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Had never ever heard of Islip, Then I read it is Long Island. Pretty bloody huge catchment area (8 million people) and interesting route. I like the sound of it. They will be written off and slammed by know it alls just like La Compagnie but lets see how it goes. Everything else aside it will be brilliant to have another 757 operator, My favourite aircraft.
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Summer 2016 Capacity
Seat capacity up 20% (2,176,421)
Major contributors in flight terms:
Blue Air +915
Easyjet +3739
La Compagnie +122
Ryanair +1300
VLM +89
Wizz +2912
http://www.acl-uk.org/UserFiles/File...0S16%20SOS.pdf
Major contributors in flight terms:
Blue Air +915
Easyjet +3739
La Compagnie +122
Ryanair +1300
VLM +89
Wizz +2912
http://www.acl-uk.org/UserFiles/File...0S16%20SOS.pdf
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Seat capacity up 20% (2,176,421)
Major contributors in flight terms:
Blue Air +915
Easyjet +3739
La Compagnie +122
Ryanair +1300
VLM +89
Wizz +2912
http://www.acl-uk.org/UserFiles/File...0S16%20SOS.pdf
Major contributors in flight terms:
Blue Air +915
Easyjet +3739
La Compagnie +122
Ryanair +1300
VLM +89
Wizz +2912
http://www.acl-uk.org/UserFiles/File...0S16%20SOS.pdf
Also AtlasGlobal are cancelling the Istanbul route.
Anyone know anything about this ??
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Wouldn't surprise me either if Istanbul ends. Turkey is I believe suffering a bit of a downturn due to the unsettled political climate in the area so could be the first of several route reductions to the area.
Feb CAA figures
ATMs
Month up 28.3%
Rolling year up 17.6%
Passengers
Month up 27.8% to 877,791
Rolling year up 18.6% to 12,616,810
February had 29 days, 3.57% more than last year.
Month up 28.3%
Rolling year up 17.6%
Passengers
Month up 27.8% to 877,791
Rolling year up 18.6% to 12,616,810
February had 29 days, 3.57% more than last year.
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March seems much more busy than February. Already the mid term car park seems short of parking spaces as does the short term car park. It wouldn't surprise me if over one million passengers used Luton this month.
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Seat capacity up 20% (2,176,421)
Major contributors in flight terms:
Blue Air +915
Easyjet +3739
La Compagnie +122
Ryanair +1300
VLM +89
Wizz +2912
http://www.acl-uk.org/UserFiles/File...0S16%20SOS.pdf
Major contributors in flight terms:
Blue Air +915
Easyjet +3739
La Compagnie +122
Ryanair +1300
VLM +89
Wizz +2912
http://www.acl-uk.org/UserFiles/File...0S16%20SOS.pdf
(Apologies I did not quite understand what your figures are, you noted.)
I just checked Atlas Global website and they are still accepting bookings going into September, and in the report is quotes the airport IATA code of "SAW", which is Istanbul's second airport - Sabiha Gökçen Airport, where easyJet use to fly to. All of Atlas Global's flights operate into the main city airport - Ataturk Airport. So hopefully fingers crossed this is an error and flights are continuing.
Even though Blue Air are mentioned above with the other airlines, I think we need to remember, how much Blue Air are expanding at the airport this year! They are growing from 116,448 seats last summer to 280,500 this summer! (164,052 additional seats)
I knew easyJet were adding a few new routes from the airport, I forgot and didn't realise they would be increasing their numbers by up to 663,000. From 3,937,000 to 4,600,020!
Wizz Air are also increasing their numbers by a similar amount too... From 2,982,510 to 3,637,780.
So theory, Wizz Air will neary be as big at Luton this summer, as easyJet were at the airport just last summer!
Good to see Monarch and Thomson's figures remaining pretty stable, with the addition of about 700-1000 more per airline.
Just Wizz Air and easyJet on their own, are increasing capacity for the summer by more than 1.2 million. Once you add Vueling, Transavia and the growth from other airlines, were probably looking at 2.5 million more passengers using the airport this year! (OUCH)
Last edited by gilesdavies; 15th Mar 2016 at 22:05. Reason: Correction in figures, quoted.
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Airport Growth
From my lounge it is becoming quite typical at any given time to see 3 to 4 aircraft all on the taxiways waiting their turn to take off.
The growth is fantastic and with LGW and LHR at almost full capacity both STN and LTN will reap the rewards.
Once the airport reaches it's 18 million passenger level (by 2020, if not 2019?) then the airport needs to seriously think about a modest extension of the runway because growth can continue from long haul routes?
