London Luton airport: aiming to be the UK’s most ‘sustainable’ airport

To some degree, the environment movement has temporarily been sidelined during the global COVID-19 pandemic. But that was never going to be the case for long.

Many airports have taken the opportunity to revisit their position on environmental concerns, and the first out of the blocks in the UK is the fifth busiest airport: at Luton, north of the capital, which has set out its stall to be Britain's 'most sustainable airport'.

Luton is the UK's fifth busiest airport by passenger numbers, behind London Stansted, which is 50 miles (80 km) away to the east.

London Luton Airport has outlined an ambition to become the most sustainable airport in the UK over the next 20 years. London Luton Airport Ltd (LLAL) has already been working to consider how expansion of the airport will meet the terms of both the Paris Agreement and the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change.

On the matter of the global pandemic, LLAL is currently working to support its operator and airlines with ongoing safe travel and passage through London Luton. At the same time, Luton Council is preparing an emergency budget to deal with the loss of airport-related and other incomes, and costs experienced during the response to coronavirus.