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Deleted Post, regarding the number of flights with change to Winter timetable.
Flight Radar 24 on my phone app was only showing two flights departing between 6am and 7am, when this clearly wasn't the case!
Flight Radar 24 on my phone app was only showing two flights departing between 6am and 7am, when this clearly wasn't the case!
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Giles, I think you will find most airports go quieter over the winter months, routes to destinations like Ibiza, Mahon almost cease for six months, even down here, flights from/to Malaga drop off quite considerably. I note Vueling has three Amsterdam flights today (Sunday).
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Just done a traffic congestion check. In July the traffic was queuing all the way from the railway bridge on the A1081. Today at the same time there are no queues anywhere.
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The third Vueling Amsterdam flight was a re-scheduled service. Saturday's (28th) evening arrival (VY8406) returned mid-journey to Amsterdam, due to an issue. All 126 passengers were accommodated for the night and travelled today (Sunday).
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Turkey
A lot of expansion in Turkey next year. Thomas cook have based most of the schedule in Turkey and Thomson/TUI have brought back the Dalaman flight. Luton have seem to caught a growing trend this year. Not sure about Ankara or Gaziantep but an unserved market so may well pay off. Also looks as if there is more flights to be added with the Izmir flight coming in the morning and not going back to after midnight.
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Did hear a while back that TUI are going to base another aircraft at Ltn for next summer due to the loss of Monarch. Don’t know how much truth there is in that statement which is why I haven’t bothered to mention it before.
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Sun Express
XQ530 08:00 AYT - 10:40 LTN /
XQ531 11:30 LTN - 17:45 AYT
Ankara commences 17/06/18 with flights on Sunday and Tuesday -
XQ741 14:05 LTN - 20:15 ESB /
XQ740 21:05 ESB - 23:25 LTN
Gaziantep commences 20/06/18 on Wednesday -
XQ742 14:25 GZT - 17:25 LTN /
XQ743 18:25 LTN - 01:05 GZT
Izmir flights commence 17/06/18 on Sunday and Tuesday (from Izmir) and 18/06/18 on Monday and Wednesday (from Luton) -
XQ884 11:10 ADB - 13:15 LTN /
XQ885 00:25 LTN - 06:15 ADB
Hopefully this will be a success for Sun Express with more routes to come !
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Sorry to be late on the December start of Powdair (operated by BackBone, I think) what equipment are they using on the Sion (SIR) route. Thanks.
Gaziantep commences 20/06/18 on Wednesday -
XQ742 14:25 GZT - 17:25 LTN /
XQ743 18:25 LTN - 01:05 GZT
XQ742 14:25 GZT - 17:25 LTN /
XQ743 18:25 LTN - 01:05 GZT
Who exactly is going to be on this flight ? The flight times seem very much off-peak, and the lack of a LTN-Adana route (Adana as a city has a great population than Gaziantep, is by the coast, has far more air passengers than Gaziantep and doesn't have a FCO warning) means the only people I can think of are those travelling to/from Syria or Syrian refugees. Is this some kind of "Aleppo in northern Syria is closed, and Gaziantep is the nearest alternate airport" ?
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Thank you regarding the "third" Amsterdam on Sunday morning. Am I correct in thinking that the only other 'loco' flying to Turkey's capital Ankara is Pegasus from Stansted. I can see a market there for the many Turks and of Turkish origin in the London area. Regarding Tui they are scheduled to remove one aircraft from Luton for next summer, maybe having second thoughts?
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Gaziantep
This was formally a Kibris route from STN until their demise. Since that time there have been weekly charters around the time of the school summer holidays, though I'm not sure they operated this summer.
Gaziantep has a substantial population of its own, also as noted Adana isn't too far and there is no route there from the UK (also a former Kibris route to STN). It is a bit of a niche route but there is probably just enough demand, though I'd have thought the security services will be taking a very close look at the passenger lists.
Gaziantep has a substantial population of its own, also as noted Adana isn't too far and there is no route there from the UK (also a former Kibris route to STN). It is a bit of a niche route but there is probably just enough demand, though I'd have thought the security services will be taking a very close look at the passenger lists.
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Arr good old Kibris I had a lot of dealings with them at STN
Passengers turning up at check in with car parts and house hold appliances trying to bribe the check in staff with sweets and gifts even money to waver the masses of excess baggage most passengers checked in with them red or blue massive laundry bags bursting at the seams grandma hiding round the corner with with about 30kg of hand baggage
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Passengers turning up at check in with car parts and house hold appliances trying to bribe the check in staff with sweets and gifts even money to waver the masses of excess baggage most passengers checked in with them red or blue massive laundry bags bursting at the seams grandma hiding round the corner with with about 30kg of hand baggage
Sorry just reminiscing- back to thread
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Ryanair have stated that they will 'take up the slack' created by the collapse of Monarch by basing additional airframes around the country, so could we see a 5th at Luton?