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Yes but only until the end of May at Stansted. A trade paper published the news today among all the other new summer flights from the UK. These two new flights make 29 destinations operated by Ryanair from Luton.
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Also Zadar is mainly operated by Lauda from STN for RYR
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The link here quotes Rhodes and Zadar from Luton but I feel it's perhaps an error. All the other routes mentioned have been on sale for months and they're reporting now purely as the summer flying schedules kick in.
Maybe something incremental could still be added before June, a couple of flights a week, but there's certainly no mention here at least of them moving those routes from Stansted. That's probably more wishful thinking on the original poster's part
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LTNman is correct that the 18m pax is an absolute legal limit.
It just goes to show how daft those who govern us are that such arbitrary limits are set and that no flexibility is allowed.
LTNman is correct that the 18m pax is an absolute legal limit.
It just goes to show how daft those who govern us are that such arbitrary limits are set and that no flexibility is allowed.
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Except in 2019, according to the CAA, the airport handled 18,213,901 while the airport claimed the figure was 17,999,969 just 31 passengers inside the legal limit, which was very convenient as the airport operated at 99.99982% of its planning limit.
https://www.caa.co.uk/Documents/Down...e0b5b3307/1330
https://www.london-luton.co.uk/Londo...c5e683c5fe.pdf
Those with a suspicious mind could be thinking that it was a deliberate act to create numbers to comply with planning permission while others might have thought it was magic that the airport could make 213,932 passengers just disappear while no one was looking, particularly the planning authority who asked no questions and just said nothing while taking their cut.
https://www.caa.co.uk/Documents/Down...e0b5b3307/1330
https://www.london-luton.co.uk/Londo...c5e683c5fe.pdf
Those with a suspicious mind could be thinking that it was a deliberate act to create numbers to comply with planning permission while others might have thought it was magic that the airport could make 213,932 passengers just disappear while no one was looking, particularly the planning authority who asked no questions and just said nothing while taking their cut.
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What is the likely penalty for exceeding the 18m limit ?
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They won't exceed it as Harry Potter will be waving his magic wand again to make people disappear. Even if he broke his wand the Council will just turn a blind eye, as they did for 3 years for breaches of the night time noise limits. LLAOL, LRT, the Council and dare I say Ryebridge are all tied at the hip.
Changing the subject, how does Ryebridge win every construction contract going at the airport? Their signage also appears in the departure lounge as they are involved with building the mezzanine floor. Other recent contacts include building new aprons, building 2 temporary drop off areas, road and pavement modifications and modifying MSCP1 to carve in a new entrance.
Changing the subject, how does Ryebridge win every construction contract going at the airport? Their signage also appears in the departure lounge as they are involved with building the mezzanine floor. Other recent contacts include building new aprons, building 2 temporary drop off areas, road and pavement modifications and modifying MSCP1 to carve in a new entrance.
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Changing the subject, how does Ryebridge win every construction contract going at the airport? Their signage also appears in the departure lounge as they are involved with building the mezzanine floor. Other recent contacts include building new aprons, building 2 temporary drop off areas, road and pavement modifications and modifying MSCP1 to carve in a new entrance.
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It's quite easy to find the bids for work - refurbishment of hangars 60 & 127, drop off zone etc. Nothing about CP2 rebuild though.
Some by LLA others by LLOL.
Some by LLA others by LLOL.
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Some by LLA others by LLOL
The big biggest difference between the two companies is that LLAOL make large profits while LRT make massive losses not helped by LRT handing over £45m to the operator due to Covid and £260m write downs for the Dart that they will be paying off for the next generation together with Council bailout loans of £199m to stop LRT going bankrupt.
LRT are finally getting their act in order by appointing directors that might just know about business. LRT has a long history of appointing fish wives, shop workers and taxi driver types who are Councillors with the only financial skills and advice they bring to the table is managing their housing benefits and attendance allowances for attending Council meetings.
