Originally Posted by
LGS6753
Luton has fared badly in respect of IT operations for 25 years or more
I disagree. LGW, BHX, MAN and GLA were clearly the focus. I'd say that compared to other airports LTN did really well. I remember for much of the 90s the entire STN-based IT operation was only as big as Britannia was at LTN.
Where LTN seemed to fare less well was non-IT charters and IT charters for inbound tourists, e.g. the Scandinavian shoppers, Canada (Wardair etc), USA (ATA, Rich International and others), oil flights to Algeria and Kazakhstan, MOD to Bruggen and Munster. They all favoured STN. Some of that was due to runway length but a lot wasn't.