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We have to remember that while Luton can be attractive to low cost airlines it would be less attractive to mainstream airlines. Despite the redevelopment Luton will still have no piers, no proper sized gate lounges, no CTA railway station and only one limited sized shared executive lounge. The jury is still out whether the short term car park actually gets a proper total rebuild or just another gravel patch job.
All this things and much more can affect customer and airline perceptions.
All this things and much more can affect customer and airline perceptions.
Blue Air - Iasi
Airline Route confirms the third airline on this route is Blue Air. They seem to be establishing a one aircraft base there this winter, with flights to LTN, OTP, BVA & FCO. No start date is shown.
0B631 IAS0930 – 1055LTN 735 37
0B632 LTN1140 – 1650IAS 735 37
Airline Route confirms the third airline on this route is Blue Air. They seem to be establishing a one aircraft base there this winter, with flights to LTN, OTP, BVA & FCO. No start date is shown.
0B631 IAS0930 – 1055LTN 735 37
0B632 LTN1140 – 1650IAS 735 37
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Whitemountain has won the £13M contract to manage the construction and civil engineering of landside infrastructure and transport facilities at Luton airport.
Part of the Lagan Group, Whitemountain has already started work to convert the existing terminal building approach road into a dual carriageway, redevelop the short stay car parks and on-airport road network, remodel the set-down area and reposition the coach terminal.
“There is a big ambition to transform London Luton Airport and we’re very happy to be delivering works on landside infrastructure and transport facilities,” said Whitemountain commercial manager John Donaghy. “The work we are delivering will be designed to improve access, circulation and parking facilities. This is necessary to support the Terminal Expansion Project and is at the centre of a wider strategy to improve passenger and airside facilities.
“These types of civil engineering contacts are significant for the company in its growth across the UK and further afield.”
London Luton Airport chief executive Nick Barton added: “The appointment of Whitemountain shows we’re making good progress on the development. The relocation of the security search area will make a positive difference to passengers. We’ve increased the size of this facility and introduced the latest technology which will allow us to speed up the screening procedures and minimisie waiting times.”
The £100M investment will increase airport capacity from 12M to 18M passengers per year by 2026.
Part of the Lagan Group, Whitemountain has already started work to convert the existing terminal building approach road into a dual carriageway, redevelop the short stay car parks and on-airport road network, remodel the set-down area and reposition the coach terminal.
“There is a big ambition to transform London Luton Airport and we’re very happy to be delivering works on landside infrastructure and transport facilities,” said Whitemountain commercial manager John Donaghy. “The work we are delivering will be designed to improve access, circulation and parking facilities. This is necessary to support the Terminal Expansion Project and is at the centre of a wider strategy to improve passenger and airside facilities.
“These types of civil engineering contacts are significant for the company in its growth across the UK and further afield.”
London Luton Airport chief executive Nick Barton added: “The appointment of Whitemountain shows we’re making good progress on the development. The relocation of the security search area will make a positive difference to passengers. We’ve increased the size of this facility and introduced the latest technology which will allow us to speed up the screening procedures and minimisie waiting times.”
The £100M investment will increase airport capacity from 12M to 18M passengers per year by 2026.
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That 2026 date is somewhat misleading. Most of the work is planned to be done in the next 2 years. 2017-2019 sees taxiway Foxtrot built plus a few feet added to the eastern apron. Post 2019 leaves the taxiway extension to 26 and new stands to the northern apron except they have already been built and occupied by Landmark. I really can't see the airport waiting 11 years to add a few feet to the taxiway at the 26 end.
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At this rate, in 5-10 years the airport will be looking to increase passengers in the realms of 20-25 million...
There will have to be some creative planning! I can see the airport expanding eastwards towards the end of runway 8. I could also imagine some compulsory purchase of hangars to grow the apron and possibly small scale expansion on the other side of the runway.
Anyway that is my pie-in-the-sky thinking for the day.
