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Hi all, first poster here. mainly because having just flown to Lanzarote from Luton i think it was not the greatest of experiences.
The staff bless them try but the whole place seems so glum. I last flew from there over 25 years ago and whilst i know time passes it seems to have stood still there. Yes lots of parking in an awfully laid out long term park. Uninterested bus driveres at pick up points. Slow passport control.
I could go on. My feeling is that Luton is what it is. A rather hamstrung badly thought out below par airport and nothing short of a total re think will cure it......sorry.
The staff bless them try but the whole place seems so glum. I last flew from there over 25 years ago and whilst i know time passes it seems to have stood still there. Yes lots of parking in an awfully laid out long term park. Uninterested bus driveres at pick up points. Slow passport control.
I could go on. My feeling is that Luton is what it is. A rather hamstrung badly thought out below par airport and nothing short of a total re think will cure it......sorry.
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The South stands aren't exactly ideal though are they? Not yet anyway until they extend a pier that far south
In all seriousness - If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys! I doubt many other airports in the UK are much different.
I can't stand that term. Those that spout it don't usually have a clue about what people are actually paid. It could have something to do with the hassle some employees get these days simply for trying to do their job.
It was probably wrong of me to blame just the employees; the employers must take some of the blame as you could perceive a minority to be hostile. And as a contractor, you're under constant pressure.
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Well Muckers if you thought Luton was bad then you haven´t been throught the port of Dover lately (I know it is not an airport). It is like going on one of those ghost trains that used to be at seaside resorts years ago with so-called UK Border staff peering out and looking into vehicles as you drive through at 5 mph (two grey haired seniors in a Spanish registered car). Perish the thought what our continental friends think of it.
On a side passed the new airport at Castellon on the way - very impressive but no sign of any activity I´m afraid.
On a side passed the new airport at Castellon on the way - very impressive but no sign of any activity I´m afraid.
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No problem there in parking a couple of 747's at the same time, as they have done it already in the past.
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Seems as though the www.london-luton.co.uk website is down at the moment as it's 'just' been registered for a customer... I wonder if that is Luton Airport or some money making sharpwit! 
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Its not that the staff have a problem i think the place causes the problem.
The whole airport area seems to be a conglomoration of add ons and plug ins, that at the time were probably very much needed but as we all know there is a time when you cant add any extras, its then you either say we are what we are or start again.
Yes I live within a mile or two of SEN and I have been a keen advocate, but it wont get bigger, it wont compete for heavy jets, it cant because it is what it is, a bright new local airport for the south east.
Luton should care that it may lose short haul to them, the flying public will learn that the airports feel and focus is as much part of the flight as being in the air, and lets face it we spend as long in the terminal as we do in the air in a lot of cases.
The whole airport area seems to be a conglomoration of add ons and plug ins, that at the time were probably very much needed but as we all know there is a time when you cant add any extras, its then you either say we are what we are or start again.
Yes I live within a mile or two of SEN and I have been a keen advocate, but it wont get bigger, it wont compete for heavy jets, it cant because it is what it is, a bright new local airport for the south east.
Luton should care that it may lose short haul to them, the flying public will learn that the airports feel and focus is as much part of the flight as being in the air, and lets face it we spend as long in the terminal as we do in the air in a lot of cases.
Hellas Luton- Volos starting next year?
According to the guys on the SEN thread it's been confirmed!!
According to the guys on the SEN thread it's been confirmed!!
What bank in Greece gave them the funding!?
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Welcome muckers, we are a friendly bunch here even to our friends at Southend.
Luton has no option but to carry on and modify what it already has. Southend had the luxury of finding an unused part of the airfield next to a railway so it could start again. For Luton to start again it would mean shutting down the terminal and moving it with its aprons and would take a couple of years.
Next year will see the start of building work to expand the airport by a further 8 million passengers. Hopefully by the time it is finished it will meet with your approval.
I have no doubt Southend will reach 2 million, most of that seems to be coming from Stansted, with a little bit of new business and maybe a tad from Luton. As with all airports what Southend gains it can also lose.
Despite all of Luton’s issues it has something on its side. It is called location, location, location. Together with a public transport system that operates 24 hours a day the airport is very easy to get to.
Luton has no option but to carry on and modify what it already has. Southend had the luxury of finding an unused part of the airfield next to a railway so it could start again. For Luton to start again it would mean shutting down the terminal and moving it with its aprons and would take a couple of years.
Next year will see the start of building work to expand the airport by a further 8 million passengers. Hopefully by the time it is finished it will meet with your approval.
I have no doubt Southend will reach 2 million, most of that seems to be coming from Stansted, with a little bit of new business and maybe a tad from Luton. As with all airports what Southend gains it can also lose.
Despite all of Luton’s issues it has something on its side. It is called location, location, location. Together with a public transport system that operates 24 hours a day the airport is very easy to get to.
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