Originally Posted by
gilesdavies
The 787-8/9 should have no issues operating out of Luton on long haul routes,... Look at Bristol with non-stop ops to Cancun and Orlando with TUI.
The bigger question is, does TUI or any other airlines really want to operate these flights from the airport?
All previous long haul routes from the airport, have a pretty disasterous track record and as the market for low cost long haul gets more and more saturated, the chances of Luton securing any of the services is becoming rarer.
Not saying it will happen but the likes at JetBlue have large numbers of 321NEOs on order which could be changed to LR, even WZZ the option to move into long haul themselves or with a link to say JB, that would shake things up!