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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Nov 2016, 21:12
Replies: 6,740
Views: 2,072,112
Posted By antilla

Funny how they can publish these figures for...

Funny how they can publish these figures for October, but still haven't managed to supply CAA with figures for July, or August, or September.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Jul 2014, 22:20
Replies: 6,740
Views: 2,072,112
Posted By antilla

Luton's rolling 12-month figures were over 10...

Luton's rolling 12-month figures were over 10 million in every month from Feb 2008 to Jan 2009 inclusive.

However the latest results are the best outside that 'golden' period (narrowly beating Jan...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Jul 2014, 16:54
Replies: 6,740
Views: 2,072,112
Posted By antilla

This is the first time that the June total has...

This is the first time that the June total has ever exceeded 1 million passengers.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Jun 2014, 18:32
Replies: 6,740
Views: 2,072,112
Posted By antilla

Old figures?

Nothing new in these figures (#800), LGS6753 - their appearance on the CAA's website was reported by gilesdavies on 23 May (#754), and that was some time after they actually appeared.

For some...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Nov 2013, 21:11
Replies: 6,740
Views: 2,072,112
Posted By antilla

A quote from P33 - Feasibility Considerations: ...

A quote from P33 - Feasibility Considerations:

“If for any reason Heathrow cannot be expanded, the
next best location is near to the current Luton airport.
This airport is on the right side of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Nov 2013, 20:56
Replies: 6,740
Views: 2,072,112
Posted By antilla

Just remove the final 'e' from the URL (i.e. ends...

Just remove the final 'e' from the URL (i.e. ends as '.pdf') and it works a treat!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Aug 2012, 19:25
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

If planes were using the full length of the...

If planes were using the full length of the runway for take off, a short RESA might be considered OK, but I wonder whether that argument still holds when such a high proportion of flights now opt for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Jul 2012, 21:01
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Does this really offer a lot to Luton? A nearly...

Does this really offer a lot to Luton? A nearly full plane is supposed to land, pick up more passengers and depart - on paper!

Surely it's a choice between passengers and fuel on most...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Jun 2012, 15:22
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

At the expense of .......?? (There's usually a...

At the expense of .......?? (There's usually a loser somewhere!)

Or is this a case of 'everyone wins'?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd May 2012, 20:38
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Like Buster's "Fully loaded 787 would have no...

Like Buster's "Fully loaded 787 would have no trouble doing long haul from Luton."?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd May 2012, 19:21
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Just found these figures for the 787-8: ...

Just found these figures for the 787-8:

JAR25 Takeoff Field Length 9255. feet
115% Factored All-Eng. Dist 8785. feet
Balanced Field Length 9255. feet

Not sure how that...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Feb 2012, 13:01
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

There's an article in the Telegraph that gives a...

There's an article in the Telegraph that gives a further insight into the 'battle lines' being drawn between the Council and Abertis:

Row over Luton airport expansion plans - Telegraph...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Feb 2012, 20:33
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Are you sure there was a press release? It...

Are you sure there was a press release?

It seems very strange to me that there's no information yet on the dedicated FutureLuton website which carries the text of all previous press releases, and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Jan 2012, 19:49
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Time to assess LBC's options? 1. Do...

Time to assess LBC's options?

1. Do nothing.
With just 16 years left on the current concession, there's not enough time for any major works to generate a return on the investment. Abertis may...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Sep 2011, 17:44
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

But they describe the Master Plan scheme as: ...

But they describe the Master Plan scheme as:

"2.2 Master Plan scheme - in order to maximise the potential of its current single runway, the Airport will need to extend beyond its current airport...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Sep 2011, 17:33
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Hang on a moment - this time they are...

Hang on a moment - this time they are specifically ruling out the second runway!

"One of the options which is under consideration is the proposal to develop the Airport to enable maximum capacity...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Sep 2011, 17:10
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

If you want to go to the source yourselves, it's...

If you want to go to the source yourselves, it's at:

Doing business with the council - Luton BC (http://www.luton.gov.uk/internet/Business/Doing%20business%20with%20the%20council)

The relevant...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Sep 2011, 16:57
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

And the precise details of what these phases of...

