On an average day, Luton airport’s main terminal processes more than 30,000 passengers with the efficiency and warmth of an industrial abattoir. Meanwhile, just yards away at the Signature private jet terminal, First Officer Dominic Rooney arrives to shake hands with his passengers — both of us. The Nespresso machine has barely ceased chugging before he invites me to board a Citation CJ3 bound for Geneva. Minutes later, we soar above Luton.
通常,伦敦卢顿机场的主航站楼每天要迎来送往超过30000名旅客,热情与效率足以媲美一座工业化屠宰场。与此同时,咫尺之外的Signature私人飞机航站楼,副机长多米尼克•鲁尼(Dominic Rooney)走上前来与他的乘客们握手——乘客共有我们两人。当他邀请我们登上一架计划飞往日内瓦的Citation CJ3型飞机时,机上的Nespresso咖啡机几乎还未停止工作。几分钟以后,我们就已飞到了卢顿的上空。