London Southend Airport set to soar into another sky-high summer
New routes. New faces. A brand-new summer season on the horizon. Activity is ramping up at London Southend Airport as the UK’s fastest-growing airport in 2025 gets ready for another sun-soaked, high-flying summer season.
With demand climbing, the airport has welcomed around 50 new team members across its operations, security, air traffic control, and food and beverage departments – ensuring everything runs like clockwork as an influx of passengers jet off from the end of the month.
Airport CEO, Jude Winstanley, confirms the award-winning airport is ‘ready for summer.’
He said: “All of our additional staff have been recruited and trained already, so we’re good to go.”
This year the airport is offering a network that boasts 26 destinations, the most it’s had since 2019. Next week easyJet will commence twice-weekly flights to Jersey (30 March), followed by a service to Ibiza taking off on 29 April – just in time for peak summer escapes!
Looking ahead, Munich will be added to the departures board in autumn, perfectly timed for Oktoberfest, while popular routes to Barcelona and Berlin – which started last winter – continue into the summer season, alongside extended services to Geneva.
Winstanley added: “With 26 destinations to choose from this year – covering beach breaks, city escapes, lakes and mountains, ski trips, Christmas markets and even magical visits to Santa in Lapland – we truly have a holiday for everyone here at London Southend.”
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About London Southend Airport
London Southend Airport was the UK’s fastest growing airport in 2025, with a 150% increase in passengers compared to 2024. This year, the airport will offer 26 destinations, with new routes to Jersey, Ibiza and Munich launching over the summer. Our dedicated on-site train station ensures seamless connectivity, with a 10-minute train-to-gate time and direct services from Stratford, London in 43 minutes and London Liverpool Street in just 52 minutes.
Renowned for sensational customer experience, we manage all key operations in-house, delivering an easy, speedy, friendly journey from arrival to departure. easyJet passengers rank us among the UK’s top airports for satisfaction and our own private London Southend Jet Centre is the fastest-growing in the country.