And the precise details of what these phases of expansion involve are also provided to potential applicants:

"2. Works
At present, the works envisaged are:

2.1 Red Line scheme - in order to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Sep 2011, 16:52
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Interesting that the general introduction...

Interesting that the general introduction mentions development up to 20mppa, but the Scope of Work described in the Council's information pack for applicants gives some very precise details:
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Sep 2011, 12:39
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

I'm puzzled. Not long ago people were saying...

I'm puzzled.

Not long ago people were saying that the remaining period of the concession was too short for any significant new investment by the Spaniards to be worthwhile (with the money clearly...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Feb 2011, 16:43
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

I wonder how much of that increase in numbers is...

I wonder how much of that increase in numbers is due to Luton escaping much of the snow disruption this time round. Presumably it was able to accept a lot of diversions when other airports were...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Oct 2010, 15:53
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Abertis can't "walk away from Luton" until the...

Abertis can't "walk away from Luton" until the end of the concession, sometime around 2028.

It would surely be risky to buy Stansted before they had managed to persuade someone to buy out their...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jul 2010, 11:13
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

A gallon of hydrochloric acid - but described...

A gallon of hydrochloric acid - but described simply as "cleaning fluid"???

There seems to be so much more to this story. Was the passenger detained? What excuse was offered for such an illicit...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Apr 2010, 19:43
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

For completeness, and to avoid a charge of...

For completeness, and to avoid a charge of picking only the best figures, perhaps we should add that movements were down by 9.4% on March 09 and that the rolling year's movements were down by 10.1%....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Mar 2010, 17:19
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

The positive year-on-year figures for February...

The positive year-on-year figures for February end a run of 15 straight months of negative results, which must give some grounds for optimism.

However this small recovery is from an all-time low...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Nov 2009, 19:27
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Looks like some good news would be welcome. ...

Looks like some good news would be welcome.

The latest CAA provisional figures show that movements are down 12.1% on a year ago and that passenger numbers are down 10.5%.

Indeed the level of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Jun 2009, 18:51
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Aren't you being a bit hard on dear old LBC? ...

Aren't you being a bit hard on dear old LBC?

They granted a concession to TBI to run the airport for a certain period. A Spanish company bought them out and now finds the aviation world in a deep...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th May 2009, 20:01
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

CAA's April statistics are just out: Movements at...

CAA's April statistics are just out: Movements at 6,604 are -9.9% on a year ago, and passengers at 787,908 are -4%.

That makes six months in a row of almost double digit shrinkage in movements -...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Mar 2009, 20:03
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Surely [F] precisely describes the regular long...

Surely [F] precisely describes the regular long queues that people have been describing as the result of the new traffic lights. Although an individual motorist may only be stuck there for a limited...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Feb 2009, 08:42
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Luton's Passenger figures

Luton's data is now available. January's flights are -14.1% on Jan 2008 and passenger numbers are -11%.

Seems to be a similar picture to Stansted and Manchester, although Birmingham fared much...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Feb 2009, 21:34
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Interestingly, they're not out yet. Heathrow,...

Interestingly, they're not out yet. Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, and almost all of the other big airports, have added up their figures and sent them to the CAA - but not Luton.

I seem to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Dec 2008, 07:23
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Good point - and surely even more significant in...

Good point - and surely even more significant in view of the unforgiving profile of the ground to the west of the runway.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Apr 2008, 07:11
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

No, LTNman, I don't need a maths lesson. I think...

No, LTNman, I don't need a maths lesson. I think that you need a reading lesson!

The 2006 Annual Monitoring Report, the latest currently available, shows that there were close to 58,000 departing...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Apr 2008, 23:08
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

Poor chap sounds a bit confused! "£2 per plane...

Poor chap sounds a bit confused! "£2 per plane that takes off" would yield just over £100,000 per year, and you don't get a lot of infrastructure for a sum like that.

Come to think of it - why...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Feb 2008, 22:13
Replies: 4,611
Views: 1,005,373
Posted By antilla

I'm not sure where you mean, but the westerly...

I'm not sure where you mean, but the westerly departures to the east and south east will now turn right and wrap right round the north of Luton instead of simply turning left.

I suspect that you...
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