepped foot on a BA long haul plane since April 2017. More importantly, I have not had cause to complain, or to seek redress via EU 261, indeed I cannot recall the last time a one world long haul flight has left late! My around the world in Dec/Jan involved 7 flights and every one left on time. BA was not in the mix.

  I do fly ShortHaul on BA especially from T3 where again I can avoid the substandard lounge experience.

  The T5 First wing is perhaps the only tangible benefit I place value on.

  • Catalan says:

    17 May17 May 09:10

    @Paul. You seem to fly BA the least but are possibly their most vocal critic. The mere mention of that airline puts you into a rage. How so?

    • Peter K says:

      17 May17 May 13:19

      And though he seems to hate BA, and criticises them at every possible opportunity, he still uses their frequent flyer program.

      Clearly the other airlines he loves so much are not as good in this area, but he’s silent on this topic that I’ve noticed.

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