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A Luxair Diversion from LCY added to traffic ( sorry SEN ) but I don't think this was a significant cause for extra traffic, gearing up of Summer schedules.
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Wizz UK took a lot of the ex Monarch slots, and some incremental capacity has been added since then. I'm sure Jet2 would've been exploring the potential Monarch opportunity, even in the few years prior to their demise. There are other capacity constraints besides overnight stands, though one thing about the Jet2 model is they are quite a drain on overnight parking (they only pump through about the same volume of summer traffic through STN with 14 based aircraft as EZY did with 7, plus a few non-based flights). Not suggesting that LTN didn't want Jet2, but they wouldn't have delivered the passenger volume the EZY and Wizz growth especially has done - at least before the pandemic. Like it or not, that's what really counts.
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Nothing to do with the transfer of the debt from one town hall 'company' to another is it......... A completed and signed off DART would have significant financial impact allegedly.
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Might not decamp but Wizz is licking its lips regarding Gatwick. With the hope of 50 UK based aircraft even if Luton gets permission to expand Luton will be capped at 21.5m by the time they all arrive.
https://www.routesonline.com/news/29...ased-aircraft/
https://www.routesonline.com/news/29...ased-aircraft/
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If Michael Gove does not interfere until LTN reaches 21.5m then this will still require 8-9 more overnight stands then you have runway capacity issues anyhow.
If it is not WUK cashing in it will be RYR & EZY.
Have you seen the prices on the EZY double daily TLV services! Must see more capacity introduced soon.
If it is not WUK cashing in it will be RYR & EZY.
Have you seen the prices on the EZY double daily TLV services! Must see more capacity introduced soon.
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Given the prices on LTN-TLV, I wonder if an airline might want to try Eilat in southern Israel as a winter sun route. Granted it may cannibalise Easyjet's Gatwick-Aqaba route a bit, but the cost of an entry visa to Jordan (free of charge only with very specific conditions) plus all the cost and general hassle involved in crossing the Israel-Jordan border will likely segment the market and may make a Luton-Eilat route 2x weekly worthwhile. I seem to recall there was something in the past about a Govt subsidy to airlines per international air passenger - not sure if that scheme still exists
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After Monarch closed, I don't think anybody tried Luton (or any London airport) to Eilat. Arkia and Wizz focussed on London-Tel Aviv. There's a new, shiny, and rather underused airport now in Eilat which opened in Jan 2019
Could be wrong on this... happy to be corrected.
Could be wrong on this... happy to be corrected.
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I wouldn't suggest that Wizz are licking these lips regarding Gatwick with slots now becoming increasingly difficult to obtain with easy having nearly 80 based aircraft and BA Euroflyer up and running. The airport wants more long haul to expand the destinations available. Nouvelair have announced there are returning this summer.
Also Wizz are not particularly well known in Kent, Surrey and Sussex apart from the East Europeans. I have seen very little advertising also but I wish them all the best to get a slice of the action.
Also Wizz are not particularly well known in Kent, Surrey and Sussex apart from the East Europeans. I have seen very little advertising also but I wish them all the best to get a slice of the action.
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I wouldn't suggest that Wizz are licking these lips regarding Gatwick with slots now becoming increasingly difficult to obtain with easy having nearly 80 based aircraft and BA Euroflyer up and running. The airport wants more long haul to expand the destinations available. Nouvelair have announced there are returning this summer.
Also Wizz are not particularly well known in Kent, Surrey and Sussex apart from the East Europeans. I have seen very little advertising also but I wish them all the best to get a slice of the action.
Also Wizz are not particularly well known in Kent, Surrey and Sussex apart from the East Europeans. I have seen very little advertising also but I wish them all the best to get a slice of the action.
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Living standards in Britain are expected to fall at the fastest annual rate since the mid-1950s and will take until at least 2024 to return to pre-Covid levels, according to the government’s independent economic forecaster.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...rds-fall-sunak
Last edited by LTNman; 31st Mar 2022 at 09:06.