General Aviation (GA) pilots flying in and out of London Southend Airport can now make cashless payments from the comfort of their own cockpit with a new smartphone app.

The payment app, aerops, will give pilots the freedom to make “quick and easy” payments for using the airport, “no matter where they are.”

Pilots can pay for all GA activity – including touch-and-go’s, circuit training, landing fees, fuel bills and more – without leaving their aircraft.