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Just done a comparison of parking charges for a stay in a Luton Car Park.
Entry: Wednesday 21 December 2016, 08:00
Exit: Tuesday 27 December 2016, 20:00
£63.99 Long term
£75.99 Mid term
£101.99 Priority
£108.99 Short term
£129.99 Multi Story
Seems somewhat strange that the Priority Parking is £28 cheaper than the multi story yet cars booked in are parked in the same car park by airport drivers.
By comparison clever people park in the multi story at the station and catch the shuttle bus to the terminal. A weeks parking at Parkway is only £34.
Entry: Wednesday 21 December 2016, 08:00
Exit: Tuesday 27 December 2016, 20:00
£63.99 Long term
£75.99 Mid term
£101.99 Priority
£108.99 Short term
£129.99 Multi Story
Seems somewhat strange that the Priority Parking is £28 cheaper than the multi story yet cars booked in are parked in the same car park by airport drivers.
By comparison clever people park in the multi story at the station and catch the shuttle bus to the terminal. A weeks parking at Parkway is only £34.
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Buster mentioned some time ago about a sprinkler system having to be installed in the MS car park but there is no sign of that. Nor are there any fire doors between the car park and the building cores and bridges but then there is a gap between the car park and the cores / bridges, as all passengers will step outside for around 2metres before stepping back inside as each floor is joined to the other building by 2 metre walkways.
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While cars continue to have to park on the pavements in the short term car park due to a lack of spaces the new multistory, which was opened on Monday, only has a total of 17 cars parked in it over the 2 floors that are open to the general public.
With the car parks signposted as Long, Mid, Short and Multistory it seems that passengers have no idea what the multistory is being used for so don't use it when just turning up at the airport to pick up or for an extended drop off.
The ramp to the middle floor and above is coned off at the moment with access only for priority parking drivers.
This photo was taken today on day three.
With the car parks signposted as Long, Mid, Short and Multistory it seems that passengers have no idea what the multistory is being used for so don't use it when just turning up at the airport to pick up or for an extended drop off.
The ramp to the middle floor and above is coned off at the moment with access only for priority parking drivers.
This photo was taken today on day three.
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Don't panic Mr Mannering, don't panic!
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With reference to Spanish eyes post I too am having difficulty understanding exactly what the airport want from the MSCP.( notice they don't actually say it is Short Term)
I have checked in July for two weeks and for £122 I can Park there for 15 days at £8 a day so they are treating it as a long stay( if you can afford it).
Assuming I book ,will a parking place in theory be allocated and if the numbers of advance bookings get to a certain number will this option be removed from the website.( they do after all request a vehicle registration on booking)
Could I in theory turn up to find the MSCP full- are there signs to indicate this or how many places are available on approach to the airport?
As the MSCP is the last option on the CTA road if you can't gain access or get in and can't find a space then you are back out on the dual carriageway either to the mid term or Holiday Inn roundabout to do a 360 and try again in peak time traffic!!thats after you've talked your way through the barrier
As Spanish eyes says the outside Short term is rammed full so in the summer punters may well be forced to look for options in the MSCP as a last resort as parking will be at a premium.
Interested what others think will happen but I can see a lot of confusion
I have checked in July for two weeks and for £122 I can Park there for 15 days at £8 a day so they are treating it as a long stay( if you can afford it).
Assuming I book ,will a parking place in theory be allocated and if the numbers of advance bookings get to a certain number will this option be removed from the website.( they do after all request a vehicle registration on booking)
Could I in theory turn up to find the MSCP full- are there signs to indicate this or how many places are available on approach to the airport?
As the MSCP is the last option on the CTA road if you can't gain access or get in and can't find a space then you are back out on the dual carriageway either to the mid term or Holiday Inn roundabout to do a 360 and try again in peak time traffic!!thats after you've talked your way through the barrier
As Spanish eyes says the outside Short term is rammed full so in the summer punters may well be forced to look for options in the MSCP as a last resort as parking will be at a premium.
