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Originally Posted by davidjohnson6 (Post 10621003)

Alas beautifully designed buildings cost more money than basic pre-fabricated sheds... and most of us want to be able to fly as cheaply as possible when going for leisure
Yes there is a limit (Marseille terminal 2, with metal cages, I am looking at you) but Stansted seems to be sufficiently comfortable that people will put up with its desire to extract money from pax via retail

It's not "extra money" in any way, it's core revenue. Airline charges have withered so much that to even cover costs, airports have to discount massively to get the operators in at all, (e.g. Ryanair) and as a consequence, the money comes from retail charges and profit share. The only things that really matter, are safety, security and shopping, there's no other way. There are exceptions like LHR where a premium is paid as yields can be *much* higher, or YYZ where you either pay or fly from Hamilton.
Personally, I grew up watching BAA build shiney new facilities at GLA, only for the market to fragment and move East. It was only the agreed strategy to force growth at GLA what allowed an ROI to justify what GLA now has over EDI. Even though EDI has way more traffic, the facilities at GLA remain superior, with 12 airbridge capable stands, something EDI is only now addressing and only in a rather basic manner.
STN was (re-)built with another world in mind, less Westfield more Heathrow.

BAA was allowed to take a wider strategic view but it was close to being a monopoly, and now we may have gone a little too far the other way?

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Originally Posted by Skipness One Foxtrot

it was only the agreed strategy to force growth at GLA what allowed an ROI to justify what GLA now has over EDI.

I'm not sure thats strictly true as lots of the bigger international carriers/routes post date those decisions by many years eg Delta, Air Canada R, Lufthansa. I'm not even sure, despite the initial subsidy, EK were 'forced' to GLA and 'forced' not to consider EDI at that time.

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Originally Posted by VickersVicount (Post 10621034)

In the 90s I mean, to pay for the expansion of GLA, there was no wish to do more than the basics at EDI. Very similar at LHR, ironically which was starved of real expansion to pay for the all-new STN. Once T4 was built, LHR really began to slide in terms of Terminal infrastructure, I used LGW North for years as the facilities were way better than LHR T1. I wish I had flown through STN in the AirUK years, never did alas.
btw can't believe I only noticed "Vicount" less 's' when someone else pointed it out. #blind

Double Jet Bridge confirmed for stand A13 and a possible twice daily A380 now mentioned.

Where is it confirmed?

As per the previous... Staff briefings.

Would EK really upgauge both daily flights to the A380 straightaway? If they really were to bring the A380 to STN, my thinking is that both existing flights (EK66 and EK68) would be consolidated into a single daily operation.

On the subject of Emirates, is there any news on the new Emirates lounge to be built in satellite 1? If the airline/airport is preparing for daily 388 ops, then I take it construction has already started?

The lounge is already there just needs fitting out

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Originally Posted by carousel (Post 10621813)

The lounge is already there just needs fitting out

Has the lounge been confirmed yet?

Ready for the highest/first bidder

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Originally Posted by JW95 (Post 10621798)

Some connections were near impossible with just the one flight. It would be pointless to go back to one. I wouldn’t be surprised if the later departure was changed to A380 and the daytime remained 777 to begin. Let’s see. We can only speculate at this stage.

Wideroe increases Stansted-kristtiansand route, from x5 weekly to daily, from March 29th 2020.

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Originally Posted by daz211 (Post 10624163)

Wideroe increases Stansted-kristtiansand route, from x5 weekly to daily, from March 29th 2020.

It was daily last summer too. They also planned to operate a Stansted - Stavanger route but was cancelled when Wizz launched their Luton route.

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Originally Posted by _aax1 (Post 10624195)

It was daily last summer too. They also planned to operate a Stansted - Stavanger route but was cancelled when Wizz launched their Luton route.

It was daily only from late June to mid August last summer.
On the reservation site service during winter reduces to 3 weekly.

Wizz fares to SVG this winter look to mostly be around £9 so wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t last, would be great if Widerøe do add SVG or any other routes, STN-KRS fares are always high.

So what do we make of this...

London Stansted ACL Summer 2020

I’m not the best at reading these grids, but some interesting airlines listed such as;

Vueling to Paris and La Coruña
Correndon to Antalya (presume charter possibly TUI?)
Tus Airways to Larnaca
Indigo to Delhi
Nouvelair Tunise to Enfidha (presume charter possibly TUI?)

There is also mention of Ryanair UK on Turkish routes. Also appears to be extra slots allocated to BA Cityflyer?

I understand that not all of this actually comes to fruition, but definitely interesting. Especially Vueling.

Thoughts?

Another new route from Jet2.
London Stansted - Mykonos / 2x weekly.

Atlas Global have suspended flight operations and tickets are no longer being sold

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Originally Posted by davidjohnson6 (Post 10627096)

Atlas Global have suspended flight operations and tickets are no longer being sold

Being reported as ‘temporary’

Atlasglobal temporarily suspends operations

Tus airways are to rebrand as Ela air and plan to acquire newer aircraft and are expected to announce new destinations before the end of 2019.

Jet2.com have added Friedrichshafen (FDH) 1 weekly this winter.