Interesting news article on BBC Look East about the Luton expansion...
Explains the plans in a little more detail and brief interview with Glyn Jones, to average man on the street...
BBC News - Luton Airport: Noise fears over expansion plans
I am all for people having views for and against the expansion, but one thing in the article that really p*ssed me off, is the NIMBY's and how they exaggerate and lie about the situation. To the average person on the street they will probably believe them.
The NIMBY in the interview goes on about how aircraft have got louder and larger in recent years, and flying further making of a disturbance!
If anything that is a fragrant lie if anything aircraft have got smaller, quieter and more modern! We don't see Monarch's A300's, Thomson's 767s, MyTravels DC-10's or Caledonians Tristars flying into the airport. Thomson are now flying more routes with 737's.
Nearly all routes are operated by 737, 757 (which are becoming rarer), A319, A320 and A321. With EL-AL sending in the occassional 767 and you probably can count on a single hand the amount of 777's they fly into the airport each year.
Cargo flights which are few and far between, could possibly be the only culprit with DHL and MNG sending in A300's and the very occasional MD-11 from VarigLog, with equestrian flights.
(Edit, just found out VarigLog have retired their MD-11's!)