LUTON -8

[Boeing737-8]

August 2016
Adria Airlines - 1 weekly
Pristina - 1 weekly
AIR NOSTRUM - 2 weekly
Vigo - 2 weekly
ATLASGLOBAL - 7 weekly
Istanbul - 7 weekly
BLUE AIR- 29 weekly
Bacau - 6 weekly
Bucharest - 10 weekly
Iasi - 5 weekly
Larnaca - 4 weekly. Extra flight seems to start from the 4th of June to 24th of September. Then goes back to 3 weekly.
Turin - 4 weekly
MONARCH - 59 weekly
Alicante - 6 weekly
Dalaman - 4 weekly
Faro - 7 weekly
Gibraltar - 5 weekly
Lanzarote - 1 weekly
Larnaca - 4 weekly
Palma - 8 weekly
Malaga - 6 weekly
Menorca - 4 weekly
Naples - 2 weekly
Ovda - 0 weekly
Rome - 4 weekly
Sharm El Sheikh - 2 weekly
Tel Aviv - 3 weekly
Tenerife South - 3 weekly
RYANAIR - 122 weekly
Copenhagen - 27 weekly
Beziers - 4 weekly
Nimes - 7 weekly
Dublin - 21 weekly
Kerry - 7 weekly
Knock - 9 weekly
Vilnius - 7 weekly
Malta - 8 weekly
Marrakesh - 4 weekly
Rzeszow - 3 weekly
Bratislava - 4 weekly
Girona - 5 weekly
Fuerteventura - 2 weekly
Gran canaria - 2 weekly
Lanzarote - 3 weekly
Murcia - 7 weekly
Tenerife - 3 weekly
SUN EXPRESS - 2 weekly
Izmir - 2 weekly
TAROM - 3 weekly
Iasi - 3 weekly( increased by 1 from last summer)
THOMSON - 37 weekly
Bourgas - 1 weekly
Corfu - 2 weekly
Faro - 2 weekly
Fuerteventura - 1 weekly
Funchal - 1 weekly
Gran Canaria - 2 weekly
Heraklion - 1 weekly
Ibiza - 2 weekly
Kefalonia - 1 weekly
Lanzarote - 2 weekly
Larnaca - 1 weekly
Malaga - 2 weekly
Menorca - 2 weekly
Palma - 4 weekly
Paphos - 3 weekly
Reus - 1 weekly
Rhodes - 2 weekly
Skiathos - 1 weekly
Tenerife South - 2 weekly
Antalya - 1 weekly
Dalaman - 2 weekly
Bodrum - 0 weekly
Zante - 1 weekly
TRANSAVIA FRANCE - 12 weekly
PARIS - 12 Weekly
VUELING -28 Weekly
Amsterdam - 14 weekly
Barcelona - 14 weekly
VLM AIRLINES - 11 weekly
Waterford - 11 weekly
394 flights all combined from these airlines. This doesn't include EL Al or La Compagine. EL AL would be around 15 weekly. La Compagine 6 weekly
333 + 21 + 775 = 1129 flights a week

[LTNman]

There's definite scope to grow some of these routes further like

Aberdeen
Geneva
Glasgow
Madrid
Surely all of these routes could comfortably accommodate an increased schedule?

Those routes used to have more flights one upon a time so I guess the demand has dropped away. Also Athens was one of Easyjet's first international destinations that eventually moved to Gatwick.

[wallp]

I'm really surprised that Aberdeen can only take 5 flights a week when Inverness takes 11 or that Glasgow rotations are significantly less than Edinburgh.

[ericlday]

Busiest Year in its 77 year History

Courtesy of Travel Weekly -

A record 12.3 million passengers used through Luton airport in 2015 - the busiest year its 77-year history.

The figure represents 16.9% annual growth over 2014.

Double-digit growth was recorded every month last year, including 18.9% in December, making it the fastest growing of the four major London airports in percentage terms in 2015.

The growth comprised of increased capacity and new routes with established airlines and the arrival of four new airlines. A total of 20 new routes were introduced during the year.

The airport is undergoing a £110 million redevelopment designed to raise capacity to 18 million passengers by 2020.

Chief executive, Nick Barton, said: “With more than 12 million passengers passing through the airport 2015 was a record year. But while 2015 was the busiest year in our history, 2016 is set to be the most exciting as our £110 million investment transforms the experience for our passengers.

“The redevelopment will also increase our capacity to 18 million passengers per year by 2020.

“The recent announcement that airlines Vueling and Transavia will both begin flights this year shows that demand is continuing to grow.”

[LTNman]

“The redevelopment will also increase our capacity to 18 million passengers per year by 2020.

So that date has now been brought forward by 6 years then as 2026 was the completion date for phase 3.

[Lee Baker Street]

2020

LTNman,

I think 2020 is now the target date for everything.

Based on how busy LTN will be in 2016 I think the airport will at minimum handle 13.1 million pax.

With a modest growth of 8% each year from 2017 up to and including 2020 then the target can be achieved if not surpassed?

[runway08]

I didnt realize how much room was actually available behind the harrods hangar. I know it is full of cars but surely car parks can be built upwards. Considering how compact and cramped it is. Even alongside the current harrods apron all that grass leading up towards the runway could surely be used in some way as stands?


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I go to the recycle tip quite alot but you just don't notice how vast it is back there. In comparison to how much tarmac/concrete is being used to park planes vs cars.

[LGS6753]

In one of the development plans, there was a proposal to build another "six-pack" of stands on the opposite side of taxiway Delta. Even when the new taxiway (Delta 2?) is built, there may be room for more stands on that car park.

Of course, the existing surface parking would need to be replaced, probably by going upwards. However, I doubt whether the ground is stable enough on the old tip site for any multi-storey building.

