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Old 3rd Jun 2005, 06:48
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371 movements on the busiest day, actually...

Luton again, ranks # 7 in terms of ATMs, after LHR,LGW,MAN,STN.BHX and EDI.

Irrespective of whether certain ppruners think Luton's a "shambles" it's on course to achieve 9m annual passengers this year and 10m in 2006.

Considering the handicaps that the airport operating company had and still has (Luton Borough Council for one...) it's a pretty impressive turnaround.

No doubt things would have been different had it been owned by a government organisation that used taxpayers' money for development and was then helpfully 'privatised' (whilst HMG retained a golden share) in a way that permits anti-competitive cross-subsidisation...

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