SAS
 

SAS are to launch a new route between CPH and STN.

They are effectively moving their SK519/20 rotation from LHR to STN.

Flights to operate all year 5 times weekly, increasing to 7 weekly during July/Aug using a A319.

Route commences 8th April.

Haven't they tried that this before?

SAS Return
 

Fantastic figures for STN in January...

Busiest airport in the MAG group again.

Busiest January on record.

January pax total 1,932,680 for + 7.3%.

Rolling 12 months pax now 28,132,479.

In 2018 STN entered the list of the top 25 busiest airports in Europe...A staggering achievement.

- is it a surprise when it's serving the largest aviation market in Europe and all major competitors are capacity constrained?

Staggering when one remembers as a schoolboy staring thru a Nissan Hut window & looking at an empty peg board departures display in what was the original terminal most certainly.

Staggering when as schoolboys a visit produced just a single Cessna circling overhead & the self same terminal hosting a wedding reception!..It was a Saturday Lol.

Yes staggering from that personal perspective which my comment was.

No... not quite so staggering with total realisation of the dynamic of todays industry as referenced of course.

2 charters today from DTM in connection with Borussia Dortmund meeting Spurs on Wednesday at Wembley.
A320 of EWG in the associated black/yellow BVB team livery with the team as usual plus an A320 of Sundair.

Ryanair today state the first 5 of it`s Boeing MAX "Gamechanger" a/c will be based at STN this Summer & across Winter`19.

For Winter`19 more flights on 24 existing routes over a total of 118 destinations.

Further...First RYR MAX200 slated to arrive at its STN base in April.

The Transport Secretary confirmed this morning in the House of Commons continuation of the funding for the City of Derry to STN direct service until May`21.

RYR B737MAX200 at STN this Summer.

It appears the introduction at STN from May will not be centred at start on a few destinations but slotted in gradually amongst the normal schedules & frequencies on over more than 40 routes.

TFS will be an exception with 3 visits pw to start but going to 8 pw from 1.7.19 which will be then become the first RYR route to be an exclusive MAX200 operation.

Credit Routes...

Half Term Ski Charters...

Today apart from all the regular Saturday services to the ski destinations extras are...

DLH x3 To MUC
ENT to SZG
VLG to Grenoble
AWC extras are 2x SZG & Lyon
CFE extra to Chambery...

Stansted - Dole is operated by Ryanair on Saturdays until 30-March, is suspended over the summer/autumn and then resumes again on Saturdays from 21-Dec-2019. This would seem to indicate it's operated as a ski flight

I took a flight on this route in January this year - apart from half term, yields look to be very low, the load factor on my flight was abysmal and, compared to Geneva or one of the more traditional ski-centric airports, it's very time consuming to get to the mountains. While I was at Dole airport, there was a flight departing to Kittila in northern Finland; Santa doesn't live in Kittila - the only reason to visit Kittila in winter is to go skiing in a place with reliable snow. Yes, there is a TGV service from Dole to Lausanne (runs every 4 hours and take 1h30) but this does not make for an easy link between the airport and ski slopes. The only place really worth visiting neaby in winter is Dijon - lovely place but much more appealing when it's warm rather than mid-winter. The Stansted-Dole route is rather reminiscent of the Stansted-Cuneo route that FR used to operate in the winter - eventually Ryanair discovered that people skiing in the Italian Alps prefer Turin airport

So why are Ryanair resuming this route in December 2019 ? I would have thought that by now, someone in Dublin would have realised the mistake, accepted that they had to run the route until the end of March 2019, and then quietly killed off the route permanently. Is the Jura regional goverment paying *that* much in marketing support or is the contract really so strict that Ryanair can't buy their way out of it ?

Further commentary...

"The aim is to bring English people to the Jura Mountains to go skiing" said the director of Dole airport of the of the new service.

Further geographic commentary...

Dole is around an hour & a half to Metabief & les Rousses.

The region has emerged as a quieter great value alternative to larger Alpine resorts...

Not unexpectedly Loganair has expressed its interest in operating the LDY PSO in place of BMR.

STN as part of the ongoing STP has revealed its newly designed Departure Lounge with seating for an additional 550 pax within three brand new areas.

Included is a newly created quiet seating area downstairs from the Departure Lounge away from the normal flows with 208 seats & on the way to the SAT 3 gates another new seating area provides a further 160 seats.

Overall seating capacity increased by 40%.

http://news.magairports.com/nwstatic/spacer.gifhttp://news.magairports.com/nwstatic/spacer.gifLondon Stansted Transformationhttp://news.magairports.com/nwstatic/spacer.gif http://news.magairports.com/files/1/...20stansted.jpgNewly designed departure lounge and seatinghttp://news.magairports.com/nwstatic/spacer.gifAs you may be aware, our airport has recently revealed stylish new passenger seating and created three brand new seating areas in our busy departure lounge. The changes have increased our capacity by 40 per cent.
The improvements come as part of the wider transformation project and will now make room for over 1000 passengers in the main departure lounge. A dedicated family seating area has also been created within the departure lounge for groups travelling with young children.

Albawings
 

Albanian carrier Albawings (2B/AWT) will commence new Stansted to Tirana TIA service eff. 13th June 2019.

Initially 2x weekly frequency, increasing to 3x weekly eff. 2nd July 2019.

Albawings service was originally mooted in Feb last year for a March`18 start at 4pw with B735.

Hopefully will be a more positive result this time & restore Tirana to the STN schedules.

Nicely positioned arm rests to stop people stretching out!

They are that "seats"...but stylish & actually help provide for 40% more customers...

STN has been challenged previously for not providing adequate numbers of seats inc WOWZZ himself in his post #1389 Nov`18 which he includes the following in a disparagement of the facilities -"endless shops but no seats".

STN cannot win in some contradictory eyes but must be commended for providing those 550 further "seats".

I was merely commenting that the seats seem to have been designed to ensure passengers are unable to stretch out in them. I'm glad that finally STN is providing the extra seating that is long overdue, given the meteoric rise in pax over the last couple of years. Once the new multistorey carpark is finished, with hopefully a decent valet parking option, and security and border control queues are reduced, it will once again become my preferred airport, as it was 10 years ago.

Perhaps as expected Loganair have been awarded the contract to fly LDY/STN in place of defunct BMR...

I guess it is the luck of the draw sometimes. Recently at BHX I was through border control in 30 seconds, luggage delivered in 5 minutes, and in my car 15 minutes after exiting the aircraft!

BA CityFlyer
 

BACF starting new Stansted to Mykonos route eff. 19th May, operating weekly until 29th September 2019. Replaces route to Nice which will no longer operate.

BA Stansted Changes: Mykonos & Nice ? London Air Travel

BA Mykonos (JMK)
 

Multistorey Carpark
 

Can anyone update me on the progress of the carpark please. I thought completion date was around May, but the STN website is showing it as an available parking option.

Thanks for the update. The fact that reservations are being taken would imply that work is on track, but, unfortunately I tend to be a little cynical with regard to completion dates!

Do note that BA2335 is on a Sunday, and BA2334 is on a Saturday. The Sunday inbound is to LCY, and the Saturday outbound is from LCY.

Ah, that explains a mystery visitor to Southend...