[LTNman]

The planned upgraded infrastructure including the reason why the new taxiways won't be going to the ends of the runway is that everything is being created to accommodate a capacity of 18 million passengers including the terminal, CTA, taxiways, stands and runway capacity.

Originally the plan was for 15-16 million passengers but 18 million was agreed with the council as a compromise as they wanted more but the airport said it could not be done.

If 6 new stands were added then everything else would then be over capacity again starting with the terminal.

It is worth reading the airports viewpoint below which is taken from the master plan.

In our previous draft masterplan document, we proposed to expand the Airport to a capacity of 15-16 mppa and we felt at the time that this represented a maximum figure for airport capacity within the existing
site. However, following an extension to our concession with LLAL, a review of feedback received during both our and LLAL’s consultation exercises, a review of our own proposals and those of LLAL, and a process of detailed
modelling, environmental assessment and design iteration we are confident that an 18 mppa capacity airport can be achieved within the existing Airport boundary.

Our proposals for an 18 mppa Airport involve some limited additional facilities and infrastructure to that included in our previous proposal. These include:
• Additional taxiway and aircraft parking facilities
• A multi-storey car park located on part of the existing short-term car park (STCP)
• Minor amendments to the internal layout of the terminal building, including the inclusion of two additional passenger screening lanes
It remains the case that all new development will be contained within the existing Airport boundary.

Those Harrods Hangars are built on the tip as when they were having their foundations dug out most of the ground still contained rubbish as fresh as the day it was dumped including plastic and bottles.

Also don't forget the new access road from the CTA to the proposed business park by the side of 26 is planned to cross that existing long term car park after passing under Delta and Foxtrot. Tunneling is expensive so I am sure someone will be keep to keep it as short as possible.

Extra stands would serve a usefully addition for Biz jet parking though.

[pabely]

A Multi-story would be more appropriate behind Cargo which Car Park & Car Hire is at the moment. They are expensive though to build. If Long Term by Harrords & the Tidy Tip go then there would be plenty of space for a 6 Pack and extra space for the Biz Jets, A505 relief road and business park into the distance.....

[ClearLand08]

Future bizjet parking is still the big outstanding question for me in whole masterplan. The plan shows the South stands, the West Apron (the 'pond') and Stand 80 all being made into commercial aircraft stands. In the picture posted by runway08 there are 20 bizjets of various sizes parked in these areas and the current google maps satellite shot has 17 bizjets on the West Apron alone. Even with the new apron created next to Hangar 125 in the North West corner and some more space around Signature's new FBO, it still seems to me that there is a big reduction in tarmac for bizjets.

[LTNman]

The signage is already up for the yet to be built multistory car park. Seems the car park is for priority parking. Where at the moment cars are dropped off at a reception area and then taken to the nice brand new tarmac by the south stands I am thinking that drivers will just park themselves when the car park is finally built.

Just 19 passengers on today's New York flight.

[LTNman]

With regard to ClearLand08 comments about Biz jet parking. I have been making those same comments for the last couple of years about a reduction of space. Also Landmarks two apron are shown as future commercial aircraft stands.

[Itchin McCrevis]

It's pretty obvious that the intention is for executive jet traffic to be down sized to make space for much more lucrative passenger traffic, when runway and apron space is restricted that's a no brainer.

[LTNman]

Weekly redevelopment update

Signature's builders are having a site open day on March 1st. The sign says all are welcome to visit.





A yet to open contractors village has gone up on stands 9L thus closing the stand.


Another stand to close is stand 46 on the eastern apron as work on installing fence posts continues in preparation for another compound and for the area of the new pier B building site.


A further compound is going in at the mid term car park opposite the Holiday Inn. Also some marker posts have gone in on the grass where the dual carriage way will be located. The photo shows the last few cars that have yet to leave the site.


Believe it or not this potholed nightmare is the main route in from the entrance to the short term car park. This will eventually be the road from the tunnel but as can be seen by the newly erected temporary fencing work is about to begin on the new drop off zone to the left of the fence.


The ring road route has now been marked up with metal posts at the other end of the car park as the road is soon to be extended from the south stands towards the location of the passenger footbridge. (no picture)



Part of the old bus station continues to be cleared.


Finally yet another compound has gone in complete with portocabins at the former easyjet HQ. The photo shows work taking place on what will be the multistory car park.

[wallp]

According to PlaneFinder an Air Berlin 737 just departed Luton. Should we read anything into this, could they be yet another potential new operator from Luton?

[LGS6753]

It's been visiting for maintenance by Britannia/TUI. Further examples are likely to follow.

[runway08]

Thanks for the picture update.

Was the Air Berlin the plane parked up with the giant Parrot and grafitti like writing all over it ? Possibly the most bizarre livery I have seen on a 737 and it was parked outside the Thomson hangar.

[Buster the Bear]

Stunning the scale of development works in progress or happening soon. Luton has not seen this level since the tinminal was erected. Shame the airport is getting so close to an approved maximum of 18m pax.

[LTNman]

Yes stunning is the word. There is so much activity going on simultaneously in different parts of the airport it is hard to take it all in. Also I don't report on everything that is happening every week like work continues on the foundations of the passenger bridge, Special Assistance have just moved out of their old home in the check-in area as one of the new entrances into the terminal needs to be built to allow for the infill of the bus station to take place. Mysterious partitions have been erected in the check-in hall as though some temporary counters are going to be installed and work continues on the old security hall which will eventually become a shopping mall.

Including the building work at Signature I think there are now 5 different main contractors on site but because the work is so spread out normally there always seems to be next to no one doing it so I am always thinking that it must be break time or lunch time. Maybe the pixies come out at night because every day something has changed.