Shame LRT can no longer afford to pay a dividend due to its losses, as the Council is also in a financial mess due to it no longer receiving a dividend.
https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/po...rophic-4576390
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LLAOL are funding this:
London LutonAirport is looking for bidders for a four (4) year requirement with the option to extend for a further 12 months (4+1) for the service, maintenance and 24/7/365 call out, to LLA’s sprinkler systems and also for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of new sprinkler systems (as and when required), details of which are shown in the Pricing Schedule, PT35. (Further details can be requested through our correspondence facility on the portal. The quotatio...
Note some NEW systems.
Yet LLA fund this:
This is to provide watercoolers for staff working in gate houses, Airside Ops and TSD airside rooms that are unable to house mains running water. This contract will run for 3 years with an optional 2 years (1+1) through extension periods and will cover 6 units for AirOps, 1 for Chaplaincy (GX), 4 for TSD, 18 for SEC & 1 for IT.
In some more details about hangars 60 & 127, they are to be separated so all 3 hangars can be leased out individually. Full refurbishment taking 15 months.
London LutonAirport is looking for bidders for a four (4) year requirement with the option to extend for a further 12 months (4+1) for the service, maintenance and 24/7/365 call out, to LLA’s sprinkler systems and also for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of new sprinkler systems (as and when required), details of which are shown in the Pricing Schedule, PT35. (Further details can be requested through our correspondence facility on the portal. The quotatio...
Note some NEW systems.
Yet LLA fund this:
This is to provide watercoolers for staff working in gate houses, Airside Ops and TSD airside rooms that are unable to house mains running water. This contract will run for 3 years with an optional 2 years (1+1) through extension periods and will cover 6 units for AirOps, 1 for Chaplaincy (GX), 4 for TSD, 18 for SEC & 1 for IT.
In some more details about hangars 60 & 127, they are to be separated so all 3 hangars can be leased out individually. Full refurbishment taking 15 months.
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Luton airport car park fire thefts are investigated by police https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...herts-68674790
All they have to do is interview the staff that were tasked with demolishing the car park.
All they have to do is interview the staff that were tasked with demolishing the car park.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...re-thefts.html
I heard about this around 6 weeks ago but that the airport operator allegedly only got interested when one of their cash machines got broken into. Up until then they had zero interest despite knowing what was going on.
An airport spokesman said any allegations of criminal activity were taken very seriously
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...re-thefts.html
I heard about this around 6 weeks ago but that the airport operator allegedly only got interested when one of their cash machines got broken into. Up until then they had zero interest despite knowing what was going on.
I heard about this around 6 weeks ago but that the airport operator allegedly only got interested when one of their cash machines got broken into. Up until then they had zero interest despite knowing what was going on.
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I don’t snoop, I observe and comment when appropriate.
Now let me help you out sonny so you can understand what happened. Airport employees witnessed the thefts from vehicles after they were removed from the car park but before they left the ring road. This was then reported but I was told it fell initially on deaf ears until the operator found out they were also a victim of crime. As for the valuables, cars and more importantly some vans were left in this short term car park, which meant from a planned 15 minutes onwards. It only became long term due to the fire.
Also, I have heard that some cars were trapped in the drop off zone after the drivers ignored the signage and left their cars unattended to walk to the terminal. Security in the drop off zone was none existent so cars could just be parked up and left.
Now let me help you out sonny so you can understand what happened. Airport employees witnessed the thefts from vehicles after they were removed from the car park but before they left the ring road. This was then reported but I was told it fell initially on deaf ears until the operator found out they were also a victim of crime. As for the valuables, cars and more importantly some vans were left in this short term car park, which meant from a planned 15 minutes onwards. It only became long term due to the fire.
Also, I have heard that some cars were trapped in the drop off zone after the drivers ignored the signage and left their cars unattended to walk to the terminal. Security in the drop off zone was none existent so cars could just be parked up and left.
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Luton schools to close for two days due to Big Weekend https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...herts-68714874
Three day pop concert expecting 100,000 visitors close to the M1 airport turn off. Maybe not a good time to fly from Luton?
Parents at Chiltern Academy, on Gypsy Lane, were sent an email saying "significant road closures" would make it "extremely difficult for staff and students to travel to and from school".