Airport News
Luton records 10m passengers in a year
Wed, 27 Feb, 2008
London Luton Airport is celebrating a record of ten million passengers in one year.
The first of such milestones in the airport's 70-year history, the ten millionth passenger was recorded in February, having multiplied customer traffic by 500 per cent in the last decade.
Over the last two years, new airlines and over 40 new routes have led to the increase and 500 employees mean the airport is one of the largest economic forces in the area.
London Luton Airport attributes its recent success to the development of low-cost airlines such as easyJet, Flybe, Ryainair, Wizz Air, Monarch and ThomsonFly serving destinations in Europe, Africa and North America.
Airport parking and good communications with London are also cited as factors in making London Luton one of the world's most important air traffic hubs, adding that it also boasts parking for 36 commercial aircrafts and a 2160 metre-long runway.
A Thomson flight from Manchester Airport to Marrakech recently used Luton London Airport as a stop-off when technical problems with a lightbulb occurred, reported in the Mirror.