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Looks like there will be a temporary fix in place soon routing the departing cars around the short stay car park - can't really see how it will help though as the queue will still back up onto the old roundabout regardless of the exit route.
Thought the short term car park was to become aircraft stands one day? Maybe it still will but not a six pack but only a two or four pack initially.
I had a look today and yes indeed the traffic is going to be routed around the outside of the short term car park and will pass in front of the Ocean Sky building and join the road by the old spectators building. If this temporary fix is in fact a permanent fix then this will kill off any plans to add stands in the short term car park.
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LTN Roads problems - is that all life is?
I know this subject affects a lot of people but, dear friends, do we really have nothing else to talk about regarding the Airport's present and future - with airline or FBO ops? Or even new timetables?
Someone must know something - or at least, think they do? Re-arouse my interest!
Someone must know something - or at least, think they do? Re-arouse my interest!
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Oh where to start........
Saskatoon - get a grip on reality please, Stansted is a bloody nightmare to get to, whether by train, bus or car. Gatwick is great if you live southside of London, Luton is more than adequate for the substantial catchment area it covers....especially when compared to EGSS
The traffic scheme is crap, no doubt about that, but it is not helped by the moronic tools that decide to use the bus lane and non public areas for droppping off, to be frank you deserve the fine, live with it - its no worse than Heathrow or Gatwick south on a bad day!!!
And to LTNman, the new race track for the drop off, if that is what it is, can be no bad thing. The space leaves more than adequate room for additional parking for aircraft and resolves the contraflow for traffic inbound.......
Luton does OK, far better than some around London, and for its comparable size, should be proud of what it can deliver. Those who disagree...deal with it and, to be frank, shut up, there are more important things in life to be concerned with
Saskatoon - get a grip on reality please, Stansted is a bloody nightmare to get to, whether by train, bus or car. Gatwick is great if you live southside of London, Luton is more than adequate for the substantial catchment area it covers....especially when compared to EGSS
The traffic scheme is crap, no doubt about that, but it is not helped by the moronic tools that decide to use the bus lane and non public areas for droppping off, to be frank you deserve the fine, live with it - its no worse than Heathrow or Gatwick south on a bad day!!!
And to LTNman, the new race track for the drop off, if that is what it is, can be no bad thing. The space leaves more than adequate room for additional parking for aircraft and resolves the contraflow for traffic inbound.......
Luton does OK, far better than some around London, and for its comparable size, should be proud of what it can deliver. Those who disagree...deal with it and, to be frank, shut up, there are more important things in life to be concerned with
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Bigbluesee, welcome,
Just one point, the plans for the new flow of traffic eats all the way into the current car parking and leaves no space for the terminal expansion 6 six pack. Better short term but if Luton does 10M and above again then this will need to be moved the other side of the tunnel., then things can go 12M+.....
Just one point, the plans for the new flow of traffic eats all the way into the current car parking and leaves no space for the terminal expansion 6 six pack. Better short term but if Luton does 10M and above again then this will need to be moved the other side of the tunnel., then things can go 12M+.....
Wizz have announced that Vilnius-LTN will increase from 5 to 11 per week from 27th May 2012 due to an additional aircraft being based there.
It's evidently a highly successful route.
It's evidently a highly successful route.
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The endless stream of new Eastern Europeans coming to the UK to live is actually a flood which the likes of Wizzair are happy to exploit. A couple of days ago while stuck in traffic at the Ibis I watched a group of Rumanian Gypsy women complete with large earrings and headscarf’s heading out of the airport on foot carrying their luggage. The UK seems to be the land of promise for half the poor of Europe.
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The schedule for Wizzair's VNO-LTN, e.g. June 2012 for a Friday:
W6 8001: Dep VNO 6:10 - Arr LTN 7:00
W6 8002: Dep LTN 7:30 - Apr VNO 12:10
W6 8005: Dep VNO 18:10 - Arr LTN 19:00
W6 8006: Dep LTN 19:30 - Arr VNO 0:10
(W6 8005/6 is slightly later on Sun. No evening flight on Tue, Thu, Sat. Note they didn't have a Sat morning flight before).
Great for weekend trips ! And good news for the taxi drivers at VNO, who'll have bumper business around midnight.
Wizz Air
BTW, please don't mix-up Lithuanians or Polish with Romanians. One could even consider Germans as 'Eastern Europeans' - many German immigrants in the UK are actually from the former GDR, so were probably born as Warsaw Pact members.
W6 8001: Dep VNO 6:10 - Arr LTN 7:00
W6 8002: Dep LTN 7:30 - Apr VNO 12:10
W6 8005: Dep VNO 18:10 - Arr LTN 19:00
W6 8006: Dep LTN 19:30 - Arr VNO 0:10
(W6 8005/6 is slightly later on Sun. No evening flight on Tue, Thu, Sat. Note they didn't have a Sat morning flight before).
Great for weekend trips ! And good news for the taxi drivers at VNO, who'll have bumper business around midnight.
