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Heard a sniff of a rumour that Aer Arann may even open a base in Luton. Looking at the timetable it would make sense. Four routes out of there and counting. The luton lorient is coupled with lorient kerry and back. All with 30 min turnarounds. It would certainly please some of their pilots who are from that neck of the woods anyway.
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How many passengers passed through Luton and was its growth less than single digit, mirroring that of it near neighbour and Lo-Co capital.....My guess is no?
Stansted in October, more planes, more movements, but not any extra passengers. Worrying for the industry, or just the BAA?
Has stagnation finally arrived in Essex?
Stansted in October, more planes, more movements, but not any extra passengers. Worrying for the industry, or just the BAA?
Has stagnation finally arrived in Essex?
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So it's Happy Birthday easyjet, the 10th anniversary celebrations can begin. Isn't uncle RW on the LTN-GLA flight today, this being the first flight for easy all those millions of passengers ago.
Aer Arann
The timings of the Lorient operation imply one or more extra destinations to be served from there. Taken from the Aer Arann website:
Luton-Lorient depart 0900 return 1515, SIX days a week.
Lorient-Kerry depart 1100 and dep Kerry 1310 Mon/Fri only.
So:
1. an 0900 start is rather late for the first departure of a based aircraft. So does it arrive from another destination (where?) or is aircraft utilisation poor (unlikely).
2. If LTN-Lorient + turnround is 2 hours (0900-1100), how does the aircraft do Kerry-Lorient + turnround + Lorient-Luton in 2 hours 5 (1310-1515)? Or is the explanation in the French double summer time?
3. What does the aircaft do on the other 4 days?
Luton-Lorient depart 0900 return 1515, SIX days a week.
Lorient-Kerry depart 1100 and dep Kerry 1310 Mon/Fri only.
So:
1. an 0900 start is rather late for the first departure of a based aircraft. So does it arrive from another destination (where?) or is aircraft utilisation poor (unlikely).
2. If LTN-Lorient + turnround is 2 hours (0900-1100), how does the aircraft do Kerry-Lorient + turnround + Lorient-Luton in 2 hours 5 (1310-1515)? Or is the explanation in the French double summer time?
3. What does the aircaft do on the other 4 days?
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10 November
Just wanted to check if the big news that we were waiting for today has been postponed ??
Previously on this forum it has been mentioned 'to wait until November 10th !!'
Any news ??
Previously on this forum it has been mentioned 'to wait until November 10th !!'
Any news ??
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John Menzies says Luton airport dispute over Polish workers resolved
11.09.2005, 10:26 AM
LONDON (AFX) - John Menzies PLC, the UK logistics group, has moved swiftly to resolve a potentially damaging industrial dispute over pay rates for Polish ground handling workers at Luton airport.
Earlier the Transport and General Workers union warned that flights out of the airport could face disruption this Christmas if ground staff voted for strike action over claims Polish workers were being 'exploited'.
The union said it had been told that Big Orange Handling Company, the ground handling business 76 pct owned by Menzies and 24 pct owned by easyJet PLC, the no-frills airline, is using an agency which is bringing workers in directly to Luton from Poland.
The T&G claimed these workers are being paid 'substantially less' than the UK workers doing the same job.
'If someone is doing a job they should be paid the rate for that work and in the case of the ground handlers for Big Orange Handling that is just over 7 stg an hour,' said John Street, T&G regional organiser in a statement.
'We believe the workers coming in from the agency are not being paid that. If this is the case, we will ask our [200-plus] members at that company if they will support a ballot for strike action as part of a campaign to get justice for the Polish workers.'
Menzies responded by stating the entry level for Big Orange Handling employees is 6.55 stg per hour, while the agency has been paying the Polish workers 6.50 stg an hour.
'This is unacceptable and is an administrative error,' it admitted.
'An instruction has been issued to the agency to pay 6.55 stg per hour and to back date the additional 5 pence an hour. The Big Orange Handling Company apologise for this error but can confirm it has now been rectified.'
Menzies thanked the T&G for pointing out the issue but expressed surprise the union had issued a press notice since the company had yesterday agreed to investigate the matter.
11.09.2005, 10:26 AM
LONDON (AFX) - John Menzies PLC, the UK logistics group, has moved swiftly to resolve a potentially damaging industrial dispute over pay rates for Polish ground handling workers at Luton airport.
Earlier the Transport and General Workers union warned that flights out of the airport could face disruption this Christmas if ground staff voted for strike action over claims Polish workers were being 'exploited'.
