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Just looked at the schedule for the five aircraft being based at the airport next summer, with the addition of Antalya being added, and this only really leaves three slots available left to fill in the weekly timetable...
Tuesday's and Wednesday's where the Larnaca aircraft lands back at 5.45pm and nothing is scheduled in after this and a morning slot on Sundays, but the aircraft needs to be back in Luton for around 1-2pm for the afternoon departures.
So, my guess is we will either see another route launched within about 2.5hrs flying time of Luton, operating three times weekly or the airline might use these slots to add additional capacity to the Spanish routes, if they sell well(?)...
This is all based on the airline operating between about 6-7am and 11pm-1am each day. But there is still a fare bit of slack in the schedule to add night flights to the likes of Spain if they wanted to, during the peak summer months.
Hardly, Gatwick has about 10-12 aircraft based there. Also a number of the routes are operated as charters for the likes of sister company Cosmos, to destination that might not be already flown as scheduled services. The operations from Manchester is very similar, acting as the airlines main Northern base...
Tuesday's and Wednesday's where the Larnaca aircraft lands back at 5.45pm and nothing is scheduled in after this and a morning slot on Sundays, but the aircraft needs to be back in Luton for around 1-2pm for the afternoon departures.
So, my guess is we will either see another route launched within about 2.5hrs flying time of Luton, operating three times weekly or the airline might use these slots to add additional capacity to the Spanish routes, if they sell well(?)...
This is all based on the airline operating between about 6-7am and 11pm-1am each day. But there is still a fare bit of slack in the schedule to add night flights to the likes of Spain if they wanted to, during the peak summer months.
With more flights, does then mean there are moving some gatwick flights to luton because of the rising cost at gatwick
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As I mentioned earlier, apparently a sixth Monarch airframe is still a slight possibility at Luton for summer 2014 so there could well be several more flights/destinations to still be announced. Personally I suspect five will be it for next summer.
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Maintenance slots! Airbus fix themselves, just like Dreamliners! Blinking engineering getting in the way of profits! (Only joking Spotty).
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The airport always was a cul de sac with only one way in/out, just that that entry/exit point changed. How could they have done it differently?
Buster the Bear, what are the Norwegian rumours?
Buster the Bear, what are the Norwegian rumours?
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The airport always was a cul de sac with only one way in/out, just that that entry/exit point changed. How could they have done it differently?
Quite easily!......With a one way system. The current tunnel in/out road would be the entrance road and the old road (now a dead end near RSS) as the exit road. Yes, it may have required another small tunnel but the lack of foresight over this issue speaks volumes about how the airport has been developed and the current mess is the legacy we have to live with
Quite easily!......With a one way system. The current tunnel in/out road would be the entrance road and the old road (now a dead end near RSS) as the exit road. Yes, it may have required another small tunnel but the lack of foresight over this issue speaks volumes about how the airport has been developed and the current mess is the legacy we have to live with
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Quite easily!......With a one way system. The current tunnel in/out road would be the entrance road and the old road (now a dead end near RSS) as the exit road. Yes, it may have required another small tunnel but the lack of foresight over this issue speaks volumes about how the airport has been developed and the current mess is the legacy we have to live with