Many years ago the Department for Transport did support plans to extend the runway from its current 2,160 m (7,087 ft) length to 3,000 m (9,843 ft) but even with some investigation they could extend the runway to 8000 feet within the current boundary. I am sure such a modest increase could attract new carriers?
The growth is fantastic and with LGW and LHR at almost full capacity both STN and LTN will reap the rewards.
Once the airport reaches it's 18 million passenger level (by 2020, if not 2019?) then the airport needs to seriously think about a modest extension of the runway because growth can continue from long haul routes?
Many years ago the Department for Transport did support plans to extend the runway from its current 2,160 m (7,087 ft) length to 3,000 m (9,843 ft) but even with some investigation they could extend the runway to 8000 feet within the current boundary. I am sure such a modest increase could attract new carriers?
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Thought this has been mentioned a few times before. The redevelopment is based on the individual parts of the airport being designed to take 18 million passengers so adding a few feet onto the runway won't boost capacity.
I have a document somewhere that states that the reason the taxiway extensions won't be reaching the ends of the runway is that it would boast runway capacity beyond 18 million, which is pointless, as the CTA, car parks, taxiways, apron's and terminal would not be able to cope.
No doubt Luton will probably go beyond that figure at some point then we will be back to where we will be this summer but then it will level out like it has done at Heathrow when Luton really has maxed out.
I have a document somewhere that states that the reason the taxiway extensions won't be reaching the ends of the runway is that it would boast runway capacity beyond 18 million, which is pointless, as the CTA, car parks, taxiways, apron's and terminal would not be able to cope.
No doubt Luton will probably go beyond that figure at some point then we will be back to where we will be this summer but then it will level out like it has done at Heathrow when Luton really has maxed out.
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I also thought the Barcelona flights started in June but obviously not. It also states on FR24 that the inaugural Vueling flight from Luton to Barcelona diverted in Paris (Orly). Is this true?
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Think it's even between LTN,LGW and STN. LGW isn't far off capacity, so with a larger heathrow, the flights that move from LGW-LHR would allow space for alot of the spillage over to STN and LTN to go to LGW.
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I also see that Ryanair's 5th based aircraft is now in place (not sure since when). Tomorrow there are 5 Ryanair first wave departures to Nimes, Beziers, Dublin, Las Palmas and Malta between 06.15 and 07.00
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Looks like Atlantic star will be using LTN this summer. First flights are the following:
Sunday 22 May
OR1502 LTN-BJL 2330-0450 (following day)
OR1502 BJL-HLE 0550-1045
Monday 23 May
OR2002 HLE-BJL 1145-1630
OR2002 BJL-LTN 1730-0040 (following day)
Sunday 5 June
OR1502 LTN-BJL 2330-0450 (following day)
OR1502 BJL-HLE 0550-1045
Monday 6 June
OR2002 HLE-BJL 1145-1630
OR2002 BJL-LTN 1730-0040 (following day)
Also further down it says"As St.Helena airport will only open during daylight hours it is necessary to land back in to the UK during night-time. This has presented the team at A-Star with a further challenge as all of the limited number of night landing slots at many UK airports had been allocated to other services prior to confirmation of the St.Helena flight schedules. A solution has been found in that the management team at London Luton Airport is very keen to support the UK to St.Helena link and has made available some night slots.
The first flights will be on the following dates, operated on a Boeing 737-800 by TUIfly (Netherlands) under their flight number, prefix OR. Flights will stop briefly in Banjul (‘BJL’), Gambia, for re-fuel and a change of flight crew, in each direction. All times are expressed in local time."
Sunday 22 May
OR1502 LTN-BJL 2330-0450 (following day)
OR1502 BJL-HLE 0550-1045
Monday 23 May
OR2002 HLE-BJL 1145-1630
OR2002 BJL-LTN 1730-0040 (following day)
Sunday 5 June
OR1502 LTN-BJL 2330-0450 (following day)
OR1502 BJL-HLE 0550-1045
Monday 6 June
OR2002 HLE-BJL 1145-1630
OR2002 BJL-LTN 1730-0040 (following day)
Also further down it says"As St.Helena airport will only open during daylight hours it is necessary to land back in to the UK during night-time. This has presented the team at A-Star with a further challenge as all of the limited number of night landing slots at many UK airports had been allocated to other services prior to confirmation of the St.Helena flight schedules. A solution has been found in that the management team at London Luton Airport is very keen to support the UK to St.Helena link and has made available some night slots.
The first flights will be on the following dates, operated on a Boeing 737-800 by TUIfly (Netherlands) under their flight number, prefix OR. Flights will stop briefly in Banjul (‘BJL’), Gambia, for re-fuel and a change of flight crew, in each direction. All times are expressed in local time."
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Looks like it did divert to Orly enroute back to Barcelona ! Anyone know why ??