New Aer Lingus Services from Southend Airport

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Stobart Group Limited

06 March 2012

6^th March 2012

Stobart Group Limited

Stobart Group ('Stobart' or 'the Group')

New services to Dublin, with efficient transatlantic connections to New York, Boston, Chicago and Orlando from London Southend Airport with Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Aer Arann.

Stobart Group and London Southend Airport welcome the news today from Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Aer Arann, that from Summer 2012, the airline will start new daily services from London Southend to Dublin, with connections onwards to the U.S.A through Aer Lingus' mainline long haul service.

Scheduled to begin on 10 May 2012, the three-times daily service will offer passengers the benefit of new U.S. Customs and Immigration pre-clearance facilities at Dublin Airport, allowing them to arrive in America as domestic passengers, saving valuable time on arrival.

Stobart Group CEO Andrew Tinkler said: "This is a further exciting development for London Southend in what is a pivotal year in the airport's history. Dublin is a welcome addition to the services we offer, especially with the fast and efficient onward connections to the U.S.A. This, together with the existing Waterford route and easyJet's first services from next month, will take the airport to over 100 flights a week from May 2012."

The new route to Dublin and beyond complements the existing daily Waterford service, which has been operating since March 2011. In addition, from 2 April 2012, easyJet's schedule of 70 flights a week starts from London Southend; to Amsterdam, Alicante, Barcelona, Belfast, Faro, Ibiza, Jersey, Malaga and Mallorca.

ENDS

Editors' notes

London Southend Airport will become a fully operational international gateway during 2012. A new Control Tower, extended runway, airport railway station providing fast and frequent train services direct to Stratford and London Liverpool Street, passenger terminal and airport hotel make up the development highlights under Stobart Group's ownership. The airport is predicting passenger growth to two million passengers per year by 2020.

About Stobart Group

Stobart Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE250 (LSE:STOB). Operating from over 40 sites across the UK and Europe, Stobart Group is a UK front-runner in the multimodal logistics, warehousing, civil engineering, rail infrastructure and biomass fuel sectors. At the core of the Group is the Stobart Transport and Distribution division, incorporating Eddie Stobart - the iconic name behind a road haulage fleet totalling some 2,250 tractor units and over six million square feet of warehousing. Stobart Estates, Stobart Infrastructure and Civils, Stobart Air and Stobart Biomass divisions complete the Group's corporate structure. www.stobartgroup.com

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