15 JUNE 2020

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Luton Council delays airport planning

Not surprisingly Luton Council, the owner of London Luton Airport Ltd, has put back an expansion application “during 2021, rather than in summer 2020 as originally outlined.”

In a statement published last week it says that this approach recognises the twin challenges of delivering a greener development model for an expanded Luton Airport (LTN), and supporting essential economic recovery from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic for the region and the UK.

Under current legislation the airport is limited to 18m passengers, a figure it would have probably exceeded this year under normal circumstances.  Under the new application the number called for was 32m.

The airport is seen as a vital part of the local community supporting 27,000 jobs across the region.

Cllr Andy Malcolm, who is Chair of the airport and also Luton Council’s portfolio holder for finance, said: “Since 2013 Luton’s ongoing investment in the airport has delivered a £21m increase in yearly revenue to Luton Council, moving from historically about £6-7m a year to £27m last year. This enabled the Council to protect our town from the high tide of austerity, sadly coronavirus means our communities will now feel the full weight of central government cuts.”

Work continues on the Luton DART transit project linking the airport terminal to Luton Parkway station. It is due to be completed by spring 2021.

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