Get to Stansted or Southend Airport for just £3

Fast, affordable and direct travel across Essex with Airlink

Choose your journey

Tickets & Fares to Stansted Airport

Simple single fare on all Airlink services

  Single
Adult  £3
  • English National Concessionary Travel Scheme passes are not valid for travel to or from the Airport on any service.

How to pay

Buy on the bus

Tap on with contactless or pay with cash

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Just tap on with contactless and pay as you go

First Bus App

Buy in advance, plan your journey and track your bus in real time.

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Airlink Routes

Three routes, three easy ways to reach the airport:

  • X10: connecting Basildon, Wickford and Chelmsford to Stansted.
  • X20: from Colchester via Braintree to Stansted.
  • X30: connecting Southend, Southend Airport, Rayleigh, and Chelmsford to Stansted.

Whichever route you choose, Essex Airlink makes your airport journey simple and comfortable!

a map showing the Airlink routes