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Why anyone would want to trust their car to this company is a complete mystery. Most of the meet and greet drivers look like the sons of Luton taxi drivers and love nothing better than picking up a fast car to drive so they can drive like idiots. Even what I would call a slow car is shown no mercy when it comes to quick getaways. If the queue started on the bend in the tunnel then it might have been the case of swerving to miss the stationary traffic.
I can just imagine the conversation when the car was returned.
"Look at the damage to my car"
"What damage"
I can just imagine the conversation when the car was returned.
"Look at the damage to my car"
"What damage"
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Footbridge time lapse video
https://vimeo.com/180914988
Video of the official opening of the new duty free shop
https://vimeo.com/173890663
Nick Barton
https://vimeo.com/167137365
Progress report (dated June)
https://vimeo.com/174828911
https://vimeo.com/180914988
Video of the official opening of the new duty free shop
https://vimeo.com/173890663
Nick Barton
https://vimeo.com/167137365
Progress report (dated June)
https://vimeo.com/174828911
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With the BA003/004 seemingly disappearing from LCY, I know the SNN loss of pre-clearance is an issue for BA that time of day, but must be good news for La Compagnie?
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With Crossrail nearing completion the adavantage of using La Compagnie from LTN over LCY is pointless esp as most flyers using BA out of LCY are British Airways Executive Club members so will more than likely remain loyal with BA and use LHR instead along with the remaining New York flight BA001/002 from LCY.
If the queue started on the bend in the tunnel then it might have been the case of swerving to miss the stationary traffic.
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La Compagnie suspending Luton - New York from 24 September. Full refunds being offered or they are offering bookings via Paris. Citing Brexit as the reason.
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Full refunds being offered or they are offering bookings via Paris.
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When I did crude passenger head counts I never thought the loads were that great despite what was claimed here and that was before Brexit.
Brexit is an easy cop out excuse and while it might be more expensive for UK passengers to spend time in the good old USA thus cutting demand the UK became cheaper for American's.
What American's thought of Luton Airport is a good question but the fact that the airline has not moved the service to Stansted speaks volumes.
Brexit is an easy cop out excuse and while it might be more expensive for UK passengers to spend time in the good old USA thus cutting demand the UK became cheaper for American's.
What American's thought of Luton Airport is a good question but the fact that the airline has not moved the service to Stansted speaks volumes.
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Bullsh*t it's to do with Brexit - that's just a convenient excuse. The route is UK-US so really not affected. If they were making money out of it they'd have no problem keeping it going.
Fact is they never charged more than the promo prices - load factors were good but only as they kept prices low.
Brexit will be blamed for plenty of desicsions which are in reality due to a myriad of other reasons.
Still, a shame for Luton and the prospect of long haul from places other than Heathrow and Gatwick.
Fact is they never charged more than the promo prices - load factors were good but only as they kept prices low.
Brexit will be blamed for plenty of desicsions which are in reality due to a myriad of other reasons.
Still, a shame for Luton and the prospect of long haul from places other than Heathrow and Gatwick.
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LTNman - you assume that stansted wanted/could accommodate them. You remember the press release when the route started that was more about slating stansted than the actual route? There are rumours LC approached Stansted and were told 'no'.
That said after that press release I don't think they would have approached stn anyway - I think it's more to do with the fact the route just wasn't profitable
That said after that press release I don't think they would have approached stn anyway - I think it's more to do with the fact the route just wasn't profitable
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I believe that there were only 6 return trips per week which is hardly aimed at the business market. I wonder if they will now go double daily on the Paris route or bin a 757?
The exchange rate dropping as a result of Brexit may have affected bookings to a degree from this end (but how hard did they try and attract passengers in the US?)
A shame to see them go, but the odds were always stacked against them with a pretty poor slot time into EWR and a reliance on reduced fares to shift seats.
A shame to see them go, but the odds were always stacked against them with a pretty poor slot time into EWR and a reliance on reduced fares to shift seats.
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They're going two daily on the Paris - New York route...
https://www.businesstraveller.com/ai...-york-service/
They're going two daily on the Paris - New York route...
https://www.businesstraveller.com/ai...-york-service/
There had been some straws in the wind:
Promo fares of £1000 return was always too cheap for the product - still being widely offered this summer.
BA chopped their second daily A318 service from LCY a few days ago.
It shows that the premium-only market is a very difficult one to succeed in.
Promo fares of £1000 return was always too cheap for the product - still being widely offered this summer.
BA chopped their second daily A318 service from LCY a few days ago.
It shows that the premium-only market is a very difficult one to succeed in.
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To be brutal I never thought Luton was that well suited to be a route served by a business class only airline. Silverjet had the right idea by keeping its passengers away from the terminal with limousine pickup and drop off 10m from their own terminal.
La Compagnie, to their credit, did offer complementary fast track through security and complementary access to the executive lounge but their passengers still had to use the rest of the airports basic facilities like a trek across the apron to board the aircraft due to a lack of a single air bridge and a horrid rush hour like tube journey to the station if they wanted to use the train.
I would have thought Stansted would have bitten their hand off to get a New York service so it is clear that La Compagnie did not see Luton as the issue but I wonder what would have happened if the service had actually started from Stansted of even Gatwick when it came to passenger numbers and yield?
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La Compagnie, to their credit, did offer complementary fast track through security and complementary access to the executive lounge but their passengers still had to use the rest of the airports basic facilities like a trek across the apron to board the aircraft due to a lack of a single air bridge and a horrid rush hour like tube journey to the station if they wanted to use the train.
I would have thought Stansted would have bitten their hand off to get a New York service so it is clear that La Compagnie did not see Luton as the issue but I wonder what would have happened if the service had actually started from Stansted of even Gatwick when it came to passenger numbers and yield?
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