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Redevelopment update.
Signature’s new FBO is not too far from completion. The planned opening date is/was November. As can be seen another section of apron has opened on this side of the building which now seems to be structurally complete.
The mid term car park is being restored to its former shabby appearance with its cinder parking area served by tarmac strips. Fence posts have arrived on site to create a boundary.
A very small section of the duel carriageway has received its first layer of tarmac while the new link road to the fire station is almost complete.
The 1st of 3 sections of the new drop off area has been temporarily opened as an additional parking area for the short term car park. Each of the 4 kerbsides has sufficient space to accommodate only 8 to 9 cars depending how tight cars park next to each other. This is giving a phase 1 capacity of a mere 32-36 cars. The existing drop off area can hold 48 cars with kerbside access and this time last year the capacity was close to a 100 cars.
With work continuing on kerbing for the exit barriers by the multistory car park I am thinking the new drop off area won’t come into service now until the end of the summer peak and that the existing exit barriers in the old drop off zone will be removed to increase traffic flow with customers using the new barriers as they exit the ring road.
As can be seen with no raised kerbs on the return lane for wheelchair access, barriers have been put up to stop people parking on the pavement. The pavement narrows down as it heads in the direction of easyland and is wide at this end due to the entrance and exit route.
Another reason for thinking that the opening is going to be delayed is for some reason the 4th row pavement has only been partially tarmacked with a rough layer even though all the base is in place. As can be seen the area is very tight and is hard to navigate and is not suitable for a drop off zone with high capacity foot traffic.
The entrance and exit is via the small completed section of ring road which is taking two way traffic at the moment.
Work continues at a slow place on the pier B link building where there is usually little activity.
Work continues at a fast pace on the multistory car park where concreting has already reached the top floor on the first third of the building. As can be seen, cement mixers are queuing up as the cement is pumped to the top floor. Much of the rest of the car park is still open to the sky.
The mid term car park is being restored to its former shabby appearance with its cinder parking area served by tarmac strips. Fence posts have arrived on site to create a boundary.
A very small section of the duel carriageway has received its first layer of tarmac while the new link road to the fire station is almost complete.
The 1st of 3 sections of the new drop off area has been temporarily opened as an additional parking area for the short term car park. Each of the 4 kerbsides has sufficient space to accommodate only 8 to 9 cars depending how tight cars park next to each other. This is giving a phase 1 capacity of a mere 32-36 cars. The existing drop off area can hold 48 cars with kerbside access and this time last year the capacity was close to a 100 cars.
With work continuing on kerbing for the exit barriers by the multistory car park I am thinking the new drop off area won’t come into service now until the end of the summer peak and that the existing exit barriers in the old drop off zone will be removed to increase traffic flow with customers using the new barriers as they exit the ring road.
As can be seen with no raised kerbs on the return lane for wheelchair access, barriers have been put up to stop people parking on the pavement. The pavement narrows down as it heads in the direction of easyland and is wide at this end due to the entrance and exit route.
Another reason for thinking that the opening is going to be delayed is for some reason the 4th row pavement has only been partially tarmacked with a rough layer even though all the base is in place. As can be seen the area is very tight and is hard to navigate and is not suitable for a drop off zone with high capacity foot traffic.
The entrance and exit is via the small completed section of ring road which is taking two way traffic at the moment.
Work continues at a slow place on the pier B link building where there is usually little activity.
Work continues at a fast pace on the multistory car park where concreting has already reached the top floor on the first third of the building. As can be seen, cement mixers are queuing up as the cement is pumped to the top floor. Much of the rest of the car park is still open to the sky.
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Great to see another weekly redevelopment update, it's been a long wait as there wasn't one last week, due to your holiday which is understandably of course, so progress looks to have moved forward quite a bit! The use of the new drop off zone as a temporary short term car park is quite good, although they need to hurry to finish it all of so they can use the old one as the short term park and use the new one for the actual drop offs.
The multistory looks to be doing well too as usual. Is there any work happening on the front of the terminal behind the barrier that is in front of that awful looking canopy? Anything happening on the terminal infill area? Also finally has work on the infill on Pier A progressed?
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The multistory looks to be doing well too as usual. Is there any work happening on the front of the terminal behind the barrier that is in front of that awful looking canopy? Anything happening on the terminal infill area? Also finally has work on the infill on Pier A progressed?
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The existing drop off area will at some point be altered and realigned from 4 lane to 2 lanes with a loop back that will pass under the passenger footbridge twice. Can't see it becoming a temporary parking area as they will want to complete that work ASAP when the drop off zone is moved.
