Coordinates: 51°52′29″N 000°22′06″W / 51.87472, -0.36833

London Luton Airport (IATA: LTN, ICAO: EGGW) (previously called Luton International Airport)^[3] is an international airport located on the edge of the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of London. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many The ICAO (ˌaɪˌkeɪˈoʊ Airport code or location indicator is a four-letter Alphanumeric Code designating each airport around TBI plc is an Airport owner and operator incorporated in the United Kingdom in 1972. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Luton ( is a large town in the east of England, 32 miles (51 kilometres north of London. The term above mean sea level ( AMSL) refers to the Elevation (on the ground or Altitude (in the Air) of any object relative to the A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Asphalt ( is a sticky black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude Petroleums and in some natural deposits sometimes termed asphaltum The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In Aviation, an Aeronautical Information Publication (or AIP) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization as a publication issued by or An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many The ICAO (ˌaɪˌkeɪˈoʊ Airport code or location indicator is a four-letter Alphanumeric Code designating each airport around An international airport is an Airport typically equipped with Customs and Immigration facilities to handle international flights to and from other A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Luton ( is a large town in the east of England, 32 miles (51 kilometres north of London. Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a County in England that forms part of the East of England region. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The airport is 2 miles (3 km) from junction 10a of the M1 motorway. The M1 is a major south – north Motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where It is the fourth largest airport serving the London area after Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted and is one of London's five international airports along with London City Airport. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Gatwick Airport is London 's second largest Airport and the second busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow. London Stansted Airport is a passenger Airport located in the Uttlesford District of the English County of Essex about 38 miles (61 An airport is a location where Aircraft such as airplanes, Helicopters and blimps take off and land London City Airport is a single-runway Airport, intended for use by STOL (Short Take Off and Landing Airliners and principally serving the financial

In 2007, total passengers at London Luton increased by 5. 3% to 9,927,321 ^[4] making it the fifth busiest airport in the UK. The tables below contain United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority data from 2006 and 2002 on the busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic including The airport serves as a hub for easyJet, Monarch Airlines, Thomsonfly, Wizz Air, Silverjet and Ryanair. EasyJet Airline Company Limited, styled as easyJet, is a low cost airline based at London Luton Airport. Monarch Airlines is a British charter and scheduled Airline based in Luton, England. Thomsonfly is a British airline owned by the TUI Group. Thomsonfly is the largest Charter airline in the world and also operates scheduled services Wizz Air is a Hungarian low-cost airline with headquarters in Vecsés, Hungary Silverjet was a British all- Business class airline based at London Luton Airport that prior to the suspension of operations on 30 May Ryanair (,) is an Irish Airline with headquarters in Dublin and its biggest operational base at London Stansted Airport in the UK ^[5] Most of the routes served are within Europe.

History

Early history

An airport was opened on the site on the 16 July 1938 by the Secretary of State for Air, Kingsley Wood. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position in charge of the Air Ministry. Sir Howard Kingsley Wood ( 19 August 1881 &ndash 21 September 1943) was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom ^[3] During the Second World War it was a base for Royal Air Force fighters. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The topography of the Luton area, situated where the valley of the River Lea cuts its way through the north-east end of the Chiltern Hills, has influenced the location of the airport. The River Lee or River Lea in England originates in Leagrave Park, Leagrave, Luton in the Chiltern Hills and flows generally southeast The Chiltern Hills are a Chalk Escarpment in Southeast England. The airport occupies a hill-top location, with a drop-off about 40 metres at the western end of the runway^[6][7][1].

Following the war the land was returned to the local council who continued activity at the airport as a commercial operation, providing a base for charter airlines such as Autair (which went on to become Court Line), Euravia (now TUI, following previous growth as Britannia Airways) and Monarch Airlines. Britannia Airways was the largest Charter airline in the United Kingdom, rebranded as Thomsonfly in 2005 Monarch Airlines is a British charter and scheduled Airline based in Luton, England. In 1949 English Electric set up a missile development site on the northern slope of the airport which when closed in the 60's became the base for Carass Airways Catering. In 1972, Luton Airport was the most profitable airport in the country. It suffered a severe setback in August 1974 when a major package holiday operator, Clarksons, scheduling flights via its airline Court Line (which also operated local bus services), went bankrupt. A package holiday or package tour consists of Transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a Tour operator. Court Line was a prominent British Holiday Charter Airline during the early 1970s based at Luton Airport in Bedfordshire ^[3]

