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Labour Party leader giving more power back to the Local Authorities, bet LBC can't wait!
The recession in the UK is going to be long. It does not matter what the Bank of England says or does - people know that they are going to have to be careful with money for the next five years - minimum. They know this because we went throiugh this post 2008. That recovery eventually took almost ten years. Just in time for Covid.
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Goodbye to skiing flights from Luton then, as global warming is unstoppable? Maybe Luton will be doing its bit due to a lack of demand. Flights this Saturday to Geneva from only £39.99 including taxes for those who want walking holidays in the Alps. Trouble is there isn’t much demand.
Which is why the STN runway resurfacing project starts this weekend. Let's see who misses the 00:01 deadline and what Luton picks up.
How much slack is there in the system at Luton to accept Ryanair B737s from STN post midnight ? In particular, how many remote parking stands are available at LTN, particularly on a Sunday night ? Are there any other major constraints on FR inward diversions to LTN ?
Does FR have coaches on standby at LTN to handle the inevitable ?
Does FR have coaches on standby at LTN to handle the inevitable ?
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On a separate theme, a busy airport does not just affect direct airport jobs.
This from an expanded catering operation to serve the higher end customers https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...ndon-locations
On a separate theme, a busy airport does not just affect direct airport jobs. This from an expanded catering operation to serve the higher end customers https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-n...ndon-locations
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What maintenance? Most of it has gone, which is a real shame, as they were well paid jobs. Now it is a case of working in a burger bar or equivalent, as a career choice for an expanded airport.
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Oh dear, TUI & Easyjet engineering guys will be happy with that. I'm afraid it costs alot less to fly to Eastern Europe or Far East and get heavy maintenance done there now or sub out to specialists at Lasham.
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How much slack is there in the system at Luton to accept Ryanair B737s from STN post midnight ? In particular, how many remote parking stands are available at LTN, particularly on a Sunday night ? Are there any other major constraints on FR inward diversions to LTN ?
Does FR have coaches on standby at LTN to handle the inevitable ?
Does FR have coaches on standby at LTN to handle the inevitable ?
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Gulfstream are not running their own fleet but are doing 99% of work for their customers and being near to the customer makes sence. The only place that a Farnborough size facility could have gone is where the proposed T2 is going to go.
Easyjet have most of their heavy work done by 3rd parties. TUI I don't think have capacity for 3rd party work. The days of MAEL have long gone but their old hangers are always blocked at night so make them less attractive. I think Lufty Tech looked at them for Wizzair at some point.
Easyjet have most of their heavy work done by 3rd parties. TUI I don't think have capacity for 3rd party work. The days of MAEL have long gone but their old hangers are always blocked at night so make them less attractive. I think Lufty Tech looked at them for Wizzair at some point.
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Gulfstream are not running their own fleet but are doing 99% of work for their customers and being near to the customer makes sence.
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A large pay rise was inevitable with or without a trade union as the company was running out of staff so it is good to see. A consequence of Brexit and Covid where people left and never came back. New staff were hard to find and soon left.