Google East Hyde, very much a LU postcode, even school kids have to go to Beds schools rather than Herts.

Just a reminder of where option 2 would sit in the earlier maps:-

https://i.imgur.com/RKz5wHD.jpg
the grey line east of the airport again denotes the Herts boundary

and the Google Earth view again:-

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

easyJet two new routes...
 

easyJet showing two new routes...

2x weekly to Gibraltar
(Saturday and Tuesday)

4x weekly to Krakow
(Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday)

Planning application for a bus station canopy
https://i.imgur.com/tMm9BAQ.jpg

Good grief. The 'design' of this airport goes from bad to worse. Skimpy bus shelters made from unsuitable material which is impossible to keep clean. Narrow shelters which will lead to passengers huddled beneath blocking movement of travellers in front of the terminal. No cover for passengers loading and unloading at the side of the coach. Narrow bus shelters giving little protection from the horizontal rain which frequently presents itself on this exposed site.
A large, self cleaning glass roof supported by cantilever structure is what's required with sufficient overhang to allow boarding to be completed in the dry, while the rear of the bus is open to ensure diesel fumes are ventilated.
I'm not talking the size of St Pancras but something along the lines of Farringdon station.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmf...d7d5deae05.jpg

You mean a slightly bigger version of this? Comfort, cover and style was always going to be sacrificed. I spent 2 years looking forward to this and I end up a couple of Greengrocers awnings .
https://i.imgur.com/4pnvA2l.jpg

Actually this is better than what we have ended up with as at least this is a matching colour rather than the carbuncle that is bolted to the terminal front
https://i.imgur.com/ICJQsls.jpg

The CAA have just released some figures showing how much the airport has expanded over the last five years. In 2012 the airport handled 75,783 commercial passenger and cargo flights this rose in 2017 to 107,270 a rise of 40 per cent. The figures do not include empty positioning and executive movements.

Nice video, and makes a change from reading about about bus station canopies!

Shame the A321's will not be operating from Luton, maybe in a few years when easyJet order some more and realise the cost savings and efficiency on the aircraft, like Wizz has.

I believe all thirty that have been ordered, are headed for Gatwick.

I was of the understanding that some of the 321's would also end up in Paris.

It'll be interesting to see how the turn-round time's work for the EZY A321's.....With 235 seats it'll be a challenge to do in 35 mins if boarding solely via Jet bridge in places like GVA

Basic question: I've not used the rail link before. When I purchase the ticket to Luton Parkway - does that include the shuttle bus ticket? Cheers.

No, you have to buy a ticket to Luton Airport as that will include the shuttle. A ticket to Luton Airport Parkway is just that and nothing more.

Yes to cut costs down they painted the grass by the runway with an 80.

The logo squares went up in square by square with what looked like LED gubbings inside before being covered with a square cover.
The vaulted ceiling in departures/security queue now has the rails for a suspended ceiling, a little higher than the new arrivals ceiling but it does cover up the large advertising screens that are still hung.
Notice that it looks like the planning for wavy bus shelter only extends to the current covered walkway from the pedestrian bridge, would have looked better if the same wavy design continued all the way, even if it offers little rain protection.

I have always associated a photo like this with an airport like Heathrow or Gatwick and not little old Luton. Even the easyjet in the run up bay was in the queue. Photo taken today.

https://i.imgur.com/GmiBP7W.jpg

I was pushing out easy on 21L when I noticed it. Now we back on rw 26 and you can clearly see the queues. You can expect similar around 6-7 pm when the late wave of easyjet goes out .

BA LHR diversions
 

What was that all about as I saw nothing? Aircraft parked on the south stands. Also I thought Luton wasn't taking any diversions for the summer?

I think STN & LGW took a few as well, maybe this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-44877663? I think another was going to come then went to STN instead, the full signs went up.
Diversions outside overnight times are no issue, they stay a couple of hours then drift back to LHR.

Hope you are not slipping LTNman, usually on the ball, must try harder!

I thought that as well. I remember it was part of the restrictions announced to keep LTN within its overall noise limits that no daytime diversions other than emergencies would be accepted between June and September 2018. Maybe those restrictions have since been amended unnoticed.

Apologies if it's already been mentioned, new TUI routes for Summer 19:

• Hurghada (HGD) on Thur
• Thessaloniki (SKG) on Thur
• Heraklion (HER) on Thur
• Enfidha (NBE) on Fri
• Dalamam (DLM) on Sat

They are indeed banned.

Signature Flight Support | London Luton Airport Night Noise Closures

Also appears as a PDF from the airport direct.

Maybe they were four emergencies

With no ATC at LHR and alot of metal spinning around the holds filling quicking burning fuel would make such a scenario for special one off!
Of course we don't know if they actually declared an emergency fuel status over London TMA, unless anyone was up their on same frequency or monitoring.
I don't believe anything went to SEN though Expressflight which could have been an alternative if STN and LGW said no to any more?

No, nothing went to SEN as far as I know.

Nice array of new routes, wonder if this was a reaction to Thomas Cook, as they launched some routes to Turkey and Tunisia this year.

Will this mean they will be re-instating a third aircraft to TUI's LTN base?

As far as i know those were fuel emergencies.
One was still here earlier today
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmf...30b8ba4030.jpg

Departed at 14.45 for LHR

Anyone get a pic of the DC6B flyby this afternoon?

So many delayed flights tonight, many in-excess of an hour...
Whats the reason?

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmf...a0b3f2c999.png

There is no such thing as a fuel emergency, you either PAN or MAYDAY. The problem with Heathrow is that one of the diversion airports, is the other runway at the Heathrow. If there is a total closure, NATS has a contingency plan and airports close by have to take traffic in an emergency due low fuel. After all, if they didn't, there would be no other options.