The union said it had been told that Big Orange Handling Company, the ground handling business 76 pct owned by Menzies and 24 pct owned by easyJet PLC, the no-frills airline, is using an agency which is bringing workers in directly to Luton from Poland.
The T&G claimed these workers are being paid 'substantially less' than the UK workers doing the same job.
'If someone is doing a job they should be paid the rate for that work and in the case of the ground handlers for Big Orange Handling that is just over 7 stg an hour,' said John Street, T&G regional organiser in a statement.
'We believe the workers coming in from the agency are not being paid that. If this is the case, we will ask our [200-plus] members at that company if they will support a ballot for strike action as part of a campaign to get justice for the Polish workers.'
Menzies responded by stating the entry level for Big Orange Handling employees is 6.55 stg per hour, while the agency has been paying the Polish workers 6.50 stg an hour.
'This is unacceptable and is an administrative error,' it admitted.
'An instruction has been issued to the agency to pay 6.55 stg per hour and to back date the additional 5 pence an hour. The Big Orange Handling Company apologise for this error but can confirm it has now been rectified.'
Menzies thanked the T&G for pointing out the issue but expressed surprise the union had issued a press notice since the company had yesterday agreed to investigate the matter.
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I hear that the much delayed resurfacing of the runway will be started next Spring. The work will take 6 months and will be done in two phases of three months each. The runway will be closed for 5 hours each night for 5 nights of the week.
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LTN's Prov Oct figures show 818,076pax, an increase of 15% on Oct 04. Rolling 12 months to 31 Oct 05 was 8.97m pax, an increase for the year of 22.5%.
As LTN man said, the rolling 9m pax was passed a few days ago.
LTN's Prov Oct figures show 818,076pax, an increase of 15% on Oct 04. Rolling 12 months to 31 Oct 05 was 8.97m pax, an increase for the year of 22.5%.
As LTN man said, the rolling 9m pax was passed a few days ago.
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9.2 million expected by the years end. Expect a big drop in growth from February as the Ryanair increase from their new services which started January 2005 is taken out of the calculations.
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The airport are predicting 10.2m pax for 2006, about 1m up on this year, giving an average 10% growth. We must assume they know where this is coming from, and most of the likely candidates have been the subject of frequent discussion on this thread anyway, so no real surprises.
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Agreed, and hopefully a couple of names that are new to Luton at the moment!!!.
Styrian Spirit are now taking bookings on their KLU-LTN service that starts mid-Dec. As stated previously, this looks like being only a three month operation, as it's the airlines' intention to transfer to LGW from end of March 06, because of the availability of longhaul connections.
Styrian Spirit are now taking bookings on their KLU-LTN service that starts mid-Dec. As stated previously, this looks like being only a three month operation, as it's the airlines' intention to transfer to LGW from end of March 06, because of the availability of longhaul connections.
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Its bad news for next year as LTN will only be CAT 1(550 RVR) for almost 6 months while the runway is resurfaced in two phases. Phase 1 which starts March 1st will not be finished until the end of June so will have a major impact on the IT fights that normally return in the early hours. Phase 2 starts in October and with the runway again reduced to Cat 1 we can expect some days of major diversions, cancellations, and mayhem as the airport grinds to a halt.
Preparation work starts next week with the runway closed for 5 nights of the week for the next 3 months. The runway will reopen briefly for 1 inbound flight but that’s it. I have no idea how this will affect cargo operations out of Luton but the work up until the end of February will result in 4 hour runway closures while the major work will close the runway for almost 6 hours.
I hear after the Breachwood Green consultation day at their village hall that some villagers are not at all happy with the news of the airports nighttime closures. They were complaining about the noise that will be made resurfacing the runway and the fact that reversing lorries have warning bleepers.
Major resurfacing work affected Halifax in Canada this year, not many people here will have heard of Halifax but it made the national press and TV stations in Canada as passengers suffered major delays due to fog rolling off the Atlantic. Just hoping that we get a fog free 2006.
Preparation work starts next week with the runway closed for 5 nights of the week for the next 3 months. The runway will reopen briefly for 1 inbound flight but that’s it. I have no idea how this will affect cargo operations out of Luton but the work up until the end of February will result in 4 hour runway closures while the major work will close the runway for almost 6 hours.
I hear after the Breachwood Green consultation day at their village hall that some villagers are not at all happy with the news of the airports nighttime closures. They were complaining about the noise that will be made resurfacing the runway and the fact that reversing lorries have warning bleepers.