Interested what others think will happen but I can see a lot of confusion
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WAT may resume in March, local journalist has revealed flights to London will resume in March. Airport preference was LTN and there was a report it may be Flybe.
Would expect SEN to be another fail if it was to be it.
Would expect SEN to be another fail if it was to be it.
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Assuming I book ,will a parking place in theory be allocated and if the numbers of advance bookings get to a certain number will this option be removed from the website.( they do after all request a vehicle registration on booking)
At the moment for the next few days the short term can't be pre-booked as it has reached some sort of limit but a couple of days ago it could. It is all about getting the balance right.
Now the issue is if the pavements in the short term are also full cars can't get from the short term to the multistory without going through the pay barrier, through the tunnel and turning around at the Ibis and then heading back into the CTA, which is the same for any car that can't find a space in the multistory and then wants to try the short term.
Could I in theory turn up to find the MSCP full- are there signs to indicate this or how many places are available on approach to the airport?
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WAT may resume in March, local journalist has revealed flights to London will resume in March. Airport preference was LTN and there was a report it may be Flybe.
Would expect SEN to be another fail if it was to be it.
Would expect SEN to be another fail if it was to be it.
We should know tomorrow.
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Much has been written here about the new drop off zone and the pedestrian crossing holding up the traffic so I have spent the last few mornings analysing the problem since the crossing point to the short term car park closed just by watching the traffic flows inside the zone.
While the drop off crossing point is where the jams end the crossing hasn't been that busy at 6 in the morning with quite long gaps between passengers wanting to use it, as many arriving passengers just cross the road further down the lane as the official crossing point is hard to see in the dark.
The fact that there is now just a single drop off lane causes many other problems such as when cars pull into tight spaces they can stop traffic, cars dropping off in the middle of the lane rather than by a empty kerb further along. Also drivers stopping on the crossing to talk to the crossing keeps again stops all traffic. A combination of all these factors means that the drop off lane can't cope with the vast amount of traffic heading for it at peak times so it starts to back up for the best part of a mile bring all the approach roads to the airport to a standstill.
The whole concept of a narrow single lane where nothing can pass just doesn't work and one wonders if traffic management consultants were brought in to view the design.
So what next? With a station opening in 2021 the drop off lane is going to have to be moved into the short term car park but one has to question how many attempts does the airport need to get it right. I have lost count how many times it has been tinkered with or moved since 1999 and not one of those attempts has ever come close to fixing the problem.
So what is going to change for next summer when the duel carriageway is finished? As far as I can see nothing except it will take traffic longer to back up to the Ibis roundabout thus blocking all the approach roads as the tailbacks first start, as there will be two lanes to share the pain but the queue times will be the same.
While the drop off crossing point is where the jams end the crossing hasn't been that busy at 6 in the morning with quite long gaps between passengers wanting to use it, as many arriving passengers just cross the road further down the lane as the official crossing point is hard to see in the dark.
The fact that there is now just a single drop off lane causes many other problems such as when cars pull into tight spaces they can stop traffic, cars dropping off in the middle of the lane rather than by a empty kerb further along. Also drivers stopping on the crossing to talk to the crossing keeps again stops all traffic. A combination of all these factors means that the drop off lane can't cope with the vast amount of traffic heading for it at peak times so it starts to back up for the best part of a mile bring all the approach roads to the airport to a standstill.
The whole concept of a narrow single lane where nothing can pass just doesn't work and one wonders if traffic management consultants were brought in to view the design.
So what next? With a station opening in 2021 the drop off lane is going to have to be moved into the short term car park but one has to question how many attempts does the airport need to get it right. I have lost count how many times it has been tinkered with or moved since 1999 and not one of those attempts has ever come close to fixing the problem.