Christmas Eve saw the complete closure of the old bus station so for nearly the last 6 months work has continued on clearing the old site, digging lots of holes and preparing the ground for the new build.
As can be seen in this photo also taken today the old tarmac surface of the bus station is being removed by lorry.
As for the pier A infill I will have a look next week.
Christmas Eve saw the complete closure of the old bus station so for nearly the last 6 months work has continued on clearing the old site, digging lots of holes and preparing the ground for the new build.
As can be seen in this photo also taken today the old tarmac surface of the bus station is being removed by lorry.
As for the pier A infill I will have a look next week.
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What is being built doesn’t quite match the plans. The part of the car park sitting behind the cement delivery machine was supposed to extend to its full width from the third column down but was built out from the 7th column. The lost parking spaces seem to have been recovered as the car park was supposed to be 18 columns long but was built with a 19th row after the fence was shifted.
One can speculate why this was done. Don't forget a station has to be built somewhere! Just one crane on site now as the last of the beams are still being installed.
The airport is being totally physically transformed. So much so that any passenger who comes here next year after missing this year out is just not going to recognize any part of the CTA or terminal frontage apart from the easyjet hangar. The multistory car park dominates the CTA and more so than the terminal as the scale of it can easily be seen from the Ibis roundabout.
I have always considered Luton to be a mid sized airport but even though its physical footprint will remain the same size I think that most people will soon be thinking Luton is actually a large airport. Even now the stream of people walking into and out of the terminal is constant making photograph taking somewhat of a long wait at times as I try to get a gap. The airport reported that 400 coaches a day now travel into or out of the bus station and that excludes the airport shuttle and car park coaches. I can believe it as the bus station is also heaving with passengers as they travel to all parts of the UK.
One can speculate why this was done. Don't forget a station has to be built somewhere! Just one crane on site now as the last of the beams are still being installed.
The airport is being totally physically transformed. So much so that any passenger who comes here next year after missing this year out is just not going to recognize any part of the CTA or terminal frontage apart from the easyjet hangar. The multistory car park dominates the CTA and more so than the terminal as the scale of it can easily be seen from the Ibis roundabout.
I have always considered Luton to be a mid sized airport but even though its physical footprint will remain the same size I think that most people will soon be thinking Luton is actually a large airport. Even now the stream of people walking into and out of the terminal is constant making photograph taking somewhat of a long wait at times as I try to get a gap. The airport reported that 400 coaches a day now travel into or out of the bus station and that excludes the airport shuttle and car park coaches. I can believe it as the bus station is also heaving with passengers as they travel to all parts of the UK.
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The builders of the car park sent out a press release in February that the car park will have 1,700 spaces although the Planning and Design document I have from August last year stated 1,565 spaces so take your pick.
London Luton Airport Confirms Buckingham Group in the Contractors Team for the £110Million Transformation Project
The August document makes the following statement about the parking inside the CTA
But the permanent signage that has gone up only shows the existing short term car park as the only short term car park and the multistory is signposted as the Priority car park. Seems a big difference from 340 priority spaces to 1700 and a big reduction to the short term car park what was going to be split between surface and multistory parking.
London Luton Airport Confirms Buckingham Group in the Contractors Team for the £110Million Transformation Project
London Luton Airport (LLA) confirmed Buckingham Group Contracting has won a £8million contract to construct a new 1,700 space multi-storey Short Term car park at the airport.
The new MSCP will provide 1,565 short-term car parking spaces. This will
supplement the 1,264 surface parking spaces in the STCP (including 45 disabled
spaces and 340 priority parking spaces). Therefore, the STCP will contain a total
of 2,829 car parking spaces.
supplement the 1,264 surface parking spaces in the STCP (including 45 disabled
spaces and 340 priority parking spaces). Therefore, the STCP will contain a total
of 2,829 car parking spaces.
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Looks fantastic (Yeah I know its a building site) but if anyone told me a few years back when I was a little kiddo that where i was playing pool and eating ham and cheese toasties would become a multi storey car park and there would be more movements then a Manx ATP and a Suckling Dornier for the day I would never have seen it coming.
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Hilarious...........Just to add a little bit of reality & context........it`s a car park!!.. simples...slightly more dramatic perhaps as it goes vertical instead of horizontal but after all is said & done,it`s a car park (with a bridge!)...As Luton Airport have followed this approach what it really portrays is it lacks the Real Estate to add car parking at ground level..With Luton claiming 1500 odd extra spaces with it ,perhaps added context could well be that near neighbour Stansted is adding 2500 new meet & greet spaces along with 1000 more short stay parking spaces by the end of July,no song & dance & NO photos I`m afraid as all terribly mundane as they are all contained at surface level...(this was also a redevelopment agreement by Stansted Airport many years ago in landscaping the expansion)...& with now more than 10 times the number of car parking spaces in total that Luton is (will be) claiming ...
