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The Vueling flight from Barcelona went around about 50 minutes ago and is still holding east of the airport. Everything else is landing so not sure what is going on with that flight.
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To be honest LTNs ambitions are seriously limited by the length of runway when it comes to long haul.
They probably see the likes of Silverjet and LaCompagnie as the only feasible options of getting scheduled links to the likes of the US, Dubai etc.
If an American full service Airline was interested in LTN I am sure an Airbridge would be an incentive but as most have said other than that or EL AL why would the Airport invest.
Guess the question is did EL AL even use an Airbridge at STN when they were there?
LTN is simply a low cost Airport.
Don't suppose the recent boundary changes being made by the Government will have any effect on the Airport?
They probably see the likes of Silverjet and LaCompagnie as the only feasible options of getting scheduled links to the likes of the US, Dubai etc.
If an American full service Airline was interested in LTN I am sure an Airbridge would be an incentive but as most have said other than that or EL AL why would the Airport invest.
Guess the question is did EL AL even use an Airbridge at STN when they were there?
LTN is simply a low cost Airport.
Don't suppose the recent boundary changes being made by the Government will have any effect on the Airport?
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To be honest LTNs ambitions are seriously limited by the length of runway when it comes to long haul
Don't suppose the recent boundary changes being made by the Government will have any effect on the Airport?
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The easyjet spokesmen said they were very excited about Luton while the airport spokesmen said the worst was now over. This would be because the summer season is coming to an end rather than due to completed work at the airport.
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Every time I saw an El Al at STN they used an airbridge as do Eurowings, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Titan and several others excluding Easyjet and Ryanair although I have seen Easyjet aircraft using an airbridge in the past at STN.
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With LTN projected to have an annual capacity of 18 million you would thought at least one token airbridge could have been accommodated, it just cheapens the airport even more in my opinion and the whole redevelopment looks cheap as well, not state of the art or anything special whatsoever, sure it's an improvement on what was there before but that's about it.
Every time I saw an El Al at STN they used an airbridge as do Eurowings, Thomas Cook, Thomson, Titan and several others excluding Easyjet and Ryanair although I have seen Easyjet aircraft using an airbridge in the past at STN.
UK Airports with Airbridges
LHR
LGW
STN
BHX
CWL
MAN
LBA
NCL
EDI
GLA
BFS
BHD
With LTN projected to have an annual capacity of 18 million you would thought at least one token airbridge could have been accommodated, it just cheapens the airport even more in my opinion and the whole redevelopment looks cheap as well, not state of the art or anything special whatsoever, sure it's an improvement on what was there before but that's about it.
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I totally appreciate and understand your comments but surely one airbridge at least could have been accommodated and I am sure EL AL would use it IF one was installed, even some European airports that also heavily rely on LoCo airlines and have far few passengers than LTN have at least one airbridge including the likes of BGY, SXF although the latter does have more full service airlines than LTN.
In my view having an airbridge at an airport means 'were grown up and up their with the big boys', well that's my opinion.
I work in the cruise industry and even cruise lines expect airbridges now, even at The Port of Southampton where I am based we have four cruise passenger terminals with airbridges one of which has two so why not one at LTN!
I totally appreciate and understand your comments but surely one airbridge at least could have been accommodated and I am sure EL AL would use it IF one was installed, even some European airports that also heavily rely on LoCo airlines and have far few passengers than LTN have at least one airbridge including the likes of BGY, SXF although the latter does have more full service airlines than LTN.
In my view having an airbridge at an airport means 'were grown up and up their with the big boys', well that's my opinion.
I work in the cruise industry and even cruise lines expect airbridges now, even at The Port of Southampton where I am based we have four cruise passenger terminals with airbridges one of which has two so why not one at LTN!
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Why couldn't they have the option to offer the facility, Cork for example has capability for 4 and up until a few months ago just 1 was in use, now 2.
Plently airlines use bridge at front and steps at back to speed up turnarounds.
Plently airlines use bridge at front and steps at back to speed up turnarounds.
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In my view having an airbridge at an airport means 'were grown up and up their with the big boys', well that's my opinion.
