Coronavirus might well have persuaded a few more engineers to move as their choice would be move of face long term unemployment.
Gulfstream wanted to remain at Luton but were stonewalled by LLAL who refused to offer them land for a new hangar and apron within the existing boundary, as it would have impacted the Councils expansion plans. Even under plans for a land grab of the local park there are no plans for new hangars there.
Aircraft maintenance has been on the decline for years at Luton. Signature at Luton stopped doing heavy maintenance years ago. Their new hangar by cargo has only car parking for around 10 cars, has no office space and was built just for parking aircraft out of the rain.
No company has replaced Monarch Engineering who had 3 hangars at one time leaving just Harrods, Easyjet and TUI.
One of Luton’s issues remains getting aircraft in and out of hangars as the hangar lines are often blocked with parked aircraft. The other issue is the cost of parking aircraft that are awaiting maintenance or have completed maintenance.
Last edited by LTNman; 2nd Aug 2020 at 15:41.