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Originally Posted by gilesdavies
Just found this on the Luton forum and looks like LTN have beaten BHX by a small margin to the 6th Spot in busiest airports within the UK in July.
I cannot verify the source, but seems pretty accurate as LTN does not seem to publicly realse their pax figures and the airport has opened numerous routes recently.
I cannot verify the source, but seems pretty accurate as LTN does not seem to publicly realse their pax figures and the airport has opened numerous routes recently.
In all seriousness who wants bets on Edinburgh overtaking by this time next year ?
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Going back to SkyEurope, the Krakow flights look as though they're filling up nicely. I've just tried to book seats in October and have been quoted £79.00 each way plus taxes for my preferred dates, an expansion of services may well be on the cards ?
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as posted to the Luton forum:
Luton has also now overtaken Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh on year on year figures and is now in 5th place.
Carrying on the thread about how Luton has overtaken Birmingham here are the figures over the last 10 years .
July 1997 2,933,000 5,614,000
July 1998 3,661,000 6,307,000
July 1999 4,798,000 6,819,000
July 2000 5,835,000 7,210,000
July 2001 6,462,000 7,736,000
July 2002 6,396,000 7,628,000
July 2003 6,731,000 8,543,000
July 2004 7,026,000 8,997,000
July 2005 8,619,000 8,964,000
July 2006 9,353,390 9,245,072
Birmingham up 64% over a 10 year period while Luton is up 219% which is a growth rate nearly 4 times higher than Birmingham.
Luton has also now overtaken Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh on year on year figures and is now in 5th place.
Carrying on the thread about how Luton has overtaken Birmingham here are the figures over the last 10 years .
July 1997 2,933,000 5,614,000
July 1998 3,661,000 6,307,000
July 1999 4,798,000 6,819,000
July 2000 5,835,000 7,210,000
July 2001 6,462,000 7,736,000
July 2002 6,396,000 7,628,000
July 2003 6,731,000 8,543,000
July 2004 7,026,000 8,997,000
July 2005 8,619,000 8,964,000
July 2006 9,353,390 9,245,072
Birmingham up 64% over a 10 year period while Luton is up 219% which is a growth rate nearly 4 times higher than Birmingham.
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Originally Posted by legalize
Slimy Johnny
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"So inconveniencing Hundreds/thousands of people, costing an airline Thousands of pounds, causing damage to aircraft keeps you awake and passes the time.You really do need to get out more.
Next time it happens go and pass your comments to the airline personnel and passengers!!!!!!!."
Hitting a/c does not always inconveniance thousands of passengers. In this case, probably 10-15!!!
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"So inconveniencing Hundreds/thousands of people, costing an airline Thousands of pounds, causing damage to aircraft keeps you awake and passes the time.You really do need to get out more.
Next time it happens go and pass your comments to the airline personnel and passengers!!!!!!!."
Hitting a/c does not always inconveniance thousands of passengers. In this case, probably 10-15!!!
Personal attack comments removed.
The end result is passengers whether 15 or 1000 will be delayed and all will be p*ssed if due to an avoidable accident.
And what is the "personal attack comments removed" all about?
Your personal attack comments have now been removed as well Rubber Jonny.
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Taking Soft drinks airside
I dont no about other people but i am fed up with having to buy expensive drinks airside just to have a cold drink at work.
You cant take liquids through airside for the obvious reasons but to stop sealed cans of pop is totally a joke.
I was stopped yesterday and had my "sealed can of Pop" taken from me i asked the secruity staff why there answer was it caused a issue with the liquid.
But then i asked how it was that the retail outlets can have bottles of pop for sale airside as it comes from landside before going on sale there answer was it went through the scanner but as my point was, so is my drinks so what is the problem.
I buy soft drinks in bulk so i dont have to spend over the top prices just to have a cold drink a friend of mine at work does the same.
You cant take liquids through airside for the obvious reasons but to stop sealed cans of pop is totally a joke.
I was stopped yesterday and had my "sealed can of Pop" taken from me i asked the secruity staff why there answer was it caused a issue with the liquid.
But then i asked how it was that the retail outlets can have bottles of pop for sale airside as it comes from landside before going on sale there answer was it went through the scanner but as my point was, so is my drinks so what is the problem.
I buy soft drinks in bulk so i dont have to spend over the top prices just to have a cold drink a friend of mine at work does the same.
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Rumour has it that Swissport have there own shop selling drinks e.t.c inside the ops office!!!!
These current issues cant be good for business...
Maybe security have a shop that is in competition with yours...lol!!!
These current issues cant be good for business...
Maybe security have a shop that is in competition with yours...lol!!!
