Wondered how long it would be before we got a Luton happenings thread.
Heard nothing about new services but then these days news appears here first.
Other news:
Executive jet movements seem to be booming at the moment. Yesterday I saw 4 execs in a line all waiting their turn for take off while another 2 were on finals. They seem to be having an impact on the airlines who are getting caught up in the delays.
The easyjet tent is being taken down next week which will free up stand 46.
Easyjet has leased back half of hangar 89 to Britannia for the next 12 to 18 months. Lets hope they don't paint it orange.
New stands 60 and 61 are being used just occasionally for aircraft parking and not for the boarding of passengers. Is it really true that the stands are a tad too small for all of the equipment needed to service a Boeing 737 and that the airport coaches can’t get onto stand safely? These stands should become walk on when the development work is finished but what about the fuel tankers? All should be revealed in the next episode of Luton Airport the TV series.
The airport management still think that all of the development work will be finished in the next 20 days. In my opinion this just won’t happen, as there is just too much work that needs finishing. They might just get the departure lounge, deep search and the pier link to the old terminal finished but that’s it. Certainly arrivals will be using the old facilities for a few more weeks.
A bendy bus has been used on the station run, not sure if they have bought it or just trying it out. The bus certainly cures overcrowding.
The 12th sees the resumption of the full Thameslink service across London except the new full service is now only 6 trains an hour instead of the previous 8. This means it is a half hourly service on the slow metro link to places like Radlett and Hendon instead of the previous 15 minute service, while the fast Flyer service to the south coast is maintained at 15 minute intervals