View across London Luton Airport, taken from the aircraft spotters viewpoint on the south side. Aircraft spotting or Plane spotting is the observation and logging registration numbers of Aircraft: Gliders powered aircraft large balloons A Thomsonfly Boeing 737-300 is lifting off, past the control tower. Thomsonfly is a British airline owned by the TUI Group. Thomsonfly is the largest Charter airline in the world and also operates scheduled services WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A control tower, or more specifically an air traffic control tower is the name of the airport building from which the Air traffic control unit controls the movement of aircraft

1980s and 1990s

The next fifteen years saw a process of rebuilding, including the opening of a new international terminal in 1985. In 1990, the airport was renamed London Luton Airport to re-emphasize the airport's connection to the UK capital. In 1991, another setback occurred when Ryanair, who had flown from the airport to Ireland for a number of years, transferred its base of operations to Stansted. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world London Stansted Airport is a passenger Airport located in the Uttlesford District of the English County of Essex about 38 miles (61 Later in the 90s, MyTravel Group began charter flights from the airport, using the "Airtours" brand and new 'low cost' scheduled flights from Debonair and easyJet, the latter making Luton its hub. This article contains historical information about My Travel until its merger with Thomas Cook AG - for the new company see - Thomas Cook Group MyTravel Group PLC Debonair was a British airline operating mainly from London Luton Airport offering flights to and from Spain, France, Germany and EasyJet Airline Company Limited, styled as easyJet, is a low cost airline based at London Luton Airport. An airline hub is an Airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination ^[3]

In August 1997, to fund a £80 million extension of the airport, the council issued a 30 year management contract to a public private partnership consortium, London Luton Airport Operations Limited , which was headed by Barclays Bank. Barclays PLC is a major global financial services provider operating in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia Barclays later sold to TBI plc. TBI plc is an Airport owner and operator incorporated in the United Kingdom in 1972. ^[3]

The main feature of the development phase in 1998 was a £40 million terminal made from aluminium and glass, based on an original design by Foster and Partners which The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh officially opened in November 1999. Foster + Partners is a leading Architectural firm in the United Kingdom. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The new terminal houses 60 check-in desks, baggage and flight information systems and a wide range of shops, restaurants and bars. ^[3]

Recent history

The terminal building

In September 2004, development work started on a major project to transfer departures from the International Terminal Building built in 1985, to the previously unused first floor of the 1999 Terminal Building, a 9,000 sq ft (800 m²) area featuring a spectacular vaulted ceiling, which was completed with the new terminal, but intended to lie unused until required. The new departure hall opened on schedule on 1 July 2005 and features a new boarding pier extending 200 metres out between the airport's north & east Aprons and relocated security, customs and immigration facilities. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In January 2005, London Luton Airport Operations Limited was acquired by Airport Concessions Development Limited, a company owned by Abertis Infraestructuras (90%) and Aena Internacional (10%), both Spanish companies. Abertis Infraestructuras SA, ( is a Spanish Corporation. The company runs 6713 kilometres of motorways in Europe and operates more than a dozen airports in cities Aena is the Spanish state owned company that owns and manages all Spanish airports Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Abertis is a European infrastructure provider, whilst Aena Internacional is the international business arm of the Spanish national airport and air traffic control organisation. Aena is the Spanish state owned company that owns and manages all Spanish airports ^[3]

Development plans and the future

In 2004 the airport management announced^[8] that they supported the government plans to expand the facilities to include a full-length runway and a new terminal. ^[9]. However, local campaign groups, including Luton and District Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (LADACAN)^[10] and Stop Luton Airport Plan (SLAP)^[11] opposed the new expansion plans, for reasons including noise pollution and traffic concerns; LADACAN also claimed that various sites, including Someries Castle, a Scheduled Monument, would be threatened by the expansion. Someries Castle (sometimes spelled Summeries castle) is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, in the Parish of Hyde near the town of Luton, in the county In the United Kingdom, a Scheduled Monument is a 'nationally important' Archaeological site or historic building given protection against unauthorised change On 6 July 2007 it was announced that the owners of London Luton Airport decided to scrap plans to build a second runway and new terminal due to financial reasons. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[12]

