With air passenger numbers back to pre-Covid numbers, Stansted Airport managing director Gareth Powell believes the same should apply to the number of trains leaving central London for the airport.
Powell said last week called on the British government to overturn its decision to cut the Stansted Express from four trains to two trains per hour. "Now the pandemic restrictions have been lifted, we’re fast returning to 2019 volumes, and we therefore need a higher frequency, more convenient rail service, the likes of which serve the other major London airports", he said.
Before the pandemic, around half of Stansted passengers used public transport to travel to and from the airport - more than any other "major" UK counterpart, according to a statement by the airport. But that has since dropped by 11%, which Powell puts down to the reduced frequency of trains making travel by road necessary.