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well with the pay offer from swissport, we can live like kings, so who care if your pop is taken away, cause every pay packet is a fortune. We can afford to splash out on drinks and food from the departure lounge, at amazing how far 3% will go......
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... and what about staff gate security rules that keep changing by the day - or sometimes (like yesterday) during the course of one day? How about getting ONE set of clear, unambiguous rules as opposed to constantly moving goalposts?
And while we're at it, how come all airside staff have to provide 5 years of employment security references, plus a Criminal Record Check from Disclosure Scotland (at their expense
), but get treated exactly the same way as PAX when it comes to going through security?
Why prevent Flight Crew from taking their own drinks onboard, or Cabin Crew from taking lip gloss (yes!) or hand cream
(technically not liquids, and necessary when one knows how dry it gets after ten hours in an aircraft cabin), but I can take yogurt through? 
We all accept the need for tight(er) security, but how come it always looks like these rules are designed and implemented by people that have absolutely no knowledge of, or track record in, the aviation industry?
Rant over (for the time being)!
And while we're at it, how come all airside staff have to provide 5 years of employment security references, plus a Criminal Record Check from Disclosure Scotland (at their expense
), but get treated exactly the same way as PAX when it comes to going through security?Why prevent Flight Crew from taking their own drinks onboard, or Cabin Crew from taking lip gloss (yes!) or hand cream
(technically not liquids, and necessary when one knows how dry it gets after ten hours in an aircraft cabin), but I can take yogurt through? We all accept the need for tight(er) security, but how come it always looks like these rules are designed and implemented by people that have absolutely no knowledge of, or track record in, the aviation industry?
Rant over (for the time being)!
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What about the captain who stripped down to his underpants to go through security(in protest),put his uniform through x-ray put them back on then got a pat down by the gaurd,common sense went straight through the window.
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Our cabin crew were told that they were not allowed to take two bags airside (i.e. crew bag and handbag), so they have to place their handbags inside their crew bags and all is ok, as suggested by the security staff. They were also told that as soon as they walk through the airside door they could do what they liked, for example, take their bags out again! WTF is that about?
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swissport muppets??
Originally Posted by OPS1978
In answer to the person saying about us hitting aircraft just ask lufthansa how many planes got hit they say we are muppets.
Now lets ask the same question to Aerosvit?? Nice one boys!!
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I just heard from a few contacts at Swissport Stansted that they were offered a 4% pay rise on basic and a 10% on shift pay, which was rejected and are going on strike over............ Looks like the North/South divide on pay is only going to get bigger with our offer of 3%.........
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at Stansted dispatchers dispatch, not the leading hands.....3% anybody....
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at Stansted dispatchers dispatch, not the leading hands.....3% anybody....
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Currently showing on the screens for this morning is a Jet Airways arrival, unfortunetly only a delivery flight but it's a start!!
They must have been impressed by BHX & are presumably still awaiting route rights from the Indian/UK Gov't?
FC
They must have been impressed by BHX & are presumably still awaiting route rights from the Indian/UK Gov't?
FC
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Originally Posted by legalize
I think that 3% is a poor offer when you look at how your workload has doubled. Have you accepted it? If not, what next?
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I've been hearing on the grapevine that Brits or what ever they call themselves this week are to pull their longhaul from BHX!! The reason being that the -200's are going to Silverjet and the -300's can't lift enough freight across the pond because of the length of the runway. If this turns out to be true surely it has got to be time for the BIA management to wake up and get on with extending the runway How much more traffic are they willing to lose to EMA before something gets done
How much more traffic are they willing to lose to EMA before something gets done
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I could only find one SFB in the online brochures for next year instead of the two but Cancun and POP are listed the last time I looked.
Goa is still being offered for winter 2006/7 and the Tuesday/Friday cruise flights are also still operating AFAIK.
It would certainly be bad news for BHX but I always thought that Thomson's real beef with BHX was more to do with landing fees rather than runway length.
I think the last three months passenger figures have been a major wake
up call for BHX and I hope that this is just TOM trying to negotiate a better a deal as this would be a major blow.
If the rumours are true about BMI Baby expansion it would appear
that BHX Management are trying to arrest the sharp decline in pax
but that is another story.
Pete
Goa is still being offered for winter 2006/7 and the Tuesday/Friday cruise flights are also still operating AFAIK.
It would certainly be bad news for BHX but I always thought that Thomson's real beef with BHX was more to do with landing fees rather than runway length.
I think the last three months passenger figures have been a major wake
up call for BHX and I hope that this is just TOM trying to negotiate a better a deal as this would be a major blow.
If the rumours are true about BMI Baby expansion it would appear
that BHX Management are trying to arrest the sharp decline in pax
but that is another story.
Pete