One million pax in July
The airport has announced today that it handled over 1 million passengers in July, an increase of 9% on July last year. Passenger numbers in the first 6 months are up 11.3% on 2010, but that includes the effect of the ash cloud last year. It makes Luton the fastest-growing of the London area airports.
For the record, actual number of pax handled was 948,318 scheduled and 72,172 charter, total 1,020,490.
Most popular destinations in the month were Palma, Budapest then Malaga.