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It wasn’t approved as it never needed planning permission. LLAOL claimed it was part of the planning permission for 18m although no plans ever showed an apron there.
Council policies are directly responsible for the airport losing its number one status for business jet movements at Luton. They were and are only interested in putting passengers through their terminal so LLAOL have implemented those policies by sacrificing business jets by freeing up apron space and by not reserving any slots for business jets during busy periods. Now that Luton is handling only a fraction of passengers through its terminal the damage has already been done.
FBO’s, business jet companies and business jet maintenance were big employers at Luton but as Gulfstream found out when the Council refused requests for land for a new hangar and offices the Council was not interested in promoting business jets, in fact they saw businesses jets as holding the airport back.
Also I can see the day when 3 FBO’s that became 2 becomes 1.
Last edited by LTNman; 11th Dec 2020 at 06:19.