The airport today

The airport possesses a single runway, running roughly east to west, with a length of 7087 feet (2160 metres) at an elevation of 525 feet (160 m). A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The runway is equipped with an Instrument Landing System rated to Category IIIB, allowing the airport to continue operating in conditions of poor visibility. The Instrument Landing System (ILS is a ground-based Instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an Aircraft approaching a Runway ^[13][14] All the airport facilities lie to the north of the runway. The terminal and aprons have a somewhat unusual layout, with ground-side access to the terminal being via a road tunnel to a bus station, drop off area, taxi rank and short term car park on the runway side of the terminal building. Most of the aircraft stands are located on the northern side of the terminal building, away from the runway and connected to it by a 'U' shaped set of taxiways and aprons that together encircle the terminal. A taxiway is a path on an Airport connecting Runways with ramps Hangars terminals and other facilities The airport ramp or apron is part of an Airport. It is usually the area where Aircraft are parked unloaded or loaded refueled or boarded ^[6][7]

The northern side of the U shaped apron is ringed by a continuous line of hangars and other buildings, emphasing the fact that Luton is a major maintenance base for several airlines including Thomsonfly, Monarch Airlines and easyJet. A hangar is an enclosed structure to hold Aircraft in protective storage Thomsonfly is a British airline owned by the TUI Group. Thomsonfly is the largest Charter airline in the world and also operates scheduled services Monarch Airlines is a British charter and scheduled Airline based in Luton, England. EasyJet Airline Company Limited, styled as easyJet, is a low cost airline based at London Luton Airport. By contrast to the heavily built up apron area, the airport's southern boundary is entirely rural with only a few isolated farm buildings and houses close to the airport boundary. ^[6][7]

The airport remains in municipal ownership, owned by Luton Borough Council but managed by the private sector London Luton Airport Operations Limited (LLOAL). Luton, England, is a Unitary authority, and remains part of the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire. In Economics, the private sector is that part of the economy which is both run for private Profit and is not controlled by the State. London Luton Airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P835) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. An indicator of the importance of the airport to the economy of Luton is that Luton is reported to have the highest number of taxicabs per head of population in the United Kingdom. An economy is the realized social system of production exchange distribution and consumption of goods and services of a country or other area In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located ^[15] The airport has become even more critical to the future of Luton given the recent closure of the Vauxhall Motors factory. Vauxhall Motors is a British automobile company It is a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation (GM and is part of GM Europe.

Airport statistics

Silverjet terminal

Shortly after its launch, Silverjet announced plans to open a private terminal facility at its base in London Luton Airport. Silverjet was a British all- Business class airline based at London Luton Airport that prior to the suspension of operations on 30 May The terminal is designed to handle around 100 passengers by a meet & greet service: passengers will arrive and be met by a concierge who will take their baggage and they can proceed through to security and into the lounge that features internet access, shops and seating. A member of staff will come to the customer and check their ticket and passport before they can board. The minimum time for this to be completed is 30 minutes.

The Silverjet facility is in the old Main Terminal and utilises the space of most of the old Departure Lounge Area. It has been completely refurbished to the standards of Silverjet.

Luton Airport in the media

Luton Airport is widely known as a result of the Airline and Luton Airport television series. Airline is a British Television Reality show that showcases the daily happenings of passengers ground workers and on-board staff of Britannia Luton Airport is a British reality TV series which follows staff at London Luton Airport, the fourth airport of the London area and a hub for many low-cost carriers Airline follows the staff of easyJet at Luton and the airline's other hubs across the country whilst the 2005 series, named after the airport followed the life of employees at the airport in a similar format to the show Airport which follows staff at London Heathrow Airport. EasyJet Airline Company Limited, styled as easyJet, is a low cost airline based at London Luton Airport. Airport is a British documentary television series based at London Heathrow Airport, the world's busiest international airport broadcast by the BBC The airport was also mentioned in a famous Campari advert featuring Lorraine Chase, with the punch line "Were you truly wafted here from paradise?". Campari is an alcoholic (alcohol 205% 41 proof Aperitif obtained from the infusion of sixty ingredients combined and macerated in a blend of distilled water Lorraine Chase (born July 16, 1951) is an English Actress and model. " Na Lut'n Airport". This advert was the inspiration for a 1979 UK hit by Cats U.K. entitled "Luton Airport". Cats UK were a British four-piece all-girl band who had a hit with the single "Luton Airport" in October 1979 The airport was also mentioned in the Piranha Brothers sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, as being the place where one of the brothers, Dinsdale, thinks that a giant hedgehog named Spiny Norman sleeps. Monty Python’s Flying Circus (also known as Flying Circus or during the final series just Monty Python) is a BBC Sketch comedy A hedgehog is any of the small spiny Mammals of the Subfamily Erinaceinae and the order Erinaceomorpha.

