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from the BBC
Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad will leave at 1530 BST on flight BA9200C from Luton airport to Karlsruhe.
The Airbus A320 which will take them to Germany has been named 'Pride of the Nation' and will display Three Lions.
Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad will leave at 1530 BST on flight BA9200C from Luton airport to Karlsruhe.
The Airbus A320 which will take them to Germany has been named 'Pride of the Nation' and will display Three Lions.
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I was at Old Warden yesterday and we rang TC at around 1800-1830 to ask for a favour from Luton Approach (Kittyhawk with over-heating problems going to North Weald, could it route direct?) We were told that Luton had 29 (live) pending inbounds!! 
We wished them well and put the phone down. Glad I wasn't at work!
We wished them well and put the phone down. Glad I wasn't at work!
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who organised the Lanc to loiter over Old Warden.....it was agreat show, as usual.....great weather. etc.
when the "special" arrival was discused at the time that the PP was flying, we expected a JP fhom Weald to pop up, but the lanc was a great surprise.
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when the "special" arrival was discused at the time that the PP was flying, we expected a JP fhom Weald to pop up, but the lanc was a great surprise.
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Originally Posted by King Pong
from the BBC
Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad will leave at 1530 BST on flight BA9200C from Luton airport to Karlsruhe.
The Airbus A320 which will take them to Germany has been named 'Pride of the Nation' and will display Three Lions.
Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad will leave at 1530 BST on flight BA9200C from Luton airport to Karlsruhe.
The Airbus A320 which will take them to Germany has been named 'Pride of the Nation' and will display Three Lions.
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Spent two hours standing by the fence in the drop off zone waiting for the team bus. There was really a nice atmosphere there this afternoon. Shame the aircraft could not have been towed onto stand pointing nose out, as the supporters would have had a better view.
There was also plenty of time to witness the chaos in the drop off area due to cars that were parked up as drivers waited for passengers. Many of the cars were there for the two hours I was there with no attempt being made to move them on despite a tow truck that just did the occasional circuit of what is basically a free car park. I never realised it was so bad. I wonder why the airport authority allows the road network to ground to a standstill when it would be so easy to keep the traffic moving?
There was also plenty of time to witness the chaos in the drop off area due to cars that were parked up as drivers waited for passengers. Many of the cars were there for the two hours I was there with no attempt being made to move them on despite a tow truck that just did the occasional circuit of what is basically a free car park. I never realised it was so bad. I wonder why the airport authority allows the road network to ground to a standstill when it would be so easy to keep the traffic moving?
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It was a really good atmosphere. just had to laugh at the BIG guy and his patriotic chavmobile!!!
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Sorry for the quality, had to zoom and resize!!
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The crowd
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Normal traffic conditions in the drop off zone
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Normal traffic conditions in the drop off zone
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Imagine the chaos if the FA, it's staff and players return home with a trophy!
Nice to see so many easyJet staff waving so enthusiastically toward a British Airways Airbus today!
Word has it that MOL will be leaping up and down in celebration outside easyLand very shortly
Nice to see so many easyJet staff waving so enthusiastically toward a British Airways Airbus today!
Word has it that MOL will be leaping up and down in celebration outside easyLand very shortly
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Imagine the chaos if the FA, it's staff and players return home with a trophy
Word has it that MOL will be leaping up and down in celebration outside easyLand very shortly
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Nothing to do with Ryanair profits, more to do with a certain airline, slipping out of a certain country rather quietly and hoping no one will notice . Not Luton routes related I may add!
How spooky, my 1,666th post on the 6th of the 6th, 2006!
. Not Luton routes related I may add!How spooky, my 1,666th post on the 6th of the 6th, 2006!
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EasyJet vs Ryanair in Ireland
Hi,
If true, yields and passenger numbers may well have something to do with it!
Yesterday in their full year results presentation, Ryanair very helpfully 'outed' EasyJet's passenger numbers and load factors on their Irish routes for March 2006:
The figures above are taken from the presentation. I have not attempted to verify them. If the numbers have been anywhere near that bad for other months, it's difficult to see how the routes could be sustained.
