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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2012 22:11:57 GMT 1
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Post by davel on Oct 5, 2012 6:47:20 GMT 1
Not only the change in bus times, the Arriva support team at the airport are to be withdrawn in the evening as well (and I think at the weekend). At the moment they not only do bus enquiries but act as an unofficial information centre since the information desk starting closing earlier.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2012 17:46:14 GMT 1
If I think on I'll check that tomorrow Dave.
Unfortunately, it's sad to think that demand for bus travel is getting greater yet services are having to be cut because the government won't pay the going rate for concessionary travel and at the same time are increasing the rate of tax on fuel. It's like telling a shop owner that he has to buy Mars bars at 30p each plus tax than sell them to the government at a loss for 25p. Something has to give and as bus companies are nolonger top heavy, front line services are in the firing line. A fair number of drivers plus support staff were affected this time round too.
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Post by LPL on Nov 1, 2012 14:29:36 GMT 1
Liverpool Vision whose forerunner brought us the European Capital of Culture, the City of Liverpool Museum, the Liverpool Arena and Conference Centre and the £1billion plus Liverpool One among others, has now published a report, Liverpool City Centre - Strategic Investement Framework 2012, of what it wants to do in the next 10 years or so. One of its projects is to connect the airport to the city centre using a rapid transit link. This is taken from the report: 'It is of strategic importance to the growth of the City Centre and this importance extends to the infrastructure linking the City Centre to the Airport. At present, an express bus service links the Airport to Liverpool Lime Street or to Liverpool SouthParkway (providing the rail link into theCity Centre). The lack of a rapid transit link into the City Centre will be a constraint on the growth of visitor numbers as the city continues to expand this sector of the economy. Action: A rapid transport link between the City Centre and the Airport will be required to ensure that the city reaches its maximum potential for growth of the Culture and Visitor sector of the economy.' www.scribd.com/doc/111710613/Liverpool-Sif-Final-Issuu
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Post by woody on Nov 3, 2012 15:07:12 GMT 1
This rapid transport link they are now talking about is long over due. It's not good enough to have to get buses to South Parkway then to Lime Street from JLA. A lot of visitors are not happy with it and the only other option available is taxi. I have friends and relatives that regularly fly here from Ireland and the IOM and it gets brought up quite often. A rapid link direct into town would breathe new life into Liverpool Airport and open up new doors for the cruise liners that now come here and hopefully bring in new Airlines.
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Post by liparus on Nov 6, 2012 15:07:07 GMT 1
I read somewhere that every port which had become a base for cruise ships had increased traffic at it's airport. Some examples were given and upon investigation proved to be the case. I'm sure Peel would know this and be researching whatever opportunities it might present.
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Post by liverpoolman1 on Nov 7, 2012 8:10:57 GMT 1
Peel are aware of this potential market as a rapid transport link was included in their original development plans for the northern docks. With the addition of cruise ships it makes it even more attractive but the question is one of finance. What capital cost are involved and what benefits will accrue? A business decision that is increasingly difficult in these austere days.
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Post by ronturner on Nov 7, 2012 9:54:26 GMT 1
The rapid transit link may well be important to Liverpool and its airport, for lots of reasons, but one of them is not for cruise travel.
Look at other airports, such as Miami and Fort Lauderdale where the link between ships and airports is established and important. The airports provide a nice lounge for cruise passengers to wait in. The airport provides baggage handling services and the cruise lines provide coach and/or mini bus shuttles direct to their ship. (There are usually several in port at the same time.) This is usually a free servcie to the cruise passengers. (But expect to tip the baggage man.)
The idea of getting on a tram, hauling your bags around, and getting off the tram at some point, probably not next to your ship, is not how most people see the start of their cruise experience.
By the way, there is a new rapid transit link at Miami Airport, but it is does not serve the cruise ships, except as a nearby stop. After that you need a taxi.
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Post by liparus on Nov 7, 2012 15:19:21 GMT 1
Look at other airports, such as Miami and Fort Lauderdale where the link between ships and airports is established and important. MIA and FLL are only 20 minutes apart but, FLL is only minutes from the cruise terminals at Port Everglades. No rapid transit needed their but, MIA is quite a distance from the cruise terminals and might benefit from a rapid transit connection. But, as you pointed out, the airport and cruise companies have got the transfer of passengers and baggage down to a fine art and, having done a few cruises myself through both MIA and FLL, the addition of a LRT, or something similar, would be, IMO, cost prohibitive and, at this time, unnecessary. But, if the reports run true to form, LPL can expect some additional traffic from the port becoming a cruise ship terminal.
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Post by LPL on Nov 8, 2012 8:44:32 GMT 1
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Post by woody on Nov 8, 2012 15:23:32 GMT 1
Maybe the carrier at Hamilton they've been talking to is Canada's budget airline Westjet. They fly 737's to destinations in Canada. The States, The Carribean and Central America and maybe, just maybe The UK appeals as much to them as Toronto does from here. Just my thoughts nothing more.
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Post by LPL on Nov 8, 2012 23:17:18 GMT 1
Now that I have had a chance to read it, these are the main points: * Liverpool Post is still saying FR base units to rise by one to eight * MOL confirms that FR are committed to Liverpool "big time" * MOL - "We're are going to add another aircraft there [LPL] next year and two new routes and 200,000 passengers next year" * MOL -confirms FR and LPL have signed a new agreement, "We have a new growth agreement which we're very pleased with. We have a three year plan to grow from 2m to 3m passengers at Liverpool" * MOL on inbound traffic, "The great thing about Liverpool in recent years is that it has become a much more attractive destination in its own right. “We used to do lots of flights out of Liverpool to the Canaries and to the sun- spots in Spain and Italy. Now we have seen much bigger growth in inbound traffic coming back into Liverpool as the city regenerates, redevelops and becomes a business centre." * LPL and easyJet are nearing completion an agreement that will see no more loss of based aircraft than has been already announced, "Easyjet has realigned. We are in the final stages of negotiations for a new contract with Easyjet and we have both given a little. As Easyjet pulls away, Ryanair fills the gap, but I don’t anticipate further Easyjet losses."
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Post by andyh on Nov 12, 2012 23:05:15 GMT 1
What on earth is going on with taxiway Alpha? Intermittent closures for weeks and now NOTAM'd as closed from east of Tango to the 09 fast turn off until the end of the year!
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Post by LPL on Nov 20, 2012 18:50:51 GMT 1
There must be an opportunity for Liverpool after Jaguar Land Rover announced at the weekend a £1billion deal to start building cars near Shanghai.
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Post by LPL on Dec 6, 2012 21:13:54 GMT 1
Small article in today's Liverpool Post regarding Lufthansa's routes from the northwest.
The article quotes Christian Schindler, the airlines UK and Ireland director, pointing out that Jaguar Land Rover is a big customer of theirs. The article also has him quoting that 20% of its business travelers are based in Liverpool.
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