Luton Airport could generate £1.5 billion

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Luton Airport could generate £1.5 billion

The government has agreed to look at proposals to expand Luton Airport that would see passenger numbers increase from 18 million to 32 million a year.

Luton Rising, the Luton Council company that owns the airport, said it could generate 1.5 billion dollars and create thousands of jobs per year.

A council spokesman previously said the airport was one of the largest employers in the region, contributing greatly to the region's economic vibrancy on an annual basis, while increasing significantly in value as an asset in its own right through successive tranches of investment. He believes that it will provide an additional 14 m each year for communities in Luton and the surrounding areas.

For every additional passenger above the airport's current capacity, it will be able to invest an extra 1 into local communities, helping to tackle deprivation. Andrew Lambourne, a spokesman for the Luton and District Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise LADACAN, said it was tragic that the councillors who run Luton Rising seem to have lost sight of the need for prudence.

This proposal would create noise blight across north Hertfordshire, with flights starting at five in the morning and running into the early hours, keeping thousands more awake at night.