There will have to be some creative planning! I can see the airport expanding eastwards towards the end of runway 8. I could also imagine some compulsory purchase of hangars to grow the apron and possibly small scale expansion on the other side of the runway.
Anyway that is my pie-in-the-sky thinking for the day.
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Yes, it makes you wonder what will happen next. I think it will take some imaginative thinking to put more passengers through the terminal and CTA. Maybe that 18 million is the theoretical limit as that figure came from somewhere and it is better to spend the money once to max out its potential rather than alter again what is going in now.
I think easyjet will move their HQ out of the CTA at some point as they are short of office space. They also now have no parking apart from a few spaces outside their HQ. The next question would be do they keep the hangar for aircraft maintenance?
I think easyjet will move their HQ out of the CTA at some point as they are short of office space. They also now have no parking apart from a few spaces outside their HQ. The next question would be do they keep the hangar for aircraft maintenance?
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possibly small scale expansion on the other side of the runway.
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I have mentioned this a few times but there is a large chunk of land south of the runway that is part of Luton and not Hertfordshire. The land is around six times the size of the south apron and level with the runway.
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Don't know, the boundary sails just inside the airport fence in the extreme south western corner of the airport. I guess it would all depend what use was made of the land as there is already a service road from the fire station that passes the area.
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Signature purchase Landmark FBO.
BBA Aviation, the airport services group, is buying its US rival Landmark in a £1.3 billion deal.
The deal will increase the number of BBA’s business jet terminals worldwide from 133 to 194 at a time when resurgent economies in the UK and the US are prompting a recovery in demand for corporate jets.
Most terminals for business jets are in North America, where BBA Aviation is already the biggest operator.
Buying Landmark, which is owned by US private equity giant Carlyle Group, increases its market lead significantly.
The deal will be funded by new debt and a rights issue that will raise about £748 million.
Shares will be issued at 133p, compared with yesterday’s close of 284.7p.
Simon Pryce, chief executive of BBA, said the deal would help it to expand its Signature flight services brand around the world.
“This is a transformational step in the continued execution of BBA Aviation’s strategy that is both strategically and financially compelling. It represents a unique opportunity to materially expand our global Signature FBO [fixed base operator] business,” Pryce said.
Combined costs will be $35 million lower, although the costs of the deal will be $25 million and the company is planning investments of $19 million.
BBA Aviation, the airport services group, is buying its US rival Landmark in a £1.3 billion deal.
The deal will increase the number of BBA’s business jet terminals worldwide from 133 to 194 at a time when resurgent economies in the UK and the US are prompting a recovery in demand for corporate jets.
Most terminals for business jets are in North America, where BBA Aviation is already the biggest operator.
Buying Landmark, which is owned by US private equity giant Carlyle Group, increases its market lead significantly.
The deal will be funded by new debt and a rights issue that will raise about £748 million.
Shares will be issued at 133p, compared with yesterday’s close of 284.7p.
Simon Pryce, chief executive of BBA, said the deal would help it to expand its Signature flight services brand around the world.
“This is a transformational step in the continued execution of BBA Aviation’s strategy that is both strategically and financially compelling. It represents a unique opportunity to materially expand our global Signature FBO [fixed base operator] business,” Pryce said.
Combined costs will be $35 million lower, although the costs of the deal will be $25 million and the company is planning investments of $19 million.
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Not the best scenario if this gets the go ahead.
Although Signature would gain a Hangar nearer to their facility, would they keep their Hangar down near cargo apron or flog it to Harrods ? Airport get back earlier the existing Landmark area for parking orange jets as I believe is mentioned in long term airport development plans.
Can't think Signature would operate 2 separate ramps.
End result is less parking space for business jets.
Although Signature would gain a Hangar nearer to their facility, would they keep their Hangar down near cargo apron or flog it to Harrods ? Airport get back earlier the existing Landmark area for parking orange jets as I believe is mentioned in long term airport development plans.
