July CAA stats show ATMs down 0.3% and pax up 0.4% (monthly) and -1.3/+0.5% respectively for the rolling year.
Stansted still in decline, Edinburgh closing quickly.
For Luton, the future looks a bit brighter with various new Wizz routes this winter, Tarom, and the return of the fifth Monarch airframe next summer. The main problem is capacity - the new owners need to get their skates on and push forward with their development plans.
As AENA were a party to the original plans, presumably they will continue with the published proposals rather than going back to the drawing board.