The infill of pier A means the pier is getting 2 and a half pre-boarding areas for the eastern apron but not enough to cover each stand unless they are divided in two but crucially at apron level so would be no good for airbridge boarding. The northern side seems to have more stand area depth to accommodate airbridges, is only going to gain a single new staircase and is not getting pre-boarding areas at apron level.
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The eastern apron has now been expanded to create 2 extra stands with Pier A and soon to be built Pier B having 4 stands each.
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Couldn't agree more with the above comments on air bridges...
Even Bristol which is primarily a LCC airport, with easyJet and Ryanair having large bases at the airport, is currently installing air-bridges and a preboarding zone for six gates. They make it clear in the marketing material this will accommodate the latest generation twin engined wide-bodied aircraft.
If only LTN had a little aspiration like BRS!
On the other hand though, if you fly through Birmingham the old Eurohub building seems to have half of its airbridges all sitting unused, with only FlyBE's Embraer 175/195's using them. I remember boarding a flight a year or two ago, and you walk down the airbridge to be greeted by some steps at the end , to only walk down to the apron, to board the flight via steps. So maybe I am now contracting myself, and this is the reason why the airport has no interest in air-bridges.
Anyway back to my grumbling, to me this expansion at Luton is like, what is the minimum we need to do and spend to expand the airport to 18 million? This £110 million figure is driving me crazy and how it keeps getting banded about in their press coverage.
This figure is a drop in the ocean, compared to the investments made by other airports, to upgrade their facilities. With all the recent cutbacks we have seen in the recent drawings, compared to the ones used 12-18 months ago, it is questionable if this £110 million is now the true figure being invested?
Even though the airport markets the expansion to handle 18 million, I would be incredibly surprised, any future expansion would not commence until the airport is at the 20 million mark.
I am sure I am not going loopy here, but I am sure the current facilities before the expansion commenced, were only designed to handle 10 million. But miraculously the airport then said the current facilities were designed to handle around 12 million.
Even Bristol which is primarily a LCC airport, with easyJet and Ryanair having large bases at the airport, is currently installing air-bridges and a preboarding zone for six gates. They make it clear in the marketing material this will accommodate the latest generation twin engined wide-bodied aircraft.
If only LTN had a little aspiration like BRS!
On the other hand though, if you fly through Birmingham the old Eurohub building seems to have half of its airbridges all sitting unused, with only FlyBE's Embraer 175/195's using them. I remember boarding a flight a year or two ago, and you walk down the airbridge to be greeted by some steps at the end , to only walk down to the apron, to board the flight via steps. So maybe I am now contracting myself, and this is the reason why the airport has no interest in air-bridges.
Anyway back to my grumbling, to me this expansion at Luton is like, what is the minimum we need to do and spend to expand the airport to 18 million? This £110 million figure is driving me crazy and how it keeps getting banded about in their press coverage.
This figure is a drop in the ocean, compared to the investments made by other airports, to upgrade their facilities. With all the recent cutbacks we have seen in the recent drawings, compared to the ones used 12-18 months ago, it is questionable if this £110 million is now the true figure being invested?
Even though the airport markets the expansion to handle 18 million, I would be incredibly surprised, any future expansion would not commence until the airport is at the 20 million mark.
I am sure I am not going loopy here, but I am sure the current facilities before the expansion commenced, were only designed to handle 10 million. But miraculously the airport then said the current facilities were designed to handle around 12 million.
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http://www.caa.co.uk/uploadedFiles/C...alysis_PDF.pdf
Some very interest numbers here. Looking good for the airport
Some very interest numbers here. Looking good for the airport
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Luton had posted a link on their twitter of the new 360 tour of the artist impressions of the complete airport.
https://roundme.com/tour/77047/view/193007/
https://roundme.com/tour/77047/view/193007/
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I am sure I am not going loopy here, but I am sure the current facilities before the expansion commenced, were only designed to handle 10 million. But miraculously the airport then said the current facilities were designed to handle around 12 million.
It is questionable if this £110 million is now the true figure being invested?
5 million passengers per year capacity increase x 20 years=
100,000,000 extra passengers divided by £110,000,000.
Cost per passenger before interest payments = 90p assuming they reach the new capacity quite quickly.