Ground transport

First Capital Connect train at Luton Airport Parkway

Road

The airport lies a few miles away from the M1 motorway, which runs southwards to London, northwards to Leeds and connects to the M25 motorway. First Capital Connect (FCC is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006 Services The typical off-peak service from this station is as follows 4 tph to Brighton via London and Gatwick Airport ( First London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England To see information about the M25 motorway under construction in Ireland, see N25 road. There is a short stay car park adjacent to the terminal, together with medium and long term on airport car parks to the west and east of the terminal respectively and linked to the terminal by shuttle buses. Pre-booked off airport parking is also available from several independent operators.

Rail

Luton Airport Parkway railway station was built in 1999 to serve the airport. Services The typical off-peak service from this station is as follows 4 tph to Brighton via London and Gatwick Airport ( First It is positioned on the Midland Main Line. The Midland Main Line is a major railway line in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. First Capital Connect (FCC) is the principal operator, with services to Bedford, St Albans, London, Wimbledon, Sutton, Gatwick Airport and Brighton. First Capital Connect (FCC is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006 Bedford is the County town of Bedfordshire, England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the Bedford borough St Albans is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London. Wimbledon is a Suburb of London, part of the London Borough of Merton and located south west of Charing Cross. Sutton is the principal town in the London Borough of Sutton. Gatwick Airport is London 's second largest Airport and the second busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow. Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. East Midlands Trains semi-fast services call hourly going south to London St Pancras and north to Leicester, Nottingham and Leeds. East Midlands Trains ( EMT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom. St Pancras railway station is a major railway station situated in the St Pancras area of Central London between the British Library and King's Cross Leicester (ˈlɛstə is the largest city and Unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and is the traditional Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England

A shuttle bus service connects the station to the airport, a distance of just over a mile. In order to provide additional capacity, LLAOL have contracted the shuttle service to FCC (since 20 January 2008), whose parent company FirstGroup have invested £1. FirstGroup plc ( is a Scottish Transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Canada, USA 3 million in a four-strong fleet of new articulated buses labelled 'StreetCars'. The Wright StreetCar is an Articulated bus developed by Wrightbus and Volvo Buses for FirstGroup. The new buses are 18 metres long and can accommodate up to 97 passengers plus baggage, which equates to double the capacity of the previous fleet of buses. ^[19]

Another change that has taken place (as part of the aforementioned contract) is the implementation of fares for the use of the shuttle service. Passengers with valid rail tickets are now charged £1 while other passengers are charged £1. 50. ^[19] There are also plans to replace the shuttle buses with a segregated tracked transit system. For the private automobile see People carrier A people mover or automated people mover (APM is a fully automated grade-separated ^[20]

Buses

Local buses connect Luton Airport with Luton town centre and other local places. Direct bus services to London are operated by both Green Line Coaches and easyBus (with service to London Victoria). Green Line Coaches is a long-distance commuter coach-operating company part of the Arriva group operating services from London. easyBus is an intercity express coach operator in the United Kingdom. Victoria Coach Station is the largest and most significant coach station in London, and is operated by Victoria Coach Station Ltd National Express coaches link the airport to other towns in the midlands and north of England. National Express Group plc ( is a UK -based Transport group with headquarters in London that operates Bus, coach, rail ^[21]

Also First Capital Connect are currently utilising four ftr buses, providing a frequent link between the airport and Luton Airport Parkway railway station. FIRST, or F or I nspiration and R ecognition of S cience and T echnology is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen First Capital Connect (FCC is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006 FTR is an example of Bus rapid transit, currently being proposed or being used in England in York and Leeds in West Yorkshire This service runs every 10 minutes during the day and is branded as Train2PLane.

