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Cllr Hussain told Bedfordshire Live: "I had the immense pleasure of delivering on a manifesto pledge of a Hackney Carriage rank at Luton Airport albeit in a temporary location in the drop off zone until the proper rank is constructed."This is excellent news for local drivers who can finally work from Luton Airport again while removing polluting old vehicles from our town.
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This story is all spin and bull. When the contract was first awarded the local taxi drivers were banned from the airport as it was all about money. After a year of no taxis due to a disagreement over fees due to Covid LLAOL offered space in the drop off zone as long as the local drivers pay a barrier fee plus a yearly rental which is a 4 figure sum per car. Now the council is claiming the glory when they didn’t give a monkey’s or offer any support.
This story is all spin and bull. When the contract was first awarded the local taxi drivers were banned from the airport as it was all about money. After a year of no taxis due to a disagreement over fees due to Covid LLAOL offered space in the drop off zone as long as the local drivers pay a barrier fee plus a yearly rental which is a 4 figure sum per car. Now the council is claiming the glory when they didn’t give a monkey’s or offer any support.
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Just too much competition on those routes, poor yield.
Can't see WUK running them from Gatters, more likely their core Eastern European routes.
Free up some capacity at Luton to try more new things.
Can't see WUK running them from Gatters, more likely their core Eastern European routes.
Free up some capacity at Luton to try more new things.
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Relaunch more like
https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/news/w...-in-2022-32075
https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/news/w...-in-2022-32075
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Yesterday (22nd) was fairly busy, with the following movements:
EZY 69
WZZ 64
WUK 50 (including 4 Titan subcharters)
RYR 32 (including 2 Malta Air)
DHL 12 (Including 2 Air Tanker)
BLA 10
EJU 6
MNG 2
EZY 69
WZZ 64
WUK 50 (including 4 Titan subcharters)
RYR 32 (including 2 Malta Air)
DHL 12 (Including 2 Air Tanker)
BLA 10
EJU 6
MNG 2
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Looks like a whole number of Wizz Air's new routes at Gatwick which are currently flown from Luton, will no longer be operated and shifted south of the river Thames!
Looks like it includes:
Obviously there is more money to be made on these routes from Gatwick!
Seems a bit of a backward step and the airline is going back to its routes focusing on LTN to Central/Eastern Europe. There are still numerous Mediterranean and leisure routes being flown by Wizz from LTN, but makes you wonder if these routes are being put on notice and will gradually shift, as and when Wizz gets more slots at LGW.
During the pandemic, with most routes operating at a lower frequency, I guess it was possible to operate the majority of them all from LTN, but as we come out of the pandemic and the airport is unable to release any more slots at the moment to Wizz or other airlines, I guess they need to shift a number of routes to Gatwick as they ramp up daily frequencies on other long standing routes.
I guess in some ways makes sense to fly the routes they have chsen from one London airport instead of operating a fragmented schedule from both airports.
Looks like it includes:
- Rome FCO
- Milan MXP
- Bari
- Catania
- Naples
- Faro
- Athens
- Vienna
- Alicante
Obviously there is more money to be made on these routes from Gatwick!
Seems a bit of a backward step and the airline is going back to its routes focusing on LTN to Central/Eastern Europe. There are still numerous Mediterranean and leisure routes being flown by Wizz from LTN, but makes you wonder if these routes are being put on notice and will gradually shift, as and when Wizz gets more slots at LGW.
During the pandemic, with most routes operating at a lower frequency, I guess it was possible to operate the majority of them all from LTN, but as we come out of the pandemic and the airport is unable to release any more slots at the moment to Wizz or other airlines, I guess they need to shift a number of routes to Gatwick as they ramp up daily frequencies on other long standing routes.
I guess in some ways makes sense to fly the routes they have chsen from one London airport instead of operating a fragmented schedule from both airports.
Last edited by gdiddy; 23rd Dec 2021 at 17:37.
Any guesses as to what Wizz will do with the free slots Luton ? Add some more frequencies on current routes to eastern Europe ? (Re-)Open routes to the likes of Kutaisi, Nis, Yerevan, Kazakhstan and the UAE ? Hand them back to ACL ? Something else ?
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As it seems no 80/20 rule being applied for S22 they can afford to be flexible.
