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Old 23rd Oct 2013, 21:44
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Not the best located airport for the north london population of Jews


.....but easily accessible on the thameslink.
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Old 24th Oct 2013, 00:20
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Very few arrive/depart via Thameslink to Luton, most via M1.
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And they would have to change trains as stations like Hendon and Mill Hill don't have a direct service to Gatwick only a direct service to Luton

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Old 24th Oct 2013, 12:58
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Good to see easyJet adding new routes and growing its home base, in todays announcement!
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At least Luton did not lose any routes though
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Work is due to finish on Sunday, so it may depart then.
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Old 24th Oct 2013, 21:04
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I see a planning application has gone in for yet another airport hotel. This application is for a 6 story 120 bedroom hotel just down from the Encore. This new hotel will be built partly on the former Mondi Packaging Premises. If built this will make a total of 6 airport hotels and will be a Ibis Budget Hotel.

With regards to hotel development around the airport there are 5 hotels (752 bedrooms) located close to the airport. This includes a 124 bedroom Ramada Encore and 188 bedroom Hampton by Hilton. Other established hotels in the market include Ibis, Holiday Inn Express and a Premier Inn. Planning permission exists for a 156 bed hotel on the adjoining site (ICH Group) as well as a 152 bed hotel for Park Plaza on land adjacent to Airport Way

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Old 25th Oct 2013, 15:11
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A few new routes in the weeks coming up
Iasi tarom 2 weekly
Sharm el skeih monarch 3 weekly
Craiova wizz ?weekly
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Old 25th Oct 2013, 18:25
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Rail boost for Luton Airport | Anglia - ITV News
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Old 25th Oct 2013, 19:19
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Thameslink LGW LTN

And they would have to change trains as stations like Hendon and Mill Hill don't have a direct service to Gatwick only a direct service to Luton
True, but relatively easily done at City Thameslink or Farringdon with no change of platform needed. It is as is easy/difficult as transferring to a shuttle bus at Luton Airport Parkway.

Whilst clearly not as convenient as LTN, LGW is relatively easy for train travellers from Hendon, Mill Hill, etc., compared to, say, LCY, LHR, SEN or STN.

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Thameslink web site says to go via St Pan, both Farringdon & City have engineering outages at the moment. Any travel journey is about 1 hour more and with London Bridge reconstruction for next few years.....diverts via Tulse Hill etc.
If Gatwick was better for the market, why did El-Al setup camp at a North London airport.
I still think it is not a great route from LGW at the moment.
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Quite agree with you Pabely. I am sure easyJet would have tried it by now if they thought it was a worthwhile route.
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Old 25th Oct 2013, 21:01
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Do you guys think that, just perhaps, there may be one or two Jews living in that part of the world and, furthermore, some non-Jews might fancy a visit to Tel Aviv? It's just that I read somewhere that some people live close to or like flying from airports other than Luton
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Old 25th Oct 2013, 21:10
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Passengers travelling to and from Luton Airport are set to benefit from plans for an improved train service.

It has been announced the company which ends up running the rail link into London will be required to provide a minimum of two services an hour to the airport during the morning rush hour.
They have got the story completely wrong, the requirement is for more night trains. Documents supporting the new rail franchise, issued on September 26, stipulate there must be a minimum of two trains per hour arriving at Luton Airport Parkway between 3am and 6.59am from Blackfriars on Monday to Saturday morning, with a maximum interval of 40 minutes between consecutive arrivals.
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Old 26th Oct 2013, 00:56
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Time will tell but I see it being a money burner.
Brighton which used to have a good Jewish community does not anymore. The big growth for this community is Hertsmere, bottom of A1/M25 and traditional community bottom of M1.
As C3B says, EZY must have looked at it.
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The first flight out of luton is full says there website
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Old 26th Oct 2013, 17:30
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Probably block booked by the Metropolitan Police.

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Old 27th Oct 2013, 00:38
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The big growth for this community is Hertsmere, bottom of A1/M25 and traditional community bottom of M1.
Sounds like a Hendon/Mill Hill overspill. Same old story probably, youngsters can't afford house prices in the towns they grew up in.
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Old 27th Oct 2013, 09:18
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Wizz air Ukraine

Wizz air Ukraine to launch luton to st Petersburg and Moscow
http://wizzair.com/ru-RU/about_us/news/wizru50
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Old 27th Oct 2013, 09:21
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Nice idea, but the link doesn't seem to work.
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