So you widen Eaton Green Road then what do you do?

Vauxhall Way is the bottle neck before getting onto Airport Way. Dualing of VW not as easy as Eaton Green Rd.

So the Century Park story continues.
Wasn't the land originally owned by the Chang family ( Singapore or Hong Kong business ) and then became a prologis site after family issues created the sale!
If I remember correctly the cost of building a dual width tunnel in 2000 was some 15-18 Million.
If so how much is that by today's standards?
Century Park is some 480 acres in size and access is the only reason it hasn't been developed.
Even with the government fund for the J10 realignment I just can't see who would come up with the money to fund the tunnel needed to gain access to the site.

All depends on your budget renting/buying etc. Some great areas and others to avoid, same as any large towns. If you are getting employment at the airport the HR people will be able to point you in the right direction.

Just steer clear of Hightown and Marsh Farm. Luton has some decent areas, Ignore the media hatred. Around the airport, Stockwood park area towards the motorway.. Barton Hills.. Luton isn't bad its just a tad boring. Not a lot to do.

I've lived in Wigmore for over 20 years. By any standard its a good area, with decent amenities nearby (supermarket, doctors etc) and very quick access to the M1. As I work shifts at the airport, living here has made the commute painless. If you have kids (or are planning them), schools may be an issue and you'll need to do your homework here. My two went to faith schools in town so we didn't use the local catchment schools.

Stopsley, Bushmead & Barton Hills are the other areas I would consider!

I'd echo the comments on ignoring anything you've seen or heard in the media!.....Yes, there are rough parts but looking at just two towns nearby, so does Stevenage and Hemel!

You actually want to live in Luton - WOW!

You actually want to live in Luton - WOW!

Here we go....didn't take long Buster! (well I suppose the nights are closing in at the old Zoo!) :}:}

within a couple of miles of the airport, you can have a £1.2mil converted water tower, or a £90k studio flat.

As this is going seriously off-thread....

I'll send a private message and I'll help out where I can.....although any of the Stopsley based estate agents will be able to give good advice.

Unless he wants to live in a hanger no more talk about houses please.:=:zzz:

Not wanting to make this a house buying thread, but contact Haart or Connells Estate agents. Both well established in the area with local offices.
For your budget you should get 4 bedroom detached double garage etc.
If you are willing to commute in beds from say cardington, a new build will cost you much less. - Comment on this Ends, promise.

I travelled back through Luton yesterday afternoon. Since the last time I used Luton new automatic passport readers have been introduced for those people with the latest chipped passport. Five readers have been introduced but it took seven people to keep them ticking over. The first person directed people into the right queue. A second person got the passengers to hold their passports the right way around. Two more people were at the booths to make sure people did they were meant to do while a further three people were crowded into a monitoring booth. The short queue for the automatic readers hardly moved while the longer queue for the human inspectors moved at a fast walk. Quite a few people were rejected by the machine so then had to join the front of the queue for the human inspectors including my daughter.

I have got to say the baggage reclaim area looks like it needs a major update. It just looked really tired while the meeters and greeters area was like a breath of fresh air.

Two seperate issues I think. I assume you are talking about a recent report. The airport experiance is a combination of lots of factors and companies, Some outside the airport control. Lets hope the new management bring in some fresh ideas and make better use of the space.
Productivity - what do you mean? Are there lots of people standing around looking at a spade and a big hole in the ground?:*

New routes
 

Other than those routes already announced by Wizz, Tarom, Easyjet etc, what do you envisage in terms of new airlines/routes and new routes by existing airlines at Luton or is the airport now so constrained at peak times that any growth will be minimal?

The only contraints are early morning arrivals and overnight parking, other than that, plenty of capacity. The new operator will want to maximise it's investment so will go out for more business which LGW is no longer interested in. If the UK ecemony picks up at a greater pace next year it should mean Luton and Stansted can grow together.
Thinking about the future capacity, when do the airspace changes in the North London TMA come into force?

Can's see a problem with overnight parking now that the south stands are empty most of the time.

Work has finally started on the footings for Signature's new hangar.

Wizz SOF-LTN 11x weekly (iso 7x) from May 2014.

Maybe new airlines or routes
 

Flybe
Air France
Turkish airlines
Klm or Klm city hopper
Freebird airlines
Aeroflot
Air one
Air Europa

New routes & airlines
 

I can see the likes of Flybe, Turkish etc but in what way do you see Air France serving Luton, which routes?

Is Aeroflot not constrained by the bilateral agreements restricting carriers on routes to/from Russia or does that only apply to LGW/LHR?