Britain approved the expansion of London’s Luton Airport yesterday, giving the green light to the building of a new terminal which will allow passenger numbers at the capital’s fourth busiest hub to jump by almost 80 per cent.
Britain’s Labour government, elected last July, has put speeding up the planning process to deliver new energy and transport projects at the heart of its growth agenda, and has already backed expansion at London’s bigger Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
Luton, located north of London, plans to add a terminal building, expand existing buildings and build new taxi-ways, as it looks to grow annual passenger numbers to 32 million by 2043, from about 18m now.
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander considers that there is a ‘compelling case’ for approving the project, a planning decision document published by the government said.
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