News from August 2009

Brighter Skies Forecast from London Luton Airport

Published: 27 August 2009

London Luton Airport is expecting close to 145,000 passengers to travel through the Airport over the August Bank Holiday period; one of the busiest weekends of the year.

Sun destinations remain hugely popular as families get away from the poor UK weather to have a well earned summer holiday. Aside from the ever popular south of France, Spanish mainland, and Balearic and Canary Islands, growth destinations this year include Bulgaria, Egypt, Romania, and Turkey all outside of the euro zone, with holidaymakers taking advantage of the strong sterling exchange rate.

City breaks continue to be popular including such destinations as Dublin, Barcelona, Milan, Paris, Prague, and Vienna with passengers taking advantage of the extensive route network and low fares on offer from London Luton.
 
To ensure passengers have a smooth journey through check-in and security search, London Luton Airport has a special advisory feature on its website home page for passengers who may be unsure about what they can take on board an aircraft.

Passengers will be advised of the restrictions on liquids in hand baggage and that strictly one piece of hand baggage per passenger is allowed.
 
Simon Harley, Airline Manager, London Luton Airport, said, "With a constantly expanding network of routes now making up over 100 destinations, we continue to serve the requirements of both the business and leisure traveller. With the UK weather remaining poor we are delighted to offer the UK public an opportunity to at last see the sun".

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For more information please contact:
London Luton Airport Press Office - 07714 728035
press.office@ltn.aero
 


Notes to Editors
 
London Luton Airport is one of the UK's largest airports now carrying over 10 million passengers, employing over 500 staff, the airport is a major economic driver for the region, as well as a major base for 'low cost' or 'no frills' air travel. 
 
easyJet, Wizz Air, Ryanair, Monarch, Thomson, SkyEurope, Aer Arann, EL AL, Blue Air Wind Jet, Flybe, and transavia.com operate from the airport, departing to over 95 destinations including services to Europe, Africa, and Asia, with onward connections to Mumbai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Beijing and Bangkok via Tel Aviv.
 
The airport is operated and developed by a consortium of which Abertis Infraestructuras, a leading European infrastructure provider, is a 90 per cent majority shareholder and Aena Internacional, the international business arm of Aena - the Spanish national airport and air traffic control organisation, is a 10 per cent shareholder. 

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