Originally Posted by
LTNman
Some say that the airport has actually got to cut flights to stay within 18 million rather than just say no to new airlines.
Development Control Committee 21 November 2013 / Controls over Operations / Environment:
Section 12. At no time shall the passenger throughput exceed 18 million passengers per annum unless express consent is obtained from the local planning authority.
I take it that Luton Borough Council can, should they wish to do so, authorise the airport to exceed passenger levels at a marginal level to accomodate all the scheduled operations until midnight of 31st December 2019.
From January 1st 2019 until end of September 2019 the accumulated passenger levels (publicly reported) have greatly exceeded last years same period which means any growth for October and November and December will mean the 18 million mark will be reached around mid December which begs the question will the airport cancel all flights after that date? I certainly don’t think so.