Given LTN's ongoing problems with Luton Borough Council regarding future expansion and the Concession, I'm sure LTN will be overtaken by both BHX & EDI in terms of pax, and rightly so. LBC will soon be seeing the results of its failure to capitalise on its one major asset , the Airport.
This has been said many times before in this Forum and it's unfortunately, very true.
The single 'saving grace' for Luton is that notwithstanding LBC's total ineptitude, it remains one of the five major London airports and with the three BAA locations still all slot restricted for much of the day, there remains available runway capacity at Luton for anyone that wishes to serve the London market and whose operation is compatible with Luton's runway and facilities.
But if the present economic downturn becomes a full-blown recession, then everyone - including Birmingham and Edinburgh - will see a contraction and so will suffer falling business; the sad fact is that unfortunately, Luton will harder hit than the likes of Stansted and Gatwick.
It's just a
shame that as a result, despite ACDL's best efforts in the face of nothing short of LBC's crass short-sightedness, Luton might not quite achieve that magic 10M ppa figure
