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Hiya guys,
due to be flying from Luton in the next few hours. Bearing in mind that the Departures screen on the airport website appears to be not displaying any information, I was wondering if somebody could advise me as to if the planes are departing or not?
Cheers
Chris
due to be flying from Luton in the next few hours. Bearing in mind that the Departures screen on the airport website appears to be not displaying any information, I was wondering if somebody could advise me as to if the planes are departing or not?
Cheers
Chris
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Departures seem to have restarted about 30 mins ago (although I am not there). A friend who got an early flight to Amsterdam has just phoned asking what is going on. easyJet said on the radio a while ago to check their website as many flights might be cancelled.
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I've seen three easy's take off but not much else. No drop off zone. Cars being directed to short term car park instead.Non flying pax not being allowed into terminal with some police road spot checks. Basically chaos.
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Thank you very much for the information guys. I'm not due to leave here for another few hours, so if you could just keep me abreast of the situation, that would be great.
I've checked and there appears to be no sign of the flight being cancelled yet. It's the 18:45 to Basle if anyone has any other information.
I've checked and there appears to be no sign of the flight being cancelled yet. It's the 18:45 to Basle if anyone has any other information.
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I work as security at Luton and we recently have stepped up security we were all wondering why we were doing this but now we see why, if u travelling today expect long queues at security, check in early and go straight to departues gd luck
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Originally Posted by Minnie the Moocher
LTNman
Quote "I wonder if the airports mosque / chapel will be closed? Will the airports taxi rank be moved away from the terminal? I think not.
No prizes for guessing what sort of passengers should be checked more carefully at Luton but no doubt mum and dad with their two children travelling on holiday to Spain will be given thorough check for political correctness".
I may be the only one - but I for one find these remarks very offensive.
Quote "I wonder if the airports mosque / chapel will be closed? Will the airports taxi rank be moved away from the terminal? I think not.
No prizes for guessing what sort of passengers should be checked more carefully at Luton but no doubt mum and dad with their two children travelling on holiday to Spain will be given thorough check for political correctness".
I may be the only one - but I for one find these remarks very offensive.
Being a Muslim is not a dirty word and we all know that most of them are good people but if some of them are intent on mass murder then they should not complain if there is selective targeting with limited resources.
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Back to an earlier subject but Arann seem to have loaded more of their Luton schedule (operated all six LTN departures today - well done).
The mystery of what the Luton ATR72 does is only partially answered though - it seems to do the Waterford morning and evening flights from the end of October at earlier morning timings whlst the morning departure to Galway is also earlier, suggesting this plane just turns around from and to Galway. With the Isle of Man in the third slot I still can't find what it does on the second slot of the day - perhaps Newquay will reappear.
The mystery of what the Luton ATR72 does is only partially answered though - it seems to do the Waterford morning and evening flights from the end of October at earlier morning timings whlst the morning departure to Galway is also earlier, suggesting this plane just turns around from and to Galway. With the Isle of Man in the third slot I still can't find what it does on the second slot of the day - perhaps Newquay will reappear.
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Originally Posted by Minnie the Moocher
I may be the only one - but I for one find these remarks very offensive.
Minnie the Moocher
Can't help but think that you are part of the problem
I may be the only one - but I for one find these remarks very offensive.
Minnie the Moocher
Can't help but think that you are part of the problem
Still numerous cancellations this morning from EZY.
They seem to have stopped all domestic and short-haul routes (including Paris and Amsterdam) today.
Also applies to Gatwick and Stansted. Presumably the turn-round times are too long to make the service viable (and helps get other services away on time).
If this continues, it will wreak havoc with passenger number for August, which I was expecting would top 1,000,000 for the first time.
They seem to have stopped all domestic and short-haul routes (including Paris and Amsterdam) today.
Also applies to Gatwick and Stansted. Presumably the turn-round times are too long to make the service viable (and helps get other services away on time).
If this continues, it will wreak havoc with passenger number for August, which I was expecting would top 1,000,000 for the first time.
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So much for today, but does anyone know if easyJet will be flying to AMS tomorrow. I'm booked to go on the EZY2153 at 0630 with Mrs Just_Testing, and she is not going to be impressed if we miss our cruise liner which departs at 1800.
easy customer services are predicting a 30 minute wait to answer the phone.
easy customer services are predicting a 30 minute wait to answer the phone.
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Monarch didn't cancel a single flight at all yesterday
Were easyjet departures possibly cancelled for other reasons
Some things it seems, never change...
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From the easyjet website
Saturday 12 August: easyJet business as usual
easyJet intends to operate a full flying programme on Saturday 12 august 2006 as the situation at airports across the UK returns to normal, albeit with increased security measures in place.
Saturday 12 August: easyJet business as usual
easyJet intends to operate a full flying programme on Saturday 12 august 2006 as the situation at airports across the UK returns to normal, albeit with increased security measures in place.