Correct, and FR use it for first wave departures, as there is not enough room on Sat 3, after first wave it is moth-balled for the day.

In July 2011, we flew with Ryanair to Rhodes with a 07:20 departure and that went from Satellite 2, gate 80-something and we got there via the walkway from the departure lounge.

There is no seperate levels for domestic and international flights. The highest level (with the all the green tinted glass) is the DEPARTURES level and there is a level beneath it which is less visable from the outside which is beneath this and that is where the ARRIVING passengers go. Satellite 1 I beleive is the same.

Satellite 3 has no airgates which of course suits Ryanair's preferences so all arriving passengers walk off the plane via aircraft steps and walk into the arrivals area of Satellite 3 at ground level (which is what I did on the return from Rhodes).

I think that it is EasyJet who use Satellite 1 for international flights and Satellite 2 for domestic flights and where the monorail is concerned, I beleive that it serves Satellite 1 for arrivals and departures but only serves Satellite 2 for international arriving passengers since international arrivals is to the oppisite end of the main terminal building and too far to walk. That may explain why EasyJet use Satellite 2 for domestic flights as domestic arrivals is at the same end as the departure lounge, so no need for the monorail.

SAT 2
 

I have taken a Ryanair flight to Carcassonne from Sat 2 before and that was a mid morning flight and I accessed the SAT 2 via the direct walkway from the Terminal

Sat 2 departure gates upstair are monorail served from memory. I have the gate/stand tie up for the downstairs gates somewhere.

Stansted Express
 

There was a brief report on BBC Look East this morning to say that the Stansted Express Line was getting approximately 2 Billion pounds worth of funding which was announced by the Government yesterday. The funding was said to be going into the infrastructure of line to hopefully reduce Journey times to under 30 minutes.

the infrastructure is for new overhead power lines and a third track on the Stratford branch ... nothing for the liverpool street line other than a commitment to work with the lobby groups

From today's 'Telegraph':

Two main bidders for Stansted after Australasians pull out - Telegraph

This could be bad news for BAA, but better for STN's future if it reduces the eventual price paid. Interestingly, the requirement to make the deal 'investment grade' is £500m equity (= money) to £500m loans. This high hurdle is due to the dominance of one carrier (Ryanair with 70% of the current throughput) and the fact that STN is regulated.

Regulating Stansted is surely a good thing overall. I know it's bad from Stansted's point of view but I don't see how it restricts growth. As Stansted is an airport for LCC's, then surely the owner wouldn't want to overcharge as it wouldn't interest LCC's.

I welcome to news, the lower Stansted is flogged for the better. It means that a new owner will have more to spend on future investments or if it prefers, allows it to reduce charges to airlines to attract more traffic that way and since MAG and the Malaysians are still committed, they clearly are not put off by regulation, suggesting that increasing charges were not their intentions. As for BAA or whatever they call themselves now, the worse it turns out for them, the better. They are a selfish, biased and a complete rip-off to their valuable customers (airlines and passengers). In my opinion, it's pay back time for them and they deserve evey single bit of bad news they get.

As I understand it, regulation means the landing price at STN is set as is the case at LHR & LGW.
If arguably Stansteds low cost competitor airports are SEN & LTN then how is regulation a good thing for STN? Part of the reason EZY have moved to SEN is precisely because SEN can undercut on price. Regulation is designed to prevent the alleged "big boys" from riding roughshod over the alleged (no offence meant LTN/SEN!) smaller airports.
New owners will almost certainly have the capacity to cut costs & other inhouse charges as LGW have done, but regulation from their point of view will curtail how much room they have for manoeuvre.

Regulation doesn't at all mean a fixed price - actually more often than not it's a price cap (Among many things), which in a monopoly situation would lead to maximum price being charged, but in competition to SEN and LTN as a LCC airport and with a declining pax and airline base I wouldn't expect that.

Regulation is a price cap not a given amount that they must charge. BAA currently charge the maximum they are allowed to and keeping the cap in place will mean that nobody can increase them further. Ryanair and EasyJet both welcomed CAA's announcement that Stansted should remain regulated for that reason as operating charges cannot go up and they hope they will decrease under new ownership, but in reality are probably more likely to stay the same.

Being regulated and currently charging at the maximum limit, increased charges cannot happen, therefore bad for Stansted as they are limited as to how much they can charge, but good for airlines as they cannot be affected by price increases so therefore will not increase their operating costs.

Final bids for Stansted are due on Wednesday. It's possible that the preferred bidder could be appointed by the end of the week.

Final bids for Stansted airport

and the winner is MAG :-)

BBC News - Stansted Airport being sold to Manchester for £1.5bn

Rumours were of an enterprise value of £1bn or just over, so MAG have paid a "full price". The debt servicing costs will be higher than for BAA :eek: so I hope they know what they are doing.

I predict that there will be no price competition from STN - they can't afford it! Will the decline continue?

The winner is indeed MAG ..... but will the loser be MAN? ....

MAG are not stupid

Its not all about aircraft, its an airport with acres of prime development space.

Take a look at what MAG have done to EMA and Bournemouth and the £600 million Airport city to be built at MAN.

MAG will also hold the reins of the UK cargo market.

Manchester Airport wins Stansted auction - FT.com

The sale price is 15.6 times 2012 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.

"MAG will also hold the reigns of the reins of the UK cargo market".

Shouldn't they be reported to the Competition Commission then?

Could I request people differentiate between a king or queen reigning over a country and a horse being guided by a rider through the reins.

One of the most important business transactions of the year so far and all you can do is criticise a spelling mistake, are we here to discuss what actually matters in our industry or pick up people for bad use of our language:ugh:

By the way I have removed the "g" to make you happier:rolleyes: