Ltn Man
You are right. Helios has been a great success at Luton and despite them now adding STN & LGW to their programme, I understand they are even considering increasing their schedules to twice daily on certain days, not just saturdays. for the summer. I believe they have also secured slots at LHR to start ops mid-april.
Have to agree with your other comments re TBI. A sale of TBI now expansion has been given the green light must be the best option.
You mention that work on the dual carriageway into the airport starts in the New Year. I was under the impression that Sept/Oct 2004 was the earliest start date, even being delayed to Feb 2005 if a a Public Enquiry was called for.