Sorry but I didn't realise that intercity trains wil continue to call at Parkway. Looks like they will - bit not at Luton or Bedford stations

Depends if you call Corby Intercity. There will be 3 East Midland Railway brands and Parkway is getting the EMR Electric brand. No mention of Luton Airport Express branding. The trains are second hand but updated and will look like commuter stock with a flat nose and tail.

https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/ea.../54389.article

Class 360 stock and this is the previous owner
https://www.angeltrains.co.uk/Produc...nger-Trains/19

Construction update
 

The Gateway Bridge is gradually being seen again after a few weeks of being wrapped in plastic sheeting. Street lights and crash barriers have been removed for the big move at the end of the month.
https://i.imgur.com/zslXgBM.jpg

Meanwhile at Parkway the passenger route to Kimpton Road from the railway station has been moved. Also as seen, the framework for the glass and sliding doors can be seen by the Dart platforms.
https://i.imgur.com/wnaLAGA.jpg.

Work has started on digging out Taxiway Bravo for the cut and cover Dart tunnel.
https://i.imgur.com/MbnrMhz.jpg

The dual carriageway inside the CTA has now moved to over the tunnel with also a reroute of the bus station road. The existing tunnel edge can be seen to the right of the airport bus at the road junction. The contractors have now taken control of the final piece of the Dart route.
https://i.imgur.com/6XO5Hlg.jpg

Finally the former drop off zone is now being marked out with parking bays. For who and why is a mystery
https://i.imgur.com/X9kA111.jpg

Seems Wizz has discovered that rich Scandinavia is not in poor Eastern Europe. Saying that the old Copenhagen battle between EasyJet and Ryanair showed that £10 fares filled aircraft. Wonder how non-EU Russia is doing?

How can my comment be classed as an anti Eastern European agenda? Eastern Europeans have travelled to the UK to improve their standard of living as they generally live in poor counties otherwise they would not have come or have I got it all wrong???

Think you need to read this https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...in-europe.html

Can't see them sticking around on BGO, how is St Petersburg doing? Flight times are terrible for pax, but great for airplane utilisation!

They are terrible but not that unusual - both BA and Aeroflot operate to Moscow at similar times from LHR

Well despite the report to the contrary from "a well placed TUI source" on here a few weeks back, I'm pleased to report that the TUI program for Winter 2020 & Summer 2021 is now on sale and features a program from LTN using TUI based aircraft!

It was alluded in the original posting that the base would close at the end of Summer 2020...no rumour! As I mentioned at the time, more importantly no front-line TUI staff were aware of this and the company are actually basing a decent number of new captains at LTN for this coming Summer (with obviously no mention being made to them of any impending base closure!)

The rumour was actually given to me as a fact by someone working for TUI in Wigmore House who would be in the know. I have no way to authenticate what I was told but this pre dates the Thomas Cook collapse.

I appreciate the info was no doubt passed on in good faith LTNman. Obviously there would be major repercussions for a good number of TUI staff if the LTN base was to close and reading about such potential news here whilst nothing had been said by the company was naturally slightly concerning!

Interesting good figures, I assume the GDN was full with minors on laps?

FlyBosnia
 

Looks like they are having issues...
https://www.exyuaviation.com/2019/11...l-turmoil.html

Opens up a whole raft of possible new destinations.

https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/n...eoxlr-purchase

I have noticed that the Gateway Bridge being finished off opposite the Ibis has picked up a temporary attached red aircraft warning light at the top of its ski ramp. Still can’t get my head around how such a tall structure (see photo post 3043) will end up by the end of the approach lights and just to their side when those approach lights are not even a full set but a much shorter version due to the location of the A1081.

Anyone with a long memory will remember the Dan Air 727 that took out not only the ILS aerials but also the approach lights as it dropped into the valley below. What would have happened if a Gateway type structure was there at the time?