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If you go to the Ryanair booking engine, select Luton, the drop down menu shows Verona Brescia (VBS), but you cannot book it. Currently this is a route from Stansted.
A mistake, or a new route from Luton?
I have just had a thought, is Bergamo closing at all for major upgrades or have Ryanair had a bust up with the airport authorities? Lots of destinations on the booking engine from Verona.
Bergamo and Brescia are on 35 miles apart by road.
A mistake, or a new route from Luton?
I have just had a thought, is Bergamo closing at all for major upgrades or have Ryanair had a bust up with the airport authorities? Lots of destinations on the booking engine from Verona.
Bergamo and Brescia are on 35 miles apart by road.
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Thameslink - KX/SP station go ahead given today
Just thought I'd post that the fitting out of the CTRL station box has been given the go ahead today for opening 12/2007
http://www.gnn.gov.uk/environment/fu...partment=False
As I posted some time befire, traditionally this part of the project was always seen as TL2000 not CTRL but the box was built under CTRL. and had been going to lie empty until TL2000.
Common sense has prevailed at last.
Hopefully much improved facilities for passengers to LTN from the KX area.
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http://www.gnn.gov.uk/environment/fu...partment=False
As I posted some time befire, traditionally this part of the project was always seen as TL2000 not CTRL but the box was built under CTRL. and had been going to lie empty until TL2000.
Common sense has prevailed at last.
Hopefully much improved facilities for passengers to LTN from the KX area.
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Originally Posted by Buster the Bear
Arann web site states 9 new routes, but no clues as to where or from.
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If you register, apparently there is news on this link ref Arann and Belgium?
http://www.unison.ie/business/storie...=80&si=1553706
http://www.unison.ie/business/storie...=80&si=1553706
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The BBC are reporting that Spain's Grupo Ferrovial is considering a bid for British airport group BAA. If the bid went through it might mean a level playing field for Luton
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Old father bear is rubbing his paws and his BAA shares with glee!
Would being taken over by this Spanish conglomerate increase the transparency of the BAA?
Would being taken over by this Spanish conglomerate increase the transparency of the BAA?
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...there was the Phoenix (Swiss charter outfit) 707
As to RT snippits, the general level of incompetence is obvious even without the RT.
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1970's spotters, come on! This and the 1-11's graced Luton! Ebenezer needs an Observers Book of Aircraft dated 1973 I think!
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...ext_id=0003018
So any update on Verona Brescia?
Some of the routes being proposed by the orange mob are rather imaginative to say the least! I understand that there is currently an over night parking problem at Luton, likely to get worse as 2006 moves on I think!
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...ext_id=0003018
So any update on Verona Brescia?
Some of the routes being proposed by the orange mob are rather imaginative to say the least! I understand that there is currently an over night parking problem at Luton, likely to get worse as 2006 moves on I think!
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As to RT snippits, the general level of incompetence is obvious even without the RT
The Disabled Aircraft Removal Capabilities of some of the busiest UK airports are as follows (LHR excluded for obvious reasons):
LGW - 324,000 kg
STN - 324,000 kg
LTN - 195,050 kg
BRS - 120,000 kg
BHX - 10,000 kg
EMA - 10,000 kg
EDI - Light aircraft only; the airline operators there are expected to DIY.
It can therefore, be seen that Luton's capability (given that it handles few and infrequent Boeing 747 movements) is more than adequate.
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I see the trees are coming down along the A505. This should mean that the Government has approved the funding and work on the dual carriageway into the airport will start in June. I will confirm this when I get an email from the ELC team.
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According to the Herald & Post rag Norwegian Air Shuttle are to start flying from Luton to Varna from May 6th. Not only that but British Airways are also going to fly from Luton to Varna from March 29th. Someone got their facts wrong me thinks
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Sounds dubious to say the least! Why would Norwegian Air Shuttle start ops from Luton when they already fly into Stansted? Perhaps they could be the operator that the Luton's new owners poached from BAA, although all the rumours at the time were pointing to Air Berlin.
Yup, the quality of local journalists strikes again.
The source info is an article on Bulgaria which mentions that Wizz are to fly from Luton to Varna and Bourgas (Varna not yet announced AFAIK). The Norwegian flights are Varna to Oslo. I believe the BA flights are GB Airways from Gatwick.
Wait till you read it on PPrune (and even then be very dubious).
The source info is an article on Bulgaria which mentions that Wizz are to fly from Luton to Varna and Bourgas (Varna not yet announced AFAIK). The Norwegian flights are Varna to Oslo. I believe the BA flights are GB Airways from Gatwick.
Wait till you read it on PPrune (and even then be very dubious).