Getting there from London

Typically the fastest way to get there is via Luton Airport Parkway from London (30 minutes from St Pancras). (Train2Plane bus between Parkway & Airport) Going via National Express takes approximately 1hr 10 minutes.

Airlines and destinations

Luton is now also a major hub for several low-cost carriers, with scheduled services to many European destinations. Charter flights account for the remaining eight percent of the airport's passenger traffic. ^[3]

The airport is also a centre for business jets, with an executive aviation base run by Harrods Aviation, part of the same group as London's Harrods department store. Business jet, private jet or colloquially bizjet is a term describing a Jet aircraft, usually of smaller size designed for transporting groups of Harrods Aviation Limited (formerly known as Metro Business Aviation Ltd) is a service provider for business aviation in the United Kingdom. Harrods is a Department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. The airport is served by cargo airlines. . ^[22]

Scheduled airlines

Scheduled airlines operating out of Luton include:^[23]

• Aer Arann (Galway, Waterford)
• easyJet (Aberdeen, Alicante, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast-International, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bordeaux, Budapest, Cagliari, Dortmund, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow-International, Grenoble [seasonal], Hamburg, Ibiza [seasonal], Inverness, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Jersey, Kraków, Lisbon, Madrid, Málaga, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Turin [seasonal], Vienna, Warsaw, Zurich)
• Flybe (Isle of Man)
• Monarch Airlines (Alicante, Almería, Arrecife, Faro, Gibraltar, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Mahon, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife-South)
• Ryanair (Beziers [begins 27 October], Brest, Derry [begins 27 October], Dublin, Girona, Kaunas [begins 28 October], Kerry, Knock, Malta, Marrakech, Milan-Bergamo, Murcia, Nîmes, Reus, Rome-Ciampino, Rzeszow [begins 29 October], Shannon, Szczecin [begins 28 October], Trapani [begins 28 October])
• SkyEurope (Bratislava, Kosice, Poprad/Tatry, Prague)
• Thomsonfly (Antalya, Arrecife, Bodrum, Bourgas, Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gerona, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Mahon, Málaga, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Pula, Reus, Rhodes, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tel Aviv, Tenerife-South, Thessaloniki, Zakynthos)
• Wizz Air (Bucharest-Băneasa, Bourgas [seasonal], Budapest, Cluj-Napoca, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kiev-Boryspil [begins 15 September], Poznan, Sofia, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Zagreb)
• XL Airways (Larnaca, Paphos)

Charter operators

Around 8% of flights out of Luton are operated by charter airlines. Aer Arann is a Regional airline based in Dublin, Ireland. They operate scheduled service on 40 different routes between Ireland, France EasyJet Airline Company Limited, styled as easyJet, is a low cost airline based at London Luton Airport. Flybe Limited is a British Airline based at Exeter International Airport, England. Monarch Airlines is a British charter and scheduled Airline based in Luton, England. Ryanair (,) is an Irish Airline with headquarters in Dublin and its biggest operational base at London Stansted Airport in the UK SkyEurope Airlines is a Low-cost airline headquartered in Bratislava, with its main base at M Thomsonfly is a British airline owned by the TUI Group. Thomsonfly is the largest Charter airline in the world and also operates scheduled services Wizz Air is a Hungarian low-cost airline with headquarters in Vecsés, Hungary XL Airways was a British low-cost charter and scheduled Airline, which ceased operations when it went into administration on 12 September 2008 Charter airlines who fly to Luton include:^[3]

• Monarch Airlines (Corfu, Larnaca, Zakynthos)
• Onur Air (Bodrum, Dalaman)
• Thomas Cook Airlines (Palma de Mallorca)
• Thomsonfly (Alicante, Arrecife, Bodrum, Bourgas, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Funchal, Gerona, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Mahon, Málaga, Monastir, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Reus, Rhodes, Thessaloniki, Salzburg, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife-South, Zakynthos)
• XL Airways (Sharm el-Sheikh)

Cargo operators

Cargo operators include:^[24]

• DHL Air
• MNG Airlines
• Varig Logística

References

External links

• Official website of London Luton Airport
• London Luton Airport Consultative Committee