The British government agreed to the expansion of the London -Luton airport, the fifth in terms of the number of passengers served in Great Britain – informs the BBC station. The plan involves the construction of a new terminal, new taxiing roads for aircraft and increasing the bandwidth of the existing terminal, which currently serves 18 million passengers a year.
The BBC said that the airport in Luton until 2043 is to almost double the number of passengers served to 32 million per year. It is estimated that thanks to its expansion about 11,000 will be created. new jobs.
Expansion of the London-Luton airport
“The improvement of national infrastructure is of key importance for achieving economic growth and providing jobs throughout the country, and this decision will help us achieve economic growth within our change plan” – we read in the statement of the spokesman of the British Prime Minister Keira Starmer.
The decision to expand the airport was postponed three times due to the consideration of applications regarding the impact of the construction of the new terminal on the environment. – considering deteriorating climate changethe last thing we need is 70,000 additional aircraft a year – explained environmental defenders cited by the station.
These are not the only plans for the development of air transport in the capital of Great Britain. Currently, talks are underway at government level regarding the construction of a second runway at the airport London-Gatwickand the Minister of Finance Rachel Reeves supported the creation of the third runway at the airport London Heathrowthe largest airport in Europe.
Luton airport
The Luton airport is about 50 km from the main railway station in Centrum London King's Cross Station.
This port supports regular, daily flights to Poland, including Warsaw, Krakow, Lublin, Poznań, Gdańsk, Katowice, Wrocław and Rzeszów. The flight lasts about two hours.
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