The Airport, its railway station and its related clusters of aviation related business locations will be of interest to investors because:-
• The location to the east of London reduces flying times and costs for operators, thereby making Southend more attractive to use than other London airports.
• The excellent rail link to be provided between the Airport and Stratford and The City of London makes Southend very competitive with the time taken into London from other airports.
• The airport has available runway capacity at peak hours, unlike any of the other London area airports.
• An extended runway at Southend would meet the needs of all business aviation aircraft and, therefore, represents an opportunity to add this fast growing sector of the market to the scheduled passenger, freight and aircraft maintenance activities of the airport.
• There will be land on which the airport businesses can expand to meet demand in the future