Source (Page 14):
http://www.ryanair.com/site/about/in...rter4_2006.pdf
I take it your referring to easy pulling out of Ireland? Does anyone know the reasons?
Yesterday in their full year results presentation, Ryanair very helpfully 'outed' EasyJet's passenger numbers and load factors on their Irish routes for March 2006:
- EasyJet LGW - ORK: 14,300 Pax, 55% flown load factor
- EasyJet LGW - SNN: 4,500 Pax, 52% flown load factor
- EasyJet LGW - NOK: 5,400 Pax, 55% flown load factor
The figures above are taken from the presentation. I have not attempted to verify them. If the numbers have been anywhere near that bad for other months, it's difficult to see how the routes could be sustained.
Source (Page 14):
http://www.ryanair.com/site/about/in...rter4_2006.pdf
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Why pick a fight you are incapable of winning? As an example, do Ryanair routes directly compete with easyJet from Luton? If easyJet announced a 4x daily Luton-Dublin, folk following this Luton thread would think that easyJet had gone barmy, so why pick a fight at Gatwick and how much has this cost the shareholders? Gatwick-Glasgow twice daily should do well, assuming the rumours to be true?
Plenty of carnival atmosphere at Gatwick to launch the Irish routes! What next, easyJet announce a hub in Morocco!
My guess is that the new orange management will avoid such a humiliation again!
Will easyJet actually fly into Turkey at the month's end and why are they not taking bookings on the route currently? I understand that folk that have booked will get a full refund should the route fail to depart.
Selling a route without political agreement, what a bunch of amateurs eh, or am I a simple bear? Istanbul here we......come....sometime if allowed?
Plenty of carnival atmosphere at Gatwick to launch the Irish routes! What next, easyJet announce a hub in Morocco!
My guess is that the new orange management will avoid such a humiliation again!
Will easyJet actually fly into Turkey at the month's end and why are they not taking bookings on the route currently? I understand that folk that have booked will get a full refund should the route fail to depart.
Selling a route without political agreement, what a bunch of amateurs eh, or am I a simple bear? Istanbul here we......come....sometime if allowed?
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Didn't Ryanair only start operations from Gatwick to Cork, Shannon and Knock immediately after easy? Therefore there was a gap in the market which easy could have hoped to exploit. Then again one would expect the easy management to expect Ryanair to put up a fight!
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Luton-Istanbul, will it, wont it? They have been selling it for a good while though, up until very recently!
Maybe easyJet are in need of a route development person, one capable of announcing, selling and then delivering a new route long term having researched it first?
No wonder the shareholders drafted in the head of the RAC, for easyJet could do with a bit of 'internal road side fixing'! Sat Nav seems to have frozen!
So will easyJet launch the Luton-Istanbul route on June 29th, or announce Cork, Knock and Shannon from Luton instead?
Anyway, I am a bear so what do I know?
(Ciao fly for now......Arann to Liege/Angers, BMI to Brussels)
Anyone remember the 'new' airlines planning to fly from Luton during the mid 1980's:
Denham Air Services L1011's to America
Air Britan 748's to Leeds (note Britan and not Britain) long before Brown Air/Capital.
Maybe easyJet are in need of a route development person, one capable of announcing, selling and then delivering a new route long term having researched it first?
No wonder the shareholders drafted in the head of the RAC, for easyJet could do with a bit of 'internal road side fixing'! Sat Nav seems to have frozen!
So will easyJet launch the Luton-Istanbul route on June 29th, or announce Cork, Knock and Shannon from Luton instead?
Anyway, I am a bear so what do I know?
(Ciao fly for now......Arann to Liege/Angers, BMI to Brussels)
Anyone remember the 'new' airlines planning to fly from Luton during the mid 1980's:
Denham Air Services L1011's to America
Air Britan 748's to Leeds (note Britan and not Britain) long before Brown Air/Capital.