Can't think Signature would operate 2 separate ramps.
End result is less parking space for business jets.
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Wow, where did that come from. OK I will stick my head out. They will keep Landmarks aprons and hangar for parking but ditch the former Britannia building that Landmark use as a terminal. Saying that they did lease out one of their hangars to Gulfstream.
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McLaughlin & Harvey set for £65m Luton Airport job ? Construction Enquirer
Northern Irish contractor McLaughlin & Harvey is tipped to take the biggest building package in the £100m expansion of London Luton Airport.
A deal would mean contractors from Northern Ireland have bagged two of the three main packages on the programme.
Civils firm Whitemountain, which is part of the Lagan Group, clinched a £13m landside infrastructure and transport facilities deal in July.
A third project to deliver a four-storey car park is presently out to tender with M&H also understood to be chasing the job to make it a clean sweep for the region’s contractors.
Sources close to the project say M&H is in final talks with the airport operator for the terminal expansion after submitting a highly competitive bid of around £65m, said to be some £13m below Luton Airport’s original estimate.
Sources also told the Enquirer that a contract award is imminent for the improvements to the terminal building and construction of a new two-storey pier.
Whitemountain’s job is to turn the existing approach road to the terminal building into a dual carriageway, remodelling of the set-down area and the repositioning of the coach terminal.
The £100m investment is set to transform the airport by improving overall customer experience and increase capacity from 12m to 18m passengers per year by 2026.
Northern Irish contractor McLaughlin & Harvey is tipped to take the biggest building package in the £100m expansion of London Luton Airport.
A deal would mean contractors from Northern Ireland have bagged two of the three main packages on the programme.
Civils firm Whitemountain, which is part of the Lagan Group, clinched a £13m landside infrastructure and transport facilities deal in July.
A third project to deliver a four-storey car park is presently out to tender with M&H also understood to be chasing the job to make it a clean sweep for the region’s contractors.
Sources close to the project say M&H is in final talks with the airport operator for the terminal expansion after submitting a highly competitive bid of around £65m, said to be some £13m below Luton Airport’s original estimate.
Sources also told the Enquirer that a contract award is imminent for the improvements to the terminal building and construction of a new two-storey pier.
Whitemountain’s job is to turn the existing approach road to the terminal building into a dual carriageway, remodelling of the set-down area and the repositioning of the coach terminal.
The £100m investment is set to transform the airport by improving overall customer experience and increase capacity from 12m to 18m passengers per year by 2026.
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though Signature would gain a Hangar nearer to their facility, would they keep their Hangar down near cargo apron or flog it to Harrods ? Airport get back earlier the existing Landmark area for parking orange jets as I believe is mentioned in long term airport development plans.
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Signature/Landmark
I agree, although there are a lot of duplicate locations, SIG will keep almost all Hangars, there is good money in keeping client aircraft under cover.
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I can remember reading a report a few months ago that showed fbo charges around I think it was London but might have been the UK. Luton was way cheaper than any other airport no doubt in part due to compitition.
I wonder what will happen to Landmark's new building? It can't be much more than a year that they had it converted into a custom made fbo. I guess it could be knocked down like Britannia's ops building was, which could allow the two ramps up to make one big one but the building is a quality structure.
I wonder what will happen to Landmark's new building? It can't be much more than a year that they had it converted into a custom made fbo. I guess it could be knocked down like Britannia's ops building was, which could allow the two ramps up to make one big one but the building is a quality structure.
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Signature FBO
Thoughts are will it be Harrods next?
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Redevelopment weekly update
Hangar 63 continues to be demolished.
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Work continues on clearing the old taxi rank and priority parking area in readiness for the building of the new bus station.
Work has started on the new CTA road network close to taxiway Delta with drainage work.
.Work continues on clearing the old taxi rank and priority parking area in readiness for the building of the new bus station.
Work has started on the new CTA road network close to taxiway Delta with drainage work.
