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Can't help but think STN would be a fine airport for DY to locate long haul services while maintaining European operation at LGW. The only reasons for any of QR/EK/EY to serve STN would be to attract passengers who they have not yet tied up via LHR/LGW. Now given QR/EY walked away from LGW I see little chance of an Essex outpost which leaves EK. Now they serve some regional airports covering the country well at the minute, it's not as if STN is a large untapped gap in the market. We're not seeing Stansted locals connect over AMS with KLM or FRA with LH even. That leaves pinching more pax off BA or cannibalising er....Emirates at LHR/LGW ! I could see a two class B77W though, if it works for NCL it could work for STN, the key issue for me would be the effect it would have on diluting loads or yields elsewhere at LHR/LGW. |
Why? What's the upside? Long haul yields traditionally follow the London Airport order of order LHR/LGW/ non existant. Why add the additional costs of a split London operation if there's no uplift in revenue? Upsides with STN I see being good availability of slots for DY, no large entry costs for obtaining slots, likely much lower cost operation to enable DY to be more competitive on price. Difficult for loco airline to significantly differentiate on long haul given aircraft utilisation at par with incumbent ( usually legacy airlines ). STN may be offer the lower cost airport that can give them a head start here. Though I accept LGW may offer opportunity to give higher utilisation with say 787 as it could do sun spot route during lay over. AirAsia may have withdrawn but we are lead to believe this was due to impact on parent company. I wouldn't call the cost of split operation a major issue. Many split their operations across airports at big cities. CDG/ORY, LHR/LGW, MXP/LIN. I would suggest if DY has intensions for long haul at LGW of any scale if will be costly to develop either through procuring new slots of swapping slots from existing operations that are we are lead to believe performing well. Whereas STN has significant capacity. I certainly believe that STN does have possibilities in terms of transatlantic or inter continental flights. It does require the right airline, with the right approach , differentiated in some way e.g price, service, convenience, that previous carriers have not achieved eg American ex STN on the Atlantic. EI - BUD Ps I don't have a preference for STN on the contrary quite prefer LGW, and despite the fantastic progress that it has made I still see STN as having lots of potential. |
swissport/servisair
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swissport loading-1_rgbSwissport and the French Derichebourg SA have announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Swissport will acquire Servisair from the French Derichebourg SA. Swissport says it has already secured appropriate financing for the acquisition. Swissport adds that by combining the two companies, the new group will enable it to: “continue improving its worldwide service offering to customers.” A company statement says the acquisition has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is subject to merger clearance by the competent merger control authorities. Swissport provides ground services for around 118 million passengers and handles 3.5 million tonnes of cargo a year on behalf of some 650 client-companies in the aviation sector. With a workforce of around 40,000 personnel it is active at 180 stations in 37 countries across five continents, and says it generates annual consolidated operating revenue of CHF 1.9 billion (US$2.02bn). Servisair currently provides ground handling, cargo, fuelling, load control and airport services at 118 stations in 20 countries. Total revenue of Servisair in FY2012 was €688 million (US$909m) earned with a workforce of about 15,000 staff. “Servisair is a great company with very high quality standards and with its impressive reputation it is a perfect fit for Swissport´s global and sustainable growth strategy”, said Per H Utnegaard, Group President & CEO of Swissport. ”We are very pleased with the acquisition and we are looking forward to working with staff, airport operators, and customers to ensure a seamless transfer.” |
swissport/servisair
I guess we can kiss goodbye to any wage rise then??
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FANTASTIC NEWS!?
Lets hope this isn't just a glitch or a wind up!
Looks almost too good to be true for me but some major Thomas Cook growth next summer! Looks like TWO A321 aircraft to be based at Stansted from June 2014. New routes include: Corfu Fuerteventura Kefalonia Izmir Increased frequency on: Lanzarote Palma de Mallorca Tenerife-South Probably still more to come as there's still a few gaps left!!! Still not visible for Thomas Cook holidays but new flights can be seen on the flythomascook website: Fly Thomas Cook | Cheap Flights - Offers & Deals Online |
I would like to see Thomas cook try long haul out of Stansted.
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with thomson and ryan air flying to kefalonia will there be enough pax for three carriers?
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Air India
MAG currently is talks with Air India. Also offering a route to Toronto!!
