New Airline for Luton (merged)
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New Airline for Luton?
Anybody got a handle on who the new airline for Luton might be?
Mentioned on the website (no name or details) but the Airport's still pouring gallons of concrete and has refitted expansive offices so something's up...
Mentioned on the website (no name or details) but the Airport's still pouring gallons of concrete and has refitted expansive offices so something's up...
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Thanks - just heard that the airport has refurbished offices in Halcyon House for this 'new' airline and that it's intending to open the upper floor of the new terminal building by early 2004 to cater for an expected additional 2.5M - 3M passengers each year.
Guess it's a case of 'watch this space'...
Guess it's a case of 'watch this space'...
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I heard a very interesting rumour, although what base there is to it I don't know.
Rumour has it Flightline (BAe146 and MD-80 operator) is interested in launching a new airline from either it's Southend base or from Luton with Boeing 737s leased from US Airways Leasing.
Apparently the new airline is concentrating on the markets buzz serves and many that they dropped!
Can anyone back me up?
Rumour has it Flightline (BAe146 and MD-80 operator) is interested in launching a new airline from either it's Southend base or from Luton with Boeing 737s leased from US Airways Leasing.
Apparently the new airline is concentrating on the markets buzz serves and many that they dropped!
Can anyone back me up?
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From: London Whipsnade Wildlife Park
Okay Mr Ginley, the lads and lasses might be way off the mark, but how about us bears?
The only other slight rumour was an established UK airline moving its base/operation to Luton from another UK airport?
So if is not the baby, nor a new airline serving the eastern side of Europe, who can it be?
As long as it is not another:
Fly-Victoria
Ciao-Fly
EuroCeltic
Etc
Far too many Biz-Jets, we need new cheap routes to entice visitors to my bear palace! (Oh I forgot, Mr OLNEY 1 BRAVO loves executive jets, I bet he tells me off for these comments!)
The only other slight rumour was an established UK airline moving its base/operation to Luton from another UK airport?
So if is not the baby, nor a new airline serving the eastern side of Europe, who can it be?
As long as it is not another:
Fly-Victoria
Ciao-Fly
EuroCeltic
Etc
Far too many Biz-Jets, we need new cheap routes to entice visitors to my bear palace! (Oh I forgot, Mr OLNEY 1 BRAVO loves executive jets, I bet he tells me off for these comments!)
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From: London Whipsnade Wildlife Park
Mr Ginley, it is those naughty polar's that like fishy tid-bits.
The first I have ever been called little!
What I want to know, is how a bingo caller can know what is about to be announced at Luton airport? Call yourself a real detective, some on spill the beans......I have a hunch that is not really a new airline moving in just one that has been disguised elsewhere recently?
The first I have ever been called little!
What I want to know, is how a bingo caller can know what is about to be announced at Luton airport? Call yourself a real detective, some on spill the beans......I have a hunch that is not really a new airline moving in just one that has been disguised elsewhere recently?
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Hope it is nothing to do with that that 'sick' US Skybus operation talked about some weeks ago here on PPRune which was supposing to start up in June/July. As Buster said, more low cost european routes are what are needed, to ' magic' us all away.
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From: In the sticks
http://www.sky-bus.com/ is still showing a July 1st start date with a station manager vacancy at LTN. Also phone and fax numbers listed. Anyone rung them for a job????
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From: Liverpool & Luton
News for the Bear...
BBC Look East report this morning that "A New Budget Airline is being launched at Luton today. Officials at the Airport are not saying much but the airline is believed to be planning to fly European routes*"
- then some of the usual easyJet / Ryanair intense competition yadayadayada.
*Note - routes plural, so more than one then...
So watch this space - or the evening bulletins!
Ginley's the name - Gumshoes' the game...
BBC Look East report this morning that "A New Budget Airline is being launched at Luton today. Officials at the Airport are not saying much but the airline is believed to be planning to fly European routes*"
- then some of the usual easyJet / Ryanair intense competition yadayadayada.
*Note - routes plural, so more than one then...
So watch this space - or the evening bulletins!
Ginley's the name - Gumshoes' the game...
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From: Liverpool & Luton
Dewdrop
Not quite sure what you mean there - have you found a new site for this as yet un-named airline?
If so please let us have the address.
Fast Eddie
PS - Apparently a similar report re: new startup at Luton on GMTV this am - though I did not see that one...
Not quite sure what you mean there - have you found a new site for this as yet un-named airline?
If so please let us have the address.
Fast Eddie
PS - Apparently a similar report re: new startup at Luton on GMTV this am - though I did not see that one...