London Stansted Airport record total of 24.3 million making Stansted the fourth busiest airport in the United Kingdom. Stansted also is a major freight airport, the third busiest in the UK during 2016, behind London Heathrow and East Midlands Airport, handling in excess of 223,203 tonnes per annum, although freight throughput has declined slightly from its 2005 peak level. Passenger numbers for the year to September 2016 increased by 8.4% to over 24 million for the first time since 2007. The Stansted Airport Transit System connects the terminal to the satellite buildings via a free automated people mover service which runs on dual
London Southend Airport aircraft based at Southend to four. In February 2018, Air Malta announced that it would begin flights to Cagliari, Catania and Malta. In March 2018, it was announced that Loganair would begin operations from the airport to Carlisle Lake District Airport. In June 2018, Ryanair announced that it would open a base at Southend, basing three aircraft there operating 55 flights per week to 13 destinations. The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at London Southend Airport: Routes accounting for more than 2.5% of passenger traffic, or 27,397 passengers, are shown below: Since 2011, the airport has its