Work on London Southend Airport terminal extension on schedule for June opening*

February 26, 2013

The steel frame of the extension is now almost complete and work is getting underway this week to connect it to the existing terminal building for the first time.

The extension is enabling 300 new, local jobs – these will arise from the increase in Southend based aircraft over time which will result in a variety of additional operational and service roles such as passenger service, security, retail, catering, baggage handling, engineering and maintenance, plus airline crew from London Southend based airline operations.

Stage 1 of the light and airy, fly-through terminal became operational almost one year ago (28 February 2012) and is less than 100 paces from the new railway station. Passengers flying out from the airport will wait for a maxim