Luton Airport in development plans

With the publication of a dedicated website setting out its plans for the future London Luton Airport Ltd (LLAL) says that it sees a finite airport capacity of 18m passengers per year using the existing runway.  This is about twice the present throughput estimated at 9.6m for 2012.  A consultation process will run until 5 March and will include a series of public exhibitions around the region.

The project seeks to optimise the capacity of the existing airport and LLAL will consider what modifications and improvements will be required.  This will include consideration of areas including the aircraft taxiways, aprons, piers and parking stands, the road network, airport car parking and the passenger terminal.

A previous scheme for a new runway has been dropped but the airport’s location, close by the M1 and current West Coast rail line still makes it a possible contender as the future lead London gateway.  However plans for a motorway style link and rail connection to the A1 and East Coast train system have also been seemingly discarded.

In 1998 Luton Borough Council entered into a 30-year management agreement with the Spanish company Abteris.  There is a one-off opportunity for termination by April 2014. www.futureluton.co.uk

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