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With all due respect , to many of us on this thread it is interesting how the airport is expanding given its small footprint.The photos are an insight as to how this is managed through a very busy time
Sadly , unlike STN we do not have a vast area of land where you can simply build a new car park or terminal- we simply don't have that luxury!
So please cut the guys a bit of slack.This IS a big thing for LTN a airport that has long needed to be brought up to this standard.
With all due respect , to many of us on this thread it is interesting how the airport is expanding given its small footprint.The photos are an insight as to how this is managed through a very busy time
Sadly , unlike STN we do not have a vast area of land where you can simply build a new car park or terminal- we simply don't have that luxury!
So please cut the guys a bit of slack.This IS a big thing for LTN a airport that has long needed to be brought up to this standard.
Perhaps no one from the STN region could be bothered.....
I find this whole "my airport is bigger and better than your airport" attitude rather childish. I don't have any 'skin' in this particular game, but credit to LTNman for his detailed and well informed updates. If only all contributions to this corner of PPRuNe were of similar quality.....
I find this whole "my airport is bigger and better than your airport" attitude rather childish. I don't have any 'skin' in this particular game, but credit to LTNman for his detailed and well informed updates. If only all contributions to this corner of PPRuNe were of similar quality.....
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I think southside bobby is just the latest STN fanboy to be rattled by not only this thread but the upgrade of our little airport. All I can say is just ignore the thread and just concentrate on what Ryanair is doing at Stansted. As I have always said, great airport Stansted, with plenty of room to grow.
The truth is, like a few others that I won't mention, you will be back to see what is going on.
The truth is, like a few others that I won't mention, you will be back to see what is going on.
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Dropping off and picking up costs at Luton.
Drop off zone, up to 10 minutes £2.50, rising scale to £9 for 30 minutes and then a £1 a minute after that.
Minimum charge for the short term car park is £7.40
, that will give you up to 40 minutes. It is then on a rising scale but once 12 hours is reached the cost is then at its maximum of £45 per day. By comparison 30 minutes at Heathrow is £3.60 and 1 hour is £6.70 but for each day the cost is £57.70 if not pre-booked.
The free parking in the midterm that was reduced from 1 hour to 30 minutes has been reduced again to just 15 minutes. Its then on a rising scale so up to 1 hour costs £10. 1 hour 1 minute costs £27
Long term is free for the first hour and just a £1 for up to 2 hours. Stay 2 hours and 1 minute and the cost is £25. Again Heathrow is cheaper.
I met someone the other day and used the last option. Just a free bus ride away and I avoided the CTA and any fees
Minimum charge for the short term car park is £7.40
, that will give you up to 40 minutes. It is then on a rising scale but once 12 hours is reached the cost is then at its maximum of £45 per day. By comparison 30 minutes at Heathrow is £3.60 and 1 hour is £6.70 but for each day the cost is £57.70 if not pre-booked.The free parking in the midterm that was reduced from 1 hour to 30 minutes has been reduced again to just 15 minutes. Its then on a rising scale so up to 1 hour costs £10. 1 hour 1 minute costs £27
Long term is free for the first hour and just a £1 for up to 2 hours. Stay 2 hours and 1 minute and the cost is £25. Again Heathrow is cheaper.
I met someone the other day and used the last option. Just a free bus ride away and I avoided the CTA and any fees
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Certainly a massive encouragement for passenger to arrive via public transport, or pre-pay car parking. If folk wish to be picked up or dropped of, then charge them, I have no problem with that. I regularly fly out of Heathrow and the chap who takes me and picks me up absorbs those fees into his price structure.
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When a section of the short term car park is fenced off for future redevelopment it takes at least a week and often more for all the cars to disappear. At £45 per day even people driving wrecks seem to have plenty of money.
I see Signature have signed an agreement at Biggin Hill to move into a high caliber facility there. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...on-biggin-hill It looks quite flash with its attached hangar.
I see Signature have signed an agreement at Biggin Hill to move into a high caliber facility there. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...on-biggin-hill It looks quite flash with its attached hangar.
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Biggin Hill like Northolt, Farnborough, London City and Oxford suffer from not being 24/7. Not too sure where the exec movements will go once the squeeze on slots gets even worse?
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Jet Exchange (London Luton) has secured its own Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The executive jet charter specialist employs a fleet of Challenger 600/601/604s based out of its operational hub at London Luton.
The executive jet charter specialist employs a fleet of Challenger 600/601/604s based out of its operational hub at London Luton.