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What Italian routes could they add? There Gatwick base already has many links to Italy and all of the ones that could sustain two services to Londpn have mostly been served. I think they could make Pisa year-round.
Who knows whether it made money but there was never ever any seat available on PMO flights and if there were they cost an absolute fortune. I would always have a chuckle at the excess luggage though. With whats happening in Greece/Turkey/Egypt/Middle East you would think Sicily would appeal as an alternative location and get a bump up in flights.
I think FR serves Trapani, Ragusa & Palermo from STN.
Also as mentioned a connection to Cagliari/Bologna... Genoa & Bari.
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Excuse my naivety runway08 but why don't your friends just drive the extra hour to STN rather than cross Sicily "in the heat" to reach Palermo? Surely that would be far easier for them...
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Redevelopment weekly update
A part of Signature's new apron has opened.
Work has started today to tarmac a route to the new (temporary?) entrance.
Two sections of the covered walkway arrived on site this week and were joined together. Today two cranes are onsite so maybe it will be lifted into position today?
In the middle half of the photo and to the left of the taxi rank work has started in the former temporary home of the priority drop off and pick up area, which has moved into the short term car park. This area will contain the third core and two support columns for a further 100m section of covered walkway.
Work continues on the link to the pier.
Work has started today to tarmac a route to the new (temporary?) entrance.
Two sections of the covered walkway arrived on site this week and were joined together. Today two cranes are onsite so maybe it will be lifted into position today?
In the middle half of the photo and to the left of the taxi rank work has started in the former temporary home of the priority drop off and pick up area, which has moved into the short term car park. This area will contain the third core and two support columns for a further 100m section of covered walkway.
Work continues on the link to the pier.
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Excuse my naivety runway08 but why don't your friends just drive the extra hour to STN rather than cross Sicily "in the heat" to reach Palermo? Surely that would be far easier for them...
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I remember piloting the LTN-PMO-LTN flights for ZB about 15 years ago, if a recall correctly, there was two or three flights a week, mostly late night weekend summer departures.
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I haven't seen or heard anything yet but whatever it becomes you can be sure it will be yet another random number picked out of thin air just like the hangar numbering.
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This is a bit of a random post, but I have failed to see any photo's of the newly refurbished and enlarged executive lounge. As nothing shows on the airports website.
While I appreciate these are promotional photos, came across this lounge booking website and it looks a lovely place to be, compared to how cramped and unimpressive it was before. It looks on-par with some of the best lounges about.
Luton Airport VIP Lounge | Executive Lounges
While I appreciate these are promotional photos, came across this lounge booking website and it looks a lovely place to be, compared to how cramped and unimpressive it was before. It looks on-par with some of the best lounges about.
Luton Airport VIP Lounge | Executive Lounges
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This is a bit of a random post, but I have failed to see any photo's of the newly refurbished and enlarged executive lounge. As nothing shows on the airports website.
While I appreciate these are promotional photos, came across this lounge booking website and it looks a lovely place to be, compared to how cramped and unimpressive it was before. It looks on-par with some of the best lounges about.
Luton Airport VIP Lounge | Executive Lounges
While I appreciate these are promotional photos, came across this lounge booking website and it looks a lovely place to be, compared to how cramped and unimpressive it was before. It looks on-par with some of the best lounges about.
Luton Airport VIP Lounge | Executive Lounges
Other than those flying La Compagnie and business with El-Al, I assume to get in you have to pay - sometimes no bad thing to get away from the craziness of the departure lounge.
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There are plenty of photos online of the fairly newly renovated Aspire Lounge (Executive Lounge). Google Images and TripAdvisor are good sities to look at. It looks like a very nice lounge!
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Just witnessed the strangest route by Vueling VY8406 AMS-LTN flight on FR24.
It departed AMS 17 mins before EZY2164 departed AMS for LTN and went North almost to Skegness before turning south past Cambridge and arriving in LTN a good three minutes after the Easyjet flight arrived.
Presumably this was Weather related but didn't affect anybody else????
20 mins on a 55min flight
It departed AMS 17 mins before EZY2164 departed AMS for LTN and went North almost to Skegness before turning south past Cambridge and arriving in LTN a good three minutes after the Easyjet flight arrived.
Presumably this was Weather related but didn't affect anybody else????
20 mins on a 55min flight
Last night the MEA Beruit to LHR flight came from the south, then went to the west of Potton, went round Bedford and dropped down into Heathrow as if it was coming from Manchester.
Some of the late evening far east flights came straight over Cambridge as well, I figured it was probably weather related.
Even the Wizz flights came straight over my house which is very rare indeed.
Some of the late evening far east flights came straight over Cambridge as well, I figured it was probably weather related.
Even the Wizz flights came straight over my house which is very rare indeed.
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ITV Guernsey reporting that Blue Islands have applied to fly a Luton/Guernsey route ??? Surely this cant be right, or is it a mix up with the previously reported Aurigny application?
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http://www.itv.com/news/channel/update/2016-04-05/blue-islands-could-fly-guernsey-to-luton/
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Better to have one airline operating the route at hopefully a profit rather than two airlines operating the route at a loss. All that will happen is that Luton will be left with no airline if both airlines go head to head.
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