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Luton Airport has busiest ever year

London Luton Airport (LLA) experienced its busiest ever year in 2018, as 16.6 million passengers used the airport, a 5% increase compared with the previous year.

For the month of December, the airport welcomed over 1.26 million passengers, a 19.7% increase on December 2017.

In its record year, LLA marked the official opening of its £160 million redevelopment project, which will increase capacity by 50% to 18 million by 2020. The newly-upgraded terminal was opened in December by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling, and features 48 new shops and restaurants, including Chanel and Oliver Bonas’ first-ever airport outlet. The transformation also added 3,000 more seats, a new boarding pier and upgraded transport links.

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Passengers in 2019 will further benefit from the extension of the Oyster and contactless card system on train services between London and the airport. Work is also continuing on the Direct Air Rail Transit (DART), which will replace the current shuttle bus between Luton Airport Parkway station and the terminal. Once complete, the DART will run 24 hours a day, helping to reduce the journey time to central London to under 30 minutes.*

Alberto Martin, CEO of LLA, said: “2018 was a landmark year for LLA as we welcomed more passengers than ever before, celebrated our 80th anniversary, and opened our newly-upgraded terminal.

“As we enter the New Year, we will work hard to ensure that the benefits of our transformation are felt by our passengers, staff and the local community in the years ahead.”

Top three destinations in 2018
    Amsterdam
    Bucharest
    Budapest

Total number of flights 136,270 (0.6%+)

Air miles flown: (scheduled flights): 92,457,608 miles. Equivalent of flying to the moon and back 195 times

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Busiest Day: 10/08/2018 (60,022 passengers)

Busiest Departure Day: 21/12/2018 (30,288 departing passengers)

Busiest Arrival Day: 31/08/2018 (30,534 arriving passengers)

 

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