Wizz Air
BTW, please don't mix-up Lithuanians or Polish with Romanians. One could even consider Germans as 'Eastern Europeans' - many German immigrants in the UK are actually from the former GDR, so were probably born as Warsaw Pact members.
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With LTN clearly very attractive for Biz Jets what does the future really hold for LTN Airport.
The room for expansion is presently limited so which basket does LLA want to put its eggs into?
Business Jets/Private or Commercial? Or can it continue to operate with both side by side?
Does it need three FBO's.....If one FBO was removed more development could be seen for commercial operators or if some of the commercial hangars were torn down it could see more space for parking biz jets.
Interesting decisions to be made.
The room for expansion is presently limited so which basket does LLA want to put its eggs into?
Business Jets/Private or Commercial? Or can it continue to operate with both side by side?
Does it need three FBO's.....If one FBO was removed more development could be seen for commercial operators or if some of the commercial hangars were torn down it could see more space for parking biz jets.
Interesting decisions to be made.
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Saskatoon - get a grip on reality please, Stansted is a bloody nightmare
I live in London, south of the river even. Gatwick is my nearest airport and in fact it's where I work. 29 miles door to door... 3am in the morning takes me 45-50 minutes. Constant traffic light after traffic light, round about after round about (not to mention navigating my way through the joys of Croydon). Stansted however... Had to drive there the other week at 10am... 39 miles door to door (that's an extra 10 miles for the mathematically challenged). Was dreading the traffic... 48 mins I timed it. Pretty much major A road (via Blackwall tunnel) A12, M11 straight run. Let's get over the 'Stansted is in the middle of no where/grass field in Essex' malarky. I for one was more than impressed. Not the stop start, stop start $hite journey that Gatwick has become. I did Luton by road once. Sat nav sent me through central London... Absolute nightmare. Let's just get over thinking a few miles makes a huge difference. It depends on where each individual is travelling from. I know some on here like to think they live in the centre of the universe just because Luton is a few miles up a hill from their driveway.
Anyhow public transport is a different issue altogether before we get started on that one.
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Just had a look at the First Capital Connect timetables. They serve 45 stations south of the Thames with a direct rail service without changing trains from Luton Airport. In fact they serve more stations south of the Thames than north of the Thames from Luton.
Err how many stations does Stansted serve south of the Thames? Come to that how about Heathrow and Southend?
Err how many stations does Stansted serve south of the Thames? Come to that how about Heathrow and Southend?
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paman, I'm afraid you're guilty to what you tell others not to do... 
i.e. Calling a main London airport a field in the middle of nowhere. Heathrow isn't, Gatwick isn't, Stansted isn't, Luton isn't, Southend isn't, Oxford however...
Anyway you get my point. They're all connected. Stansted and Luton have to be connected to ensure passengers as they are both a significant distance from London - by consequence they have good train/coach services.
i.e. Calling a main London airport a field in the middle of nowhere. Heathrow isn't, Gatwick isn't, Stansted isn't, Luton isn't, Southend isn't, Oxford however...
Anyway you get my point. They're all connected. Stansted and Luton have to be connected to ensure passengers as they are both a significant distance from London - by consequence they have good train/coach services.
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Aero mad...
I only make reference to what others on these pages of drivel have refered to Stansted as a grass field in Essex. If you can be asked to search through this thread to find it then good for you. I've worked there also and know very well that it is not such.
As for Yahoo!@...
No need to be rude! Without knowing my personal circumstances on that visit to Luton your comment is somewhat off the cuff. I'm not stupid that I do know of the direct train from London bridge. But having to pick up and drop off a disabled relative in Norfolk who arrived into Luton, the car was the preference. Think before you type is the lesson you should take away today because who now looks like a pillock? Fool!
I only make reference to what others on these pages of drivel have refered to Stansted as a grass field in Essex. If you can be asked to search through this thread to find it then good for you. I've worked there also and know very well that it is not such.
As for Yahoo!@...
No need to be rude! Without knowing my personal circumstances on that visit to Luton your comment is somewhat off the cuff. I'm not stupid that I do know of the direct train from London bridge. But having to pick up and drop off a disabled relative in Norfolk who arrived into Luton, the car was the preference. Think before you type is the lesson you should take away today because who now looks like a pillock? Fool!
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on a brighter note, away from all this pointless arguing.
a friend of mine was expecting to be layed off from his security job at the airport due to the forth comming winter season. but they have renewed his contract as projected passenger numbers are going to be much more than last winter.
expect more announcements from wizz air is part of the reason
a friend of mine was expecting to be layed off from his security job at the airport due to the forth comming winter season. but they have renewed his contract as projected passenger numbers are going to be much more than last winter.
expect more announcements from wizz air is part of the reason
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London Airports - Distance from London
Why does everyone leave out LGW when discussing airport distances from London? LTN, STN, and LGW are all around 30 miles from London. Gatwick 28, Stansted about 30, and Luton 32 if my pedometer serves me right. Only LCY and LHR are fairly genuinely in or nearer London.
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