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This is how the foreign press reported the story
Low cost carriers to fly to Bulgarian coastal cities Varna, Bourgas
Hungary's Wizz Air and Norway's Norwegian Air Shuttle will launch flights to Bulgarian coastal cities Varna and Bourgas, Dnevnik learned from the transport ministry.
Wizz Air, which started flying between Budapest and Sofia in late 2005, plans a Luton-Varna-Luton service from May. The low-cost carrier then plans to also add flights from Luton to Bourgas.
Fellow budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle will offer a weekly Oslo-Varna-Oslo service also from May 6. The carrier will also fly to Bourgas. Return fares will start from 143 euro.
Slovakia's SkyEurope is another no-frills carrier with plans to fly from Budapest to Varna and Bourgas. However, the company is yet to notify the flight schedule to the airport authorities. The service is expected to get underway on June 17.
The SkyEurope flights will likely have a layover in Bratislava because Bulgaria Air, Malev and Wizz Air are the only carriers authorised to perform direct flights between Hungary and Bulgaria.
In response to an increase in the umber of Britons vacationing on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, British Airways has announced it will open a London-Varna-London service on March 29. The flights will be performed initially on Wednesdays and Saturdays with Monday and Tuesday flights to be added from June 6.
A total of 45 carriers have so far asked to be permitted to perform regular and charter flights to Varna and Bourgas.
In related news, transport minister Petar Mutafchiev said that temporary passenger terminals could be built at the Varna and Bourgas airports if the concession contract for the two airports remains tangled up in court.
Danish company Copenhagen Airports was initially tapped to run the 2 airports but a lower panel of the Supreme Administrative Court overturned the concession award. That ruling is being appealed before a senior panel of the same court. Temporary facilities will have to be constructed to expand the departures terminal of the Bourgas airport and the arrivals terminal of the Varna airport to cope with the anticipate uptick in traffic during the summer months.
Low cost carriers to fly to Bulgarian coastal cities Varna, Bourgas
Hungary's Wizz Air and Norway's Norwegian Air Shuttle will launch flights to Bulgarian coastal cities Varna and Bourgas, Dnevnik learned from the transport ministry.
Wizz Air, which started flying between Budapest and Sofia in late 2005, plans a Luton-Varna-Luton service from May. The low-cost carrier then plans to also add flights from Luton to Bourgas.
Fellow budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle will offer a weekly Oslo-Varna-Oslo service also from May 6. The carrier will also fly to Bourgas. Return fares will start from 143 euro.
Slovakia's SkyEurope is another no-frills carrier with plans to fly from Budapest to Varna and Bourgas. However, the company is yet to notify the flight schedule to the airport authorities. The service is expected to get underway on June 17.
The SkyEurope flights will likely have a layover in Bratislava because Bulgaria Air, Malev and Wizz Air are the only carriers authorised to perform direct flights between Hungary and Bulgaria.
In response to an increase in the umber of Britons vacationing on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, British Airways has announced it will open a London-Varna-London service on March 29. The flights will be performed initially on Wednesdays and Saturdays with Monday and Tuesday flights to be added from June 6.
A total of 45 carriers have so far asked to be permitted to perform regular and charter flights to Varna and Bourgas.
In related news, transport minister Petar Mutafchiev said that temporary passenger terminals could be built at the Varna and Bourgas airports if the concession contract for the two airports remains tangled up in court.
Danish company Copenhagen Airports was initially tapped to run the 2 airports but a lower panel of the Supreme Administrative Court overturned the concession award. That ruling is being appealed before a senior panel of the same court. Temporary facilities will have to be constructed to expand the departures terminal of the Bourgas airport and the arrivals terminal of the Varna airport to cope with the anticipate uptick in traffic during the summer months.
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What’s this I hear about an incident involving servisair provided ground power at Luton? Apparently they will not provide ground power now until further notice.
Also hear that an easyjet aircraft had a full turnout at lunchtime when there was an electrical burning smell coming from the galley.
Also hear that an easyjet aircraft had a full turnout at lunchtime when there was an electrical burning smell coming from the galley.
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Spent an interesting hour watching car drivers being fined £50 for sitting in the drop off area for more than 10 minutes. A 3 man team driving a tow truck was issuing the fines. Everyone I saw paid up but it was taking around 15 minutes before the team could do another driver as they had to wait for the driver who had been issued with a ticket to walk to the NCP kiosk in the terminal and pay the fine before the tow truck would let the offending car out. In the hour I was there I saw 3 tickets issued to drivers and one unattended car towed away at a cost of £150. Can’t say the activities of the tow tuck were acting as any sort of a deterrent though.