30 MAY 2011

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Luton Airport offers free waiting period

It has come in for stiff comment with its £1 minimum drop-off and collection fee if you choose to come right up to the terminal, but Luton Airport is hitting back.  The airport has introduced a free 30-minute waiting period in the Mid-Term Car Park just prior to the runway bridge on the approach road.  Passengers, and their friends, can then use the courtesy shuttle which goes right outside the actual terminal building.  It is not as perfect as Airport Way, as it is known, can get very clogged up, particularly early in the morning when the first wave of aircraft depart, but it is convenient.  The car park is in fact a fairly short walk to the terminal building.

Whilst big efforts have been made to brighten up the whole edifice, and the main departure lounge is now as good as any, Luton, in common with most UK airports, still has a problem with immigration controls.  With the tightening up of the regulations virtually all of them have very inadequate facilities, both space and enough inspectors a problem.  Heathrow’s new electronic system is slower than the parallel personal inspection and is a nuisance for people with sight problems (glasses users). www.london-luton.co.uk

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