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This is nothing to do with that, airports all round the world are rolling out this Technology.
One of the biggest pinch points in security is the passenger forgetting the 100ml rule.
This helps to remove that from the equation.
I suppose it is Luton Risings fault that Self Chekin came about, baggage being sorted by bar code and a flight engineer no longer being needed in the cockpit!
One of the biggest pinch points in security is the passenger forgetting the 100ml rule.
This helps to remove that from the equation.
I suppose it is Luton Risings fault that Self Chekin came about, baggage being sorted by bar code and a flight engineer no longer being needed in the cockpit!
40 years ago, supermarkets employed huge numbers of people to put price stickers on items on the shelves, and then even more people to sit by a conveyor belt and read the price on those stickers. The cost of employing these people was factored into the price that supermarkets charged - i.e. ultimately the shopper paid for them. The jobs were poorly paid. Then people decided it would be so much cheaper, faster and more reliable if barcodes were used instead.
I don't think many people have a great desire for supermarkets to pay human beings to do those (mind-numbingly-dull) jobs again.
I don't think many people have a great desire for supermarkets to pay human beings to do those (mind-numbingly-dull) jobs again.
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Yes I get all that but the point is that Luton Rising is pretending that a huge amount of jobs are going to be provided when in fact that won’t be the case.
Are we talking about jobs on-site at the airport or are we talking about jobs in the area because of good transport links to other cities and countries ?
Yes, having a busy international airport really does boost non-aviation-related economic activity - just see what bad roads and no rail or coach station does for a town's future
Yes, having a busy international airport really does boost non-aviation-related economic activity - just see what bad roads and no rail or coach station does for a town's future
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Luton is not a strategic airport. Its prime function is as a holiday airport offering cheap holidays. This is reflected in the types of airlines that operate services into it being low cost airlines offering no onward connections. If Luton is allowed to expand do people here think for one minute that Heathrow airlines will be queuing up to offer overflow services from Luton?
MAG must be lying as well then with their extra 5000 jobs for their current expansions phase.
This reminds me of Tesco. Everyday we see adverts or press releases about the latest price drops or price cuts. We never hear them shouting about the thousand of price rises.
No mention that the airport and its partners actually want to cut as many jobs as possible and an expanded airport will increase in-work poverty
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ement-28427447.
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Wizzair dropping Olzstyn in NE Poland from their network (to both Luton and Dortmund) from the end of March 2024. As with Lodz, Ryanair to STN will remain the sole link to London
https://www.pasazer.com/news/464798/...,olsztyna.html
https://www.pasazer.com/news/464798/...,olsztyna.html
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Wizzair dropping Olzstyn in NE Poland from their network (to both Luton and Dortmund) from the end of March 2024. As with Lodz, Ryanair to STN will remain the sole link to London
https://www.pasazer.com/news/464798/...,olsztyna.html
https://www.pasazer.com/news/464798/...,olsztyna.html
Ryanair do it enough.
Talking about Ryanair, they are finding Dublin tough going, firstly due to increasing charges by the airport and the cost of living around Dublin hitting recruitment targets.
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European Football Championship
For Football fans, Wizzair UK are running some charters for the first 3 England matches in Germany.
London Luton – Dortmund Airport
16th June 2024, 11:25
Dortmund Airport – London Luton
17th June 2024, 08:55
London Luton – Frankfurt
20th June 2024, 06:00
Frankfurt – London Luton
21st June 2024, 08:20
London Luton – Cologne
25th June 2024, 11:25
Cologne – London Luton
26th June 2024, 08:55
As two of the games are against East European teams, I suspect not all on board will be supporters of England!
London Luton – Dortmund Airport
16th June 2024, 11:25
Dortmund Airport – London Luton
17th June 2024, 08:55
London Luton – Frankfurt
20th June 2024, 06:00
Frankfurt – London Luton
21st June 2024, 08:20
London Luton – Cologne
25th June 2024, 11:25
Cologne – London Luton
26th June 2024, 08:55
As two of the games are against East European teams, I suspect not all on board will be supporters of England!
Did Wizzair fly Luton - Hurghada during summer 2023 ? It looks like they won't in summer 2024, but I'm not sure if it's a winter-only or year-round route
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240207-w6w4ns24cxld
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240207-w6w4ns24cxld
Easyjet will sell you a ticket from Luton to Hurghada in on 28 July 2024 for £403 one way, when it typically gets to over 37 °C each day. Some people in the UK really do like it hot. Were Wizzair flying Luton - Hurghada in summer 2023 as well ?
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The S22 ACL Report doesn't show it as a new route vs S21, I think it started W21 so that would imply a Winter only route.
I have done Sharm many times in Winter and the pool guys always said you English are mad to come here in July or August when it is too hot for the locals. You sunbathe from 7am until 10am, go back to air-con rooms and not seen again until 3pm.
I have done Sharm many times in Winter and the pool guys always said you English are mad to come here in July or August when it is too hot for the locals. You sunbathe from 7am until 10am, go back to air-con rooms and not seen again until 3pm.
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The DCO closes today with a new batch of documents submitted to the examining authority including the financial accounts for the year ending March 31st 2023. This had to be asked for as LRT wanted to keep them away from the inspectorates eyes.
So the headline figure for 2022/23 is a loss of £207.8m compared with a loss of £232.8m for the previous year. Oh it gets better regarding the Dart with a further impairment of £75.6m on top of the 2020/21 impairment of £184.7m giving an unrecoverable debt of £260m. Not bad for a project that was meant to have cost £225m but ended up at £313m. This means that almost the entire cost of building the Dart is unrecoverable when allowing for projected future income. When previously asked to produce the business case for this financial disaster LRT refused. Not to worry, the Town Hall has deep pockets even though the residents don’t.
So the headline figure for 2022/23 is a loss of £207.8m compared with a loss of £232.8m for the previous year. Oh it gets better regarding the Dart with a further impairment of £75.6m on top of the 2020/21 impairment of £184.7m giving an unrecoverable debt of £260m. Not bad for a project that was meant to have cost £225m but ended up at £313m. This means that almost the entire cost of building the Dart is unrecoverable when allowing for projected future income. When previously asked to produce the business case for this financial disaster LRT refused. Not to worry, the Town Hall has deep pockets even though the residents don’t.
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70m pax
https://www.travelandtourworld.com/n...gers-at-luton/
I wonder how many pax Easyjet have had over the years?
I wonder how many pax Easyjet have had over the years?
https://www.travelandtourworld.com/n...gers-at-luton/
I wonder how many pax Easyjet have had over the years?
I wonder how many pax Easyjet have had over the years?
Easy Jet started in 1995, and have a fleet of around 25 based at Luton. so I wouldn't be surprised of they've carried 100 million or more.
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Not bad for a project that was meant to have cost £225m but ended up at £313m.
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Have you got comparative costs of how much the old busses cost? Then utilisation pax per day?
Finally the customer experience on making Luton a more desirable airport and spending at the airport because you don't have to queue in the rain for a horrible journey to the airport and say never again?
It was well documented that TUI lost interest in Luton because of negative feedback outside their control.
Putting the Car Park fire aside, the whole Airport experience was shaping up well.
Finally the customer experience on making Luton a more desirable airport and spending at the airport because you don't have to queue in the rain for a horrible journey to the airport and say never again?
It was well documented that TUI lost interest in Luton because of negative feedback outside their control.
Putting the Car Park fire aside, the whole Airport experience was shaping up well.