Don't forget TNT who were also poached by the might of BAA. The cargo ramp was designed for a TNT 146 operation but they moved out before the job was finished and the stands were never much good for larger aircraft. Metro is eyeing up the cargo area for their new ramp as I hear that the next major building job at Luton should be 3 new stands for a new cargo area.
I also hear that TBI want to buy some of Vauxhall’s car parks for long term parking as a new tunnel is to be built between the fire station and the existing tunnel so they will lose a chunk of their long-term car park. This new tunnel has nothing to do with airport operations but is tied into the £20 million government grant for a new access road to the Ibis. As well as improving access to the terminal the road will link to a privately funded road to be built from the Ibis roundabout under taxiway Alpha and coming out on the other side of Taxiway Delta. The road will serve a massive greenfield development by the side of the 26 threshold of industrial unit, hotels but no housing. The development will go right up to the county border.
As for passenger numbers they are actually on the way down as the airport has been hit badly by a drop in the charter market.