Spotted this on the Private Flying forum - if true, 27/09 to be withdrawn from use to increase the apron size.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=144314
A permanent decommissioning of the 'short' coupled with a splash of concrete laid on the grass islands between Bravo, Charlie and Alpha3 gives a potentially huge increase in apronage from about Stand 7/8 eastwards.
Wonder what's bubbling away at LBA HQ to lead to this course of action? I suppose all 18 stands will be occupied o/night this winter....
9 x Jet2
6 x bmi
2 x Eastern (share stand 1)
1 x KLM
1 x BY
..but with no based aircraft for MyTravel next summer, how much different is the summer going to be? Even if Jet2 said they wanted to drop in a few more, you could accomodate that with an overnight closure of 27/09, as per diversion nights, and reopen it for the GA lot during the day.
loco