Apparently all passenger flights will cease on 22/4 but the airport will remain open........

Interesting as Wizz will still let me book Budapest beyond that. Nothing official from the airport just a tweet from someone else

Wizz was allowing people to pay for tickets on Luton-Romania while discussion was taking place on this website (ie well after Wizz would have known) that Romania was about to close its doors to those flights

I would not infer that Wizz flights being on sale means that those flights will take place at the moment

Just means that they take customers money knowing they cannot provide the flights which they then won’t refund.

It could well be true but in these times I am certainly taking information from “a source” with a pinch of salt

Pictures can paint a thousand words. All the retail lighting and much of the terminal lighting has been switched off although the check-in area is fully lit.

https://i.imgur.com/F4nuE8q.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/GI2RP3s.jpg

Second source saying this, should have a NOTAM soon.

Would a terminal closure be added to a Notam?
Wizz are still selling tickets for after 22/4

Not in those words but I think yes. Signature, Cargo and aircraft test flights continue as normal. Will result in reduced fire cover.

A few charters being planned, no information as to where they will go but they talk about the South East.
BBC web news
Although some Brits have applied for the work:
Eastern Europeans to be flown in to pick fruit and veg

Brexit might be out of the headlines but we are still living with it, so I find this very amusing.

The reports I have seen have said Stansted. Not even sure one off charter flights using the terminal are allowed due to the seasonal passenger air transport limit imposed by ACL where batches of slots were allocated to airlines at the start of winter 2019 as part of the passenger capacity constraints to limit passengers to 18 million.

The same is true for the summer where the existing airlines that operated out of Luton were allocated so many passenger seats for the season. As they took them all there was nothing left for anyone else.

STN may be preferred anyway since I’d imagine a number of these will be heading to Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and probably also Kent and Essex - key for the earlier crops.

Indeed Paxboy, the social media responses from supporters of Brexit is worth getting in the popcorn for...

Can't think the ACL rule book even applies anymore. I would have thought the people who work there will now be sitting at home with nothing to do for S20.

Could not agree more Pabely about the slots. I cannot see summer 2021 being a lot better unless we have a vaccine. I for one would not be too keen to jump on an aircraft this summer/autumn even though I love travelling. Back in the UK more or less permanently as I lost my partner suddenly a little while ago in Spain, that is one of the reasons why I have been a little quiet recently as you could imagine I have had more important things to concern myself with.

Sorry for your loss compton3bravo. 2020 is a shocking year for all of us but doesn’t compare when a loved one dies.

ACL have not revised their published documents and seem to be still current but as stated above should now have no meaning for this year. There is also the question of the annual night restrictions on business jets from June 1st for the summer period.

Thanks LTNman. I will send a pm if ok.

Please do.

compton3bravo, I think everyone on Pprune will also send their sympathy and condolences.

Yes sorry for your loss C3B, you have always been a valued contributor to this Forum.
Will there be any restrictions this year for 1st June, can't see anyone busting any noise footprints at the moment unless the C17 comes back after midnight!

compton3bravo

I would just like to add my condolences to those already expressed for your sad loss.