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Thomas Cook S19

New route to Preveza (1 weekly, sun) begins 19/5

In addition to Bodrum, previously announced. Increases also on Dalaman and Enfidha.

[southside bobby]

Pleasing to see positive announcements from the established Stansted tour operators even with a Jet2 effect.Good news...

[Keanaga]

Not 100% but this will be on the Titan aircraft which already operates on a Sunday in the summer season.

[Severn]

Thomas Cook S19

The new PVK route looks like it directly replaces EFL on a Smartlynx A320

[Keanaga]

Ok cool maybe two flights on a Sunday to PVK in the summer,Thomas cook did use seats on the Titan flight last year so good news if they see fit to fill their own plane.

[Plane.Silly]

In addition to Bodrum, previously announced. Increases also on Dalaman and Enfidha.

Pleasing to see positive announcements from the established Stansted tour operators even with a Jet2 effect.Good news...

Definately a lot more scope on the Enfidha front, i can't see Jet2 going back to Tunisia anytime soon.
The Turkey routes on the other hand are interesting, nice to see some healthy competition here

[top-jet]

Emirates

does anyone know if EK are upgrading to A380 from STN this year, booked to fly with them in October as they are £300PP cheaper than flying from my local airport, cannot access the seat map to book seats, just keeps saying unavailable at this time, but heard a rumour it may change to 380 from 77W

[whitelighter]

Very unlikely.
STN, while A380 callable in an emergency or as a diversion doesn’t really have facilities for A380 ops.

i think the only stands are cargo stands on the west of apron Alpha, which would mean steps and bussing.

the 777 is a nice aircraft and they are the latest configuration from STN

[STN406]

For regular A380 service, we would need have a two or three arm jet bridge built and currently the airport will not do this as it would take to many stands out of action to construct.
The current trend is that we will have a second daily flight beginning at some stage this year. This would be flown on again another B77W. This would possibly be a two class configuration aircraft. Like the ones that have flown the extra flights over the festive season.

[Tranceaddict]

Originally Posted by whitelighter

STN, while A380 callable in an emergency or as a diversion doesn’t really have facilities for A380 ops.

i think the only stands are cargo stands on the west of apron Alpha, which would mean steps and bussing.

Belive at least two stands on Sat 1 are 380 compliant, recall BA bringing in one for testing purposes to ensure it would fit and test jetbridge, power etc etc

[STN406]

Originally Posted by Tranceaddict

Belive at least two stands on Sat 1 are 380 compliant, recall BA bringing in one for testing purposes to ensure it would fit and test jetbridge, power etc etc

https://www.businesstraveller.com/ne...s-at-stansted/

This link has picture and the information on the visit of G-XLEA back in 2013. I believe she parked on stand A12 or A13.

http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadba...2018-09-13.pdf

This link shows the taxiways and aprons the A380 can use but doesn’t show the stands it can use.

[pamann]

Originally Posted by STN406

https://www.businesstraveller.com/ne...s-at-stansted/

This link has picture and the information on the visit of G-XLEA back in 2013. I believe she parked on stand A12 or A13.

http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadba...2018-09-13.pdf

This link shows the taxiways and aprons the A380 can use but doesn’t show the stands it can use.

I’m certain I’ve seen that pic. Pretty sure they parked a BA Cargo 747-8 next to the A380 at Sat 1 for the photo opportunity.

I’m guessing that if EK do bring the A380 to Stansted eventually, it’ll just require a new air bridge for one of those stands mentioned above. If EK propose this to MAG you can bet your bottom dollar that MAG will bend over backwards to make it happen.

[STN406]

Originally Posted by pamann

I’m certain I’ve seen that pic. Pretty sure they parked a BA Cargo 747-8 next to the A380 at Sat 1 for the photo opportunity.

I’m guessing that if EK do bring the A380 to Stansted eventually, it’ll just require a new air bridge for one of those stands mentioned above. If EK propose this to MAG you can bet your bottom dollar that MAG will bend over backwards to make it happen.

Original rumour was Emirates wanted to use the A380, but MAG said no due to having to take stands and areas of SAT1 out for construction.
I think that once SAT2 is redeveloped and the APV (Bussing Terminal) is expanded that will give room to move some EasyJet or Jet2 flights off SAT1 and allow construction of multiple two or theee arm jet bridges.

[whitelighter]

Originally Posted by STN406

https://www.businesstraveller.com/ne...s-at-stansted/

This link has picture and the information on the visit of G-XLEA back in 2013. I believe she parked on stand A12 or A13.

http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadba...2018-09-13.pdf

This link shows the taxiways and aprons the A380 can use but doesn’t show the stands it can use.

the Alpha stands have been reconfigured since 2013, so while BA did indeed park their 380 there that is no guarantee that it is still possible.

i hate a picture somewhere of the BA A380 and B748 together

[STN406]

Originally Posted by whitelighter

the Alpha stands have been reconfigured since 2013, so while BA did indeed park their 380 there that is no guarantee that it is still possible.

I would imagine it still could park on A13 and A12 whilst SAT1 stands have been changed these changes where made to A14/15 A21/22 and J25 L/R.
Because of this in peak periods we can now park 20 narrow body aircraft around SAT1.

[southside bobby]

SAT 1 as originally conceived catered for 9 a/c albeit Jetway attached...so getting to 20 B737/A320 family a/c provided for at one time on SAT 1 incrementally over the years has been a very good maximum use of an asset.

It goes though to illustrate the problem of A380 provision at current levels/projections.

Hopefully when more stands including remotes & the recently approved mid-field parking become available then further adjustment can be made.

[jdcg]

Back at STN and security still irredeemably awful. Half the lanes closed off and rude staff. Security is.never pleasant but it's still much better at LTN and LGW

[brian_dromey]

Originally Posted by southside bobby

SAT 1 as originally conceived catered for 9 a/c albeit Jetway attached...so getting to 20 B737/A320 family a/c provided for at one time on SAT 1 incrementally over the years has been a very good maximum use of an asset.

It goes though to illustrate the problem of A380 provision at current levels/projections.

Hopefully when more stands including remotes & the recently approved mid-field parking become available then further adjustment can be made.

I wonder if they have split the stands into L/R? Either 2 737s or 1 wide body can use the stand, depending on demand and giving a lot of flexibility. They might not have felt the need to, given the relatively few wide bodies seen at STN at present. For the foreseeable the A320/737 are the dominant aircraft size at STN.

[STN406]

Originally Posted by brian_dromey

I wonder if they have split the stands into L/R? Either 2 737s or 1 wide body can use the stand, depending on demand and giving a lot of flexibility. They might not have felt the need to, given the relatively few wide bodies seen at STN at present. For the foreseeable the A320/737 are the dominant aircraft size at STN.

A11,12,13,14, B23,24 and J25 have always been L/R stands. J25R was taken out of service a number of years ago and was brought back recently.

The same method is used on SAT2 where all stand apart from C30,31 and D40,41 are narrow body stands. At SAT3 every stand is L/R with no central stand.

Look at this link and then google maps and it should make more sense.

http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadba...2018-09-13.pdf

[OpsSix]

Having so many aircraft parked on a satellite is only so good when you don't have the number of gates to match.