Record passenger numbers for Southend Airport
Southend Airport has seen a record number of passengers in the past year.
More than seven hundred thousand people have used the airport in the last 12 months.
Work is currently underway on a £10 million extension to the main terminal building which will allow London Southend to handle upt o 2 million passengers a year by 2020.
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