FUTURE LUTON MAKING BEST USE OF OUR RUNWAY CONSULTATION SUMMARY - LONDON
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London Future LuToN
Airport Ltd MAKING BEST USE OF OUR RUNWAY
A Luton Council company
Consultation Summary
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FOREWORD FROM THE CHAIR OF LONDON LUTON AIRPORT LTD
London Luton Airport (LTN) marks its This consultation is the first important We want our communities to thrive and
80th anniversary this year, and there is step in taking this vision forward, as to enjoy the benefits that the growth of
much to celebrate. It is the fifth largest it presents options for enabling future LTN will bring. Over the last five years,
airport in the UK, and has also been the levels of growth and expansion in the we have provided more than £50m
UK’s fastest growing major airport over period up to 2050. for local charities, community and
the last five years, handling just under voluntary organisations in Luton and
We are consulting on these plans at
16 million passengers in 2017. Over half beyond in communities impacted by
this early stage to seek your views and
of the flights are to western Europe and airport operations.
feedback to help us shape and inform
the Mediterranean, with over a third to
the proposals for the expansion of We are committed to working with
central and eastern Europe.
LTN. We plan to consult again next our partners, airlines, our local
We, London Luton Airport Limited year on more detailed proposals, communities, statutory bodies and
(LLAL), owner of LTN, are proud of its providing a further chance to give the Government when developing
success story. We want to take this your feedback before we prepare and strategies and measures to maximise
success further and make the best use submit an application to consent our the benefits, while mitigating potential
of our existing runway, particularly as expansion plans. adverse environmental impacts that
Cllr Andy Malcolm LTN will shortly be full to its current expansion may bring, including, but
LTN is a key driver of the local and
Chair of LLAL permitted capacity of 18 million not limited to: accessibility, air quality,
sub-regional economies, supporting
passengers per annum (mppa). noise, climate change, landscape
more than 30,000 jobs and
and ecology, and archaeology
Our ‘Vision for Sustainable Growth contributing £1.5bn per year to
and heritage.
2020-2050’, published in December the UK economy, including more
2017, set out how we believe the than £500m into the three counties of A demonstration of that commitment
airport may be able to handle up to Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and is our recent £225m investment in
36-38 mppa, and recognised that in Hertfordshire. It is estimated that for the Luton DART fast transit system
making the best use of our runway every additional million passengers between Luton Airport Parkway
we should also seek to provide the passing through LTN, 800 new jobs station and the airport terminal –
maximum benefit to the local and could be created and £76m added to operational in 2021.
sub-regional economies; deliver the regional economy.
We look forward to discussing our
good levels of service to our
We believe that LTN has the potential proposals with you, listening to your
customers; and effectively manage
to unlock many more opportunities views and working with you to shape
the environmental impacts in line with
for our local communities, and that it the future of LTN.
our commitment to responsible and
is our responsibility to deliver this. We
sustainable development.
cannot stand still and do nothing.
FOREWORD 4
INTRODUCTION This document provides a summary of our more detailed London Luton Airport (LTN) expansion non statutory consultation document, Future LuToN: making best use of our runway, which sets out the options for London Luton Airport Ltd's expansion project. We are consulting on options to expand LTN by making best use of the existing runway. The permitted capacity of LTN is currently 18 million passengers per annum (mppa), and our estimate is that the existing runway has a potential capacity of up to 36-38 mppa. Our plan is to progressively expand LTN to achieve this growth, which would require new terminal capacity and other landside and airside infrastructure. We think that expanding LTN will bring significant benefits that will be shared locally, regionally and nationally. The overriding objective of this consultation is to get your feedback so that we can take account of your views and, where appropriate, reflect them in developing a better scheme for both the airport and its local communities. We are committed to minimising and mitigating the impacts of expansion. We will also show our assessments of these impacts, and ask for your feedback on our mitigation plans. INTRODUCTION 6
ABOUT FUTURE LUTON: WHY WE NEED TO EXPAND
On 5 June 2018 the Government The DfT forecasts also show LTN Passenger numbers (mppa)
confirmed that it is supportive of reaching its permitted capacity of 18
UK airports making best use of their mppa by 2021. We have used these 38
existing runways, alongside the official forecasts of air passenger
development of a third runway at growth as the basis of our specific
Heathrow. This policy statement is set projections of how LTN might grow,
out in the Government’s publication taking into account the proposed
Further DCO
‘Beyond the horizon – The future of UK development of a third runway at capacity
aviation – Making best use of Heathrow and other airports making 30
existing runways’. best use of their runways.
Making best use of our existing There is an opportunity for LTN to play
runway is a core principle of our vision a substantially greater role in the UK
for LTN. We will actively manage aviation market, to do this, we need 25 Initial DCO capacity
the environmental impacts while to expand LTN’s landside and airside
t
maximising the economic contribution infrastructure to take advantage of as
ec
that the airport can make. the potential capacity of some 36-38 f
or
nd
mppa from its existing runway. As LTN 21 ma
LTN provides a home for low-fare De
grows to handling up to 36-38 mppa, Initial DCO capacity (minor increase)
airlines, operates competitively with
there would be a direct increase in
the other London airports to offer best 18
economic benefits, locally, regionally Current permitted capacity
value to users and provides a lower
and nationally. 16
cost option to airlines and passengers
2021 2022/23 2026 Early 2030s 2040
than the other London airports.
Years
The latest forecasts by the Department
for Transport (DfT – October 2017) Illustrative diagram showing indicative demand forecast and capacity provision
show the potential total passenger
demand wanting to travel to and from
the UK as reaching 470-535 million
by 2050, with a mid-range position
of 495 million, up from some
277 million today.
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