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TCX Long Haul out of STN
They have dropped MCO from LGW next Summer so I would think its unlikely unless they have struck a deal with MAG. |
It would be good to see more TCX operations out of STN to break up the monotony of harps and orange.
I could see some more long haul carriers from developing countries starting up there as well as it must be cheaper than LGW? |
MAG currently is talks with Air India. Also offering a route to Toronto!! |
Air Blue
Hopefully get the Air Blue flights as well that are supposed to be starting from the airfield on the hill! :}, maybe they will do a deal as they already operate from MAN
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Nt639 I don't know if you are getting confused but Air Blue have anounced flights to ISB and LHE from BHX in competition witth PIA using A340s. As far as I'm aware BHX is not on a hill LBA is but they only have 2 ISB flights a week using A310s so there is little market there worth chasing for Air Blue and they already operate ex MAN so why bother. PIA are pulling out of LBA anyway when the A310s retire so I hear. MAN will only increase its Pakistan market in the next few years once that happens.
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No, I was referring to LTN, on the LTN thread there is references to them starting at LTN
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Apologies I forgot LTN is also on the hill.:O
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Thomas Cook Summer 2014 @ Stansted
For a brief spell this morning, Thomas Cook had uploaded all the new destinations from Stansted for Summer 2014 available for package holiday reservations.
For some reason they have been taken off sale again! :{ However I remember Thomson strangely did something like this in April when they put all their Summer 2014 flights on sale, so I expect they will be available again fairly soon. Luckily I managed to view them all just in time and can now say that the new destinations for Summer 2014 are/were... Corfu Heraklion Fuerteventura Izmir Kefalonia Kos Rhodes Skiathos Increased frequency on... Antalya Enfidha Lanzarote Palma de Mallorca Tenerife-South Zakynthos Plus the continuation of the service to Bodrum which originally appeared to cease in October 2013. Providing these new services do finally materialise (like they were displayed earlier this morning), the FULL schedule for charter flights at Stansted in August 2014 as it currently stands is as follows... MONDAY arr. TCX 11:30 Minorca TOM 12:25 Minorca TCX 13:25 Corfu TOM 16:25 Dalaman BGH 19:00 Bourgas TCX 22:05 Dalaman TOM 23:30 Gran Canaria TCX 23:50 Bodrum TOM 23:55 Ibiza dep. TCX 05:30 Minorca TCX 06:00 Corfu TOM 06:35 Minorca TOM 07:15 Dalaman TCX 12:45 Dalaman TOM 13:55 Gran Canaria TCX 14:40 Bodrum TOM 17:55 Ibiza BGH 20:00 Bourgas TUESDAY arr. TOM 11:55 Palma de Mallorca TCX 12:35 Palma de Mallorca TOM 15:50 Zakynthos TCX 16:55 Tenerife-South TCX 19:30 Palma de Mallorca TOM 22:20 Kos TOM 02:50 Antlaya +1 TCX 03:10 Heraklion +1 TOM 05:35 Palma de Mallorca +1 TCX 06:40 Antalya +1 dep. TOM 06:00 Palma de Mallorca TCX 06:05 Palma de Mallorca TCX 07:15 Tenerife-South TOM 08:00 Zakynthos TOM 13:25 Kos TCX 13:35 Palma de Mallorca TOM 17:15 Antalya TCX 18:10 Heraklion TCX 21:00 Antalya TOM 23:40 Palma de Mallorca WEDNESDAY arr. TCX 13:25 Enfidha TCX 15:30 Ibiza TOM 17:30 Fuerteventura TOM 18:30 Paphos TCX 23:45 Fuerteventura TCX 01:55 Rhodes +1 TOM 02:55 Enfidha +1 TOM 03:55 Rhodes +1 dep. TCX 06:15 Enfidha TOM 08:00 Fuerteventura TOM 08:15 Paphos