Aviation News - June 2016

L

ondon Southend Airport is 45 miles

(72km) from the capital’s centre and

has recently undergone a major

£140m transformation following

acquisition by the Stobart Group. The work

included a new terminal building and air traffic

control tower, runway extension, and railway

station with services to London as well as

building the hotel featured.

The Holiday Inn Southend, opened in

October 2012, has 129 rooms and is just a few

minutes’ walk from the terminal building and

train station. Photography is

best from the rooftop restaurant

and bar although rooms on

the third and fourth  oor facing the new

terminal provide a good position as well.

There are some lighting poles to contend

with but aircraft on the terminal apron can be

photographed between them.

For the airliners that frequent Southend

apron and taxiing shots can be taken using a

focal length of 200 to 300mm while 400mm is

needed when they are on the runway. The old

AIRPORT: LONDON SOUTHEND AIRPORT

HOTEL: HOLIDAY INN SOUTHEND

HOTEL DETAILS

Floors: 5

Rooms: 129

Rating: 4 star

Connection to airport: Two-minute walk from

terminal building and railway station

Internet Access: Free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel

Website: http://www.hisouthend.com

Telephone: +44 (0)1702 543001

the third and fourth  oor facing the new

SOUTHEND

Left: An ATR 72 operating a Stobart Air/Flybe

service taxies in at London Southend Airport.

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Simon Murdoch visits a hotel with a good

view of the aviation action at Southend.

Main photo: An easyJet Airbus A320 parked

at the new terminal as one of the company’s

A319s taxies onto stand. This view, which

also shows the new air traffic control tower,

was taken from a King Executive room

(number 405). All photos Simon Murdoch

Above: The Holiday Inn Southend which has

a rooftop restaurant and bar as well as a

 tness suite.

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