Tag: Luton Airport

Wizz Air celebrates 70 million passengers milestone at Luton Airport

Wizz Air today celebrates over 70 million passengers who have travelled to London Luton Airport (LLA). The milestone 70 millionth passenger was welcomed on a flight from Tirana to London Luton Airport. Wizz Air is the largest carrier at London Luton Airport, with 11 aircraft. The airline opera...

Major Fire at Luton Airport Prompts Flight Suspensions and Hospitalizations

All flights at Luton Airport have been halted following a massive fire that resulted in a partial collapse of one of its multi-storey car parks, with injuries reported among emergency responders and airport personnel. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service officially declared a major incident at 9:...

LOVE IS IN THE (AIR)PORT

•    Nearly a quarter (22%) of Brits have admitted to being attracted to someone they’ve seen at an airport, citing a smile (79%), hairstyle (44%) and travel outfit (40%) as some of the traits they find the most attractive  •    Almost a quarter (22%) of 18-44-year-olds have exchange...

Wizz Air Luton ground handlers threaten pre-Christmas strike action

By Josie Klein, travelweekly.co.ukGround handlers for Wizz Air at Luton airport are being balloted for strike action in the lead-up to Christmas. The industrial action is being threatened over the delay of a £500 recruitment and retention bonus and would cause disruption ahead of the festive pe...

London Deputy Mayor for Transport visits new airport rail link

London’s Deputy Mayor for Transport and Deputy Chair of TfL Seb Dance has been learning about London Luton Airport’s work to improve connectivity with the capital. During a visit to the airport Mr Dance was given a tour of the Luton DART (Direct Air-Rail Transit), an automated people mover th...

Luton Airport loaned £119m by council as pandemic measure

By BBC A council is to loan a further £119m to the airport it owns to help it recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Labour-run Luton Borough Council agreed on the support package for Luton Airport at a meeting on Monday. Andy Malcolm, portfolio holder for finance, ...

London Luton Airport extends charity partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support

London Luton Airport (LLA) has renewed its partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support for a further 12 months, following a successful two years of fundraising. The airport has so far raised £145,000 for the charity, surpassing the original £80,000 target set out when the partnership began in 2018....

AOA Annual Awards 2019 winners announced

AOA Annual Awards 2019 winners announced

At the AOA Annual Conference, Thursday 28 November, the winners of the 2019 AOA Annual Awards were announced. Best Solution Provider: AiQ Consulting, who together with NATS provided an end-to-end capacity assessment from kerbside to airspace at Bristol Airport. It took a holistic, whole-journey ...

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