TCX 09:20 Ibiza TCX 14:40 Fuerteventura TCX 16:45 Rhodes TOM 18:50 Rhodes TOM 19:55 Enfidha THURSDAY arr. TCX 15:50 Zakynthos TOM 16:25 Heraklion TCX 16:35 Lanzarote TOM 18:25 Lanzarote TCX 02:00 Kos +1 TOM 02:20 Agadir +1 TCX 02:55 Dalaman +1 TOM 04:55 Dalaman +1 dep. TCX 07:15 Lanzarote TOM 07:25 Heraklion TCX 07:50 Zakynthos TOM 09:20 Lanzarote TCX 17:05 Kos TCX 17:50 Dalaman TOM 17:55 Agadir TOM 19:45 Dalaman FRIDAY arr. TCX 10:50 Minorca TOM 14:10 Minorca TOM 16:25 Corfu TCX 16:30 Skiathos TCX 21:45 Tenerife-South TOM 01:25 Tenerife-South +1 TOM 03:30 Antalya+1 TCX 03:35 Antalya +1 TCX 07:55 Dalaman +1 dep. TCX 05:00 Minorca TCX 07:00 Skiathos TOM 08:20 Minorca TOM 09:15 Corfu TCX 12:05 Tenerife-South TOM 15:50 Tenerife-South TCX 17:45 Antalya TOM 17:55 Antalya TCX 22:55 Dalaman SATURDAY arr. TCX 12:25 Palma de Mallorca TOM 13:10 Ibiza TOM 14:10 Palma de Mallorca TCX 19:05 Antalya TCX 22:55 Izmir TOM 01:20 Rhodes +1 TOM 02:00 Rhodes +1 TCX 03:30 Enfidha +1 dep. TCX 06:10 Palma de Mallorca TOM 06:55 Ibiza TOM 08:05 Palma de Mallorca TCX 09:15 Antalya TCX 13:55 Izmir TOM 15:05 Paphos TOM 16:55 Rhodes TCX 20:20 Enfidha SUNDAY arr. TOM 12:35 Faro TCX 13:50 Kefalonia TCX 15:30 Zakynthos TOM 15:55 Kefalonia TCX 00:25 Lanzarote +1 TOM 01:25 Sharm El Sheikh +1 TCX 02:30 Antalya +1 TOM 02:45 Heraklion +1 dep. TCX 06:00 Kefalonia TOM 06:00 Faro TCX 07:35 Zakynthos TOM 08:10 Kefalonia TOM 13:45 Sharm El Sheikh TCX 15:05 Lanzarote TCX 16:45 Antalya TOM 17:55 Heraklion Looks pretty impressive for Stansted yet it's a shame there's still nothing to Cyprus with TCX. Larnaca still remains fully unserved! Lets just hope that package holidays bookings become available again very soon!!!:confused: |
New Thomas Cook destinations now on sale again!:D
Hopefully they will stay on sale this time! I made a slight mistake with the schedule above which I have now corrected. There is an extra flight to Enfidha on Wednesday mornings before the Fuerteventura rotation therefore the schedule is fully completed. All going to plan, Thomas Cook will serve 18 routes from Stansted in Summer 2014: - Antalya - Bodrum - Corfu - Dalaman - Enfidha - Fuerteventura - Heraklion - Ibiza - Izmir - Kefalonia - Kos - Lanzarote - Minorca - Palma de Mallorca - Rhodes - Skiathos - Tenerife-South - Zakynthos |
Hold on to your wallet!
In a recent report, published in the Daily Mail, the country's top ten crime spots are:
Meridian Sq., Stratford, London 3,440 Westfield Shopping Centre, Shepherd's Bush, London 2,524 Newgate St., Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1.898 Aire Street, Leeds, Yorkshire 1,629 Seymour St., Maylebone, London 1,613 Stansted Airport, Essex 1,530 Piccadilly Station, Manchester 1,508 Victoria Rail & Coach Station, London 1,483 Kings Cross & St Pancras stations, London 1,322 Euston Station, London 1,283 (Crimes reported to Police, Jan 2012 to June 2013) For comparison: Luton Airport, Luton, Beds 255 Note: "Thiefrow" not on the list. |
LGS looks like you are always trawling the net looking for negative things regarding STN?. For comparison STN is a much larger airport with more passengers than the airfield on the hill:} so no comparison really.
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Potential Al-Qaeda sympathizers living within 3 miles of Stansted Airport = Probably 0
Potential Al-Qaeda sympathizers living within 3 miles of Luton Airport = Probably 35,000 For comparison STN is a much larger airport with more passengers than the airfield on the hill so no comparison really. |
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