So what is going to change for next summer when the duel carriageway is finished? As far as I can see nothing except it will take traffic longer to back up to the Ibis roundabout thus blocking all the approach roads as the tailbacks first start, as there will be two lanes to share the pain but the queue times will be the same.
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With the traffic queue reaching Capability Green this morning, which is too far to walk and the station shuttle bus service grinding to a halt again I wonder how many poor souls will have had their Christmas ruined by missing flights?
Luton is over 18 months into its upgrade and I have to say I can't ever see Luton getting a handle on its congestion. Even allowing for two lanes of traffic from the Holiday Inn the traffic queue this morning would have still reached the railway bridge.
As pointed out the new single lane drop off zone can't handle Luton's peak traffic and the airport is still well short of the 18 million passengers the airport is meant to be able to handle.
Luton is over 18 months into its upgrade and I have to say I can't ever see Luton getting a handle on its congestion. Even allowing for two lanes of traffic from the Holiday Inn the traffic queue this morning would have still reached the railway bridge.
As pointed out the new single lane drop off zone can't handle Luton's peak traffic and the airport is still well short of the 18 million passengers the airport is meant to be able to handle.
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Seems that passengers are not impressed by the new bridge although I have not seen any congestion when it comes to the lifts even when one was out of service. I seem to remember that each lift can hold 26 people minus luggage.
Tim Bradshaw
· 17 December 2016
I pick up and drop off at most airports and this is by far the worst, the short term parking is a joke and extremely overpriced bearing in mind it takes you a fair while to walk from car park to the terminal. The signage is almost non existent and the new bridge is a joke as there are 3 lifts at the terminal end and only 2 at the car park end causing a choke point so last night we opted for the stairs with luggage to attempt to get out within the 40 minute minimum parking at £7!!!. As far as I can see its just a way of holding you up to get more out of the parking. So all in all its a sh##hole of an airport.
· 17 December 2016
I pick up and drop off at most airports and this is by far the worst, the short term parking is a joke and extremely overpriced bearing in mind it takes you a fair while to walk from car park to the terminal. The signage is almost non existent and the new bridge is a joke as there are 3 lifts at the terminal end and only 2 at the car park end causing a choke point so last night we opted for the stairs with luggage to attempt to get out within the 40 minute minimum parking at £7!!!. As far as I can see its just a way of holding you up to get more out of the parking. So all in all its a sh##hole of an airport.
Glyn Constant
· 18 December 2016
Probably the worst airport in Uk. Went Friday morning intending to park in the new short stay multi storey car park but couldn't find how to get in. Ended up in the bomb site known as the short term and asked one of the attendants how to access the multi storey. He didn't know. Eventually parked in short term bomb site & followed signs for terminal only to find my way blocked by 6ft fence. Eventually made it to the advertised "air bridge" which takes you from the multi storey to the terminal. The web site lies. It stops 100 metres short. Charge for short term was £7 for 40 mins or £10 for an hour. Daylight robbery. Heathrow only charge £3.60 for 30 mins and that for a multi storey with under cover access to the terminal. Luton should be renamed Dick Turpin airport for its blatant lies and thievery
· 18 December 2016
Probably the worst airport in Uk. Went Friday morning intending to park in the new short stay multi storey car park but couldn't find how to get in. Ended up in the bomb site known as the short term and asked one of the attendants how to access the multi storey. He didn't know. Eventually parked in short term bomb site & followed signs for terminal only to find my way blocked by 6ft fence. Eventually made it to the advertised "air bridge" which takes you from the multi storey to the terminal. The web site lies. It stops 100 metres short. Charge for short term was £7 for 40 mins or £10 for an hour. Daylight robbery. Heathrow only charge £3.60 for 30 mins and that for a multi storey with under cover access to the terminal. Luton should be renamed Dick Turpin airport for its blatant lies and thievery
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The European Commission has approved plans for a new government-backed route between City of Derry Airport and London. I wonder if a Waterford service could operate on the back of this should Luton be the chosen destination?