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Old 12th May 2017, 10:49
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I think that is a fair statement to say that LTN is reliant upon Wizz and Easy for the majority of its flights now.
Regarding Kiss as I have previously stated IMHO Oct was a poor time to launch flights especially from London to French regional airports.But they gave it a go to their credit.
Transavia was a strange decision at the time , to be honest STN would have been a better choice given they have no connection to the city .Did they think they would take a slice of the EZY LTN-CDG market, was it a deal with AENA don't know.
Very similar to Vueling coming on the BCN and AMS routes but those destinations appear to be able to support more airlines. Paris with the Eurostar probably not to get the yields.
TUI have not really shown any interest in developing routes from LTN for years.Many hoped with the 787 being delivered airports like LTN would get long haul routes but that hasnt happened either.
Monarch appeared to show more interest in BHX than LTN recently( based units)
Ryanair seem to use Luton as a bargaining chip- that's all.
Did Atlasjet move because of a better deal or was there more to it, don't know.
No doubt it would be good to have more variety at the airport but given the passenger numbers keep going up the Airport is unlikely to worry.
You never know once the development finishes( if it ever does) LTN may be more attractive to other airlines- it isn't that attractive at the moment.
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