...it will be interesting to see if the new spanish operators come up with something really new and innovative for the future.
You won't be disappointed...
One of the main consultancy companies involved in this project is the firm that designed Hong Kong's Chep Lak Kok Airport.
The 'interim' plan if approved, will also be very interesting ~ and exceedingly challenging from an air traffic control and airspace perspective (not to mention local road infrastructure) given the expected timeframe and the slow speed at which improvement in such areas seems to be implemented.
What will really concentrate some highly-placed minds is the level of investment proposed for the entire project ~ interim and final ~ which could (subject to the usual permissions from the Town Hall) see some concrete being poured as early as the end of next year.
Clearly, ACDL isn't going to sink this amount of cash into the Luton development project and still accept playing 'second fiddle' to the likes of BAA at Stansted or having Luton continue to be treated as a peripheral 'regional' status airport.
A few sacred cows could be lined up for slaughter over the next five years...
