Plus the DHL and MNG freighters

Yes, I was talking about pax movements

I believe from today the only flights that Wizz are operating until the 17th April from Luton are to both Budapest & Sofia.

The 19th is the first bookable date assuming that date doesn’t move. I thought there was a total of 3 destinations with 5 departures a day.

Think we can forget that LLAOL will ever build the planned new apron and modify the run up bay into 2 stands as by the time demand picks up they won’t have enough years on their franchise to recover the money. With no new stands the terminal won’t need modifying either which will keep the airports capacity at 18 million for several more years not that I think the airport will be back to capacity for a few years.

This would leave the council via LLAL to take on the task but they won’t be able to afford it either with its drop in income and committed existing expenditure on the Dart at £225 million with a further £50 million being spent on the DCO that might well never get planning permission from the government.

After the 8:40 departure to Budapest there is nothing for 12 hours. I still find it hard to take it all in.

Budapest reduced to twice a day. Fares from £8.99 from April 13th on all future flights although this mornings flight is sold out.

Looks like the total daily flights are now down to 3

According to Routes Online Budapest is as stated 2 Daily A320 & Sofia is 16 weekly A320/321.

I believe a C17 due in this afternoon, but not an excuse for spotters to leave their houses!

I have watched five circuits from my back garden. Not all were touch and go.

From the garden
https://i.imgur.com/7U4HRKn.jpg

How much of the money being used for the transit connection between airport and train station is contractually committed (even if not yet spent) ?
Would it make any sense for LBC to try to pause any sections of the project for a couple of years to try to delay taking on further debt ?

Does anyone know if it’s still on the ground or ever landed?

Thanks

Don’t know what is committed but there are 2 loans needed. An initial £100m plus a further £125 million. There is no evidence that the second part has been paid to the council yet but seeing the work is more than 50% complete maybe they have indeed got the money.

It needs to be remembered that the Dart was never about serving the existing terminal as the airport reached capacity without it. It is all about serving a second terminal which might never happen. The loan repayments will have a significant impact on Income to the council as the council did not charge a passenger levy to pay for it.

Don't think it ever landed and it is gone now

One of the touch and goes

All the touch and goes from the multi-story

Just looking at Luton
 

If someone on Christmas Day had told me that Luton would be handling just a thousand or so passengers a day by Easter Sunday and that RAF C17's would be doing touch and goes I would not have been able to think of a reason why and yet this is the position the airport finds itself in.

Looking at the 2019 annual report under Principal Risks and Uncertainties losing 99.9% of their passengers at the start of the new financial year was not listed.

As expected Luton has lost around 95.5% of its movements in this spot check taken on Easter Sunday.
https://i.imgur.com/ol6yz3L.jpg

Has there been a U turn on Signature opening hours at Luton. Their web site says only EMEA station open 24/7 https://www.signatureflight.com/even...id-19-advisory

Thought it remained 24/7 since the start of the virus while Harrods shut down.