Luton Airport is the UK’s 5th largest airport by passenger numbers and one of the fastest growing, with the number of passengers using the airport.

London Luton Airport enjoyed its busiest ever summer as it welcomed 5.3 million passengers between 1st June and 31st August, an increase of 7.3% on the previous year.

It comes as the airport announces a partnership with the new operator of the East Midlands Railway, Abellio, to bring an express train service to the airport. The service, which will launch in December 2020 and operate from London St Pancras once every half an hour, will cut journey times to the airport from central London.

Tel-Aviv was amongst the top 10 destinations, with 145,000 passengers heading to Israel during the summer. 

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Departing Passenger Survey, published this summer, showed that 83% of passengers using LLA rated their experience as “Excellent” or “Good”.

Major transport improvements to and from the airport

• A new multi-storey car park with 1,700 spaces
• Oyster card services through to the terminal building
• Addition of overnight trains from London St Pancras
• Mass Passenger Transit link from Luton Airport Parkway Station by 2021
• Express train services to the terminal