Luton-10

[davidjohnson6]

Wizz have a bit of a habit of suspending a route during peak season with it remaining bookable in the later low season... only for it to quietly disappear from the later low season as well. Sometimes, one has to take what you see on the Wizz website with a pinch of salt.

[pabely]

Originally Posted by Falcon666

Noticed recently the big increase in Flights scheduled to land after midnight (13 last night , not including Cargo) way up from last year, going to blow the limit in summer.

Don't think anything has changed 11, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6 per hour arrivals between 00:00 and 05:59, I think a MNG has been resheduled as a daytime arrival.
BizJet Ad-hoc ban does not come into affect until 1st June but obviously pressure on such slots now in April & May as well now.
A RYR, TOM & WZZ ran late so arrived within that window as well last night.

[moleytt]

Some interesting arrival patterns at the moment. I presume due to high winds.





Hats off to all those in the front seat during this weather.

Moleytt

[G-APDK]

With the route east and then back out towards Haverhill, perhaps they were contemplating a diversion to Stansted and then changed plans?
At least 4 British Airways (A350, A321 & 2 A319s) and an Austrian A320N diverted to Stansted.

[terrain safe]

Winds and the really bad CBs around made it fun. No diversion planned just keeping ahead of the WX.

[LTNman]

There was a massive hail storm with wind and lightning around the airport. Even though it didn’t last long I suspect it left ice from the hail on the runway that needed time to melt?

I felt sorry for any passenger walking to and from the drop off zone as much of the route has no weather protection while boarding or disembarking aircraft must have been a torrid Luton experience.

[Kiltrash]

Yes can't believe neither Ryan or Easy serve Rome...was planning a Italy jolly to Venice, then train to Milan and L Como and back from Rome in September ..🙁

[pabely]

Delay warrior's note. Currently EZY to BCN, WZZ to GNB & RYR to ALC all holding in South Stands & Run-up Bay for departures. Not always the Airlines / Airports fault. Congestion / flow control upstream.

[LTNman]

And LRT wants to massively increase movements when the airspace can’t handle today’s flights

[SWBKCB]

Originally Posted by LTNman

And LRT wants to massively increase movements when the airspace can’t handle today’s flights

Do they want to increase movements or passenger numbers - is movements within their gift?

[pabely]

Originally Posted by LTNman

And LRT wants to massively increase movements when the airspace can’t handle today’s flights

Wide of the mark, London ATC can, French being French again.
Delays at other airports as well. Even MOL unhappy that they can cause so many problems.
https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/lp/tra...-cancellations

There is runway capacity at Luton. But it needs more of the planned upgrades to the 25 Alpha hold and fast exit slipways.

Interesting the two EZY LGW divisions in the early hours this morning had to be parked on Cargo, good thing a Leipzig DHL was not due!

[LTNman]

Originally Posted by pabely

There is runway capacity at Luton. But it needs more of the planned upgrades to the 25 Alpha hold and fast exit slipways.

!

DCO plans don’t show any runway capacity increase until 2033-2036 and then only at the western end. The eastern end (25) is meant to be between 2037-2043 but who believes anything they say?

As for the French, they always seem to be on strike.

[boeing_eng]

As for the French, they always seem to be on strike.

Or having long lunch breaks!

[pabely]

First of this years series of Freebird flights from Antalya due today?

[LGS6753]

Originally Posted by pabely

First of this years series of Freebird flights from Antalya due today.

...and yet no slots allocated to them.

[Falcon666]

Originally Posted by pabely

First of this years series of Freebird flights from Antalya due today?

Not sure it is.
Think it might be a one off that flew out to Antalya last week and returned today.
Todays Departure going to Prague

[pabely]

Thought I had time travelled back to 2016 seeing a Transavia France today waiting for pax, then found out it was another charter!

[LGS6753]

Originally Posted by pabely

Thought I had time travelled back to 2016 seeing a Transavia France today waiting for pax, then found out it was another charter!

I think it's an ex-TUI aircraft en route to its new owners.

[pabely]

Originally Posted by LGS6753

I think it's an ex-TUI aircraft en route to its new owners.

That would explain why parked around TUI area, left on a Transavia France callsign. Busy with x2 Max and a 787 getting attention as well.

[boeing_eng]

Yes, G-FDZT off to a new life in France...Zut alors!