Major resurfacing work affected Halifax in Canada this year, not many people here will have heard of Halifax but it made the national press and TV stations in Canada as passengers suffered major delays due to fog rolling off the Atlantic. Just hoping that we get a fog free 2006.
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Luton fog free, the only place in the UK that can be CAVOK one minute and 150m the next!
The runway works have been put back time and time again, they must be really necessary by now!
The runway works have been put back time and time again, they must be really necessary by now!
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I wonder sometimes whether the automated RVR readers have been set for an over cautious reading. There has been many a time that the RVR has been given at say 200m yet the wig wags at the enterance to runway 26 can be clearly seen from the terminal.
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The first phase of preparation work for the £289m widening of the M1 between the M25 and Luton (M1 Jct 6a-10) starts alongside the motorway next Monday (November 14th).
The Highways Agency scheme will widen 10 miles of the motorway to four lanes in each direction to relieve congestion and improve safety. The M1 in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire is one of the busiest motorways in Britain, carrying over 160,000 vehicles per day.
Dr Stephen Ladyman, the Minister for Roads, said: "Regular users of the M1, business and leisure travellers, hauliers, and airport traffic will be delighted to hear that widening of this busy section of the M1 is due to start soon. Once widening is completed, the M1 between Milton Keynes and St Albans is planned to host Britain's first motorway car share lane, a dedicated lane for vehicles carrying two or more people during peak hours."
This early work involves fencing, site clearance, setting up site offices and installing temporary CCTV cameras to help motorists in the event of breakdown. There will be some temporary hard shoulder closures while this work takes place but it will not affect the main carriageway.
As noted by Ladyman, the scheme will incorporate a trial of Britain's first motorway car share lane, as announced on 9th December 2004. This is an new idea to the UK and is intended to reduce congestion and improve journey times on the M1 by creating a dedicated lane during peak hours for vehicles carrying two or more people.
Details of the work involved have been posted at http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/pro...ys/m1/j6a_j10/
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The first phase of preparation work for the £289m widening of the M1 between the M25 and Luton (M1 Jct 6a-10) starts alongside the motorway next Monday (November 14th).
The Highways Agency scheme will widen 10 miles of the motorway to four lanes in each direction to relieve congestion and improve safety. The M1 in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire is one of the busiest motorways in Britain, carrying over 160,000 vehicles per day.
Dr Stephen Ladyman, the Minister for Roads, said: "Regular users of the M1, business and leisure travellers, hauliers, and airport traffic will be delighted to hear that widening of this busy section of the M1 is due to start soon. Once widening is completed, the M1 between Milton Keynes and St Albans is planned to host Britain's first motorway car share lane, a dedicated lane for vehicles carrying two or more people during peak hours."
This early work involves fencing, site clearance, setting up site offices and installing temporary CCTV cameras to help motorists in the event of breakdown. There will be some temporary hard shoulder closures while this work takes place but it will not affect the main carriageway.
As noted by Ladyman, the scheme will incorporate a trial of Britain's first motorway car share lane, as announced on 9th December 2004. This is an new idea to the UK and is intended to reduce congestion and improve journey times on the M1 by creating a dedicated lane during peak hours for vehicles carrying two or more people.
Details of the work involved have been posted at http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/pro...ys/m1/j6a_j10/
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I hear after the Breachwood Green consultation day at their village hall that some villagers are not at all happy with the news of the airports nighttime closures. They were complaining about the noise that will be made resurfacing the runway and the fact that reversing lorries have warning bleepers.
The Category 1 downgrade is exactly as happened at Birmingham some years ago during a major runway resurfacing programme, and it's why Luton's runway resurfacing project has been moved to the Spring/Summer from the Autumn/Winter period.
It's an unfortunate fact of life that Luton's runway is long overdue for resurfacing - it should have been completed about six years ago but clearly Luton Borough Council (LBC) decided to leave this costly project until after the Concession had been let!
Bet LLAO wishes it had undertaken a 'Schedule of Delapidation' before signing up and assuming operational resposnsibility. The LBC officials involved must be wetting themselves laughing...
Interestingly...there is talk of hourly runway movement rates for late Spring and Summer 2006 now reaching 40 (current declaration is 32) on occasions - if ongoing negotiations, and the associated runway slots come to fruition.
Still, with the runway closed at night-time, at least the Breachwood Green village idiots will be able to sleep soundly (except for the noise of lorries and drilling...)
