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London Luton Airport (LTN)
Airport Information
(London, England, UK)
 Located to the north of London and on the outskirts of the town of Luton, in Bedfordshire, London Luton Airport (LTN) is one of the UK's largest and handles more than nine million passengers per year. Luton Airport is the home of the budget airline eastJet and although the airport does not service long-haul destinations, the single terminal building operates flights to more than 60 destinations throughout the Mediterranean and Europe.
Luton Airport is approximately 48 km / 30 miles to the north of London and sees almost ten million passengers pass through its gateways each year. Around 90 percent of all passengers use scheduled flights, with more than 80 percent flying to international cities via mainly low-cost airlines. The most popular destinations at Luton Airport include Amsterdam, Dublin, Edinburgh, Malaga, Paris and Warsaw.
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Trains run to Kings Cross Station in London every 30 minutes aboard the Luton Flyer, and direct trains travel into Brighton, as well as to local stations to the north of Luton. There is also a plethora of easyBus and Green Line 757 bus services to London and its underground stations, such as Baker Street and Victoria. Luton Airport and National Express coaches run to destinations throughout the UK.
London Luton Airport (LTN) Information: History and Facilities
Many passengers are surprised to find that London's Luton Airport is so historic, since it dates back to the middle of 1938. Built to one side of the town of Luton and in the county of Bedfordshire, the airport was strategically sited close to London city itself. Following the end of the war, in the late 1940s, Luton Airport began to gain popularity and was used for mainly commercial flights.
By the 1970s, Luton Airport had become London's number four airport, after Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, and was finding charter flights extremely profitable. Over the next 20 years, much of the airport was updated and extended, including a new international terminal building in the mid-1980s, and a further shiny aluminium terminal in 1998, at the cost of around £40 million, which ultimately replaced the earlier building.
There are several well-known UK high street stores scattered around Luton Airport's terminal and some well-stocked duty-free outlets situated in the departure lounge, such as Dixons Duty Free. A food court is also available within the check-in concourse, along with the Spectrum Internet Cafe. A chapel and baby care rooms are also on-site. For Business class travellers, the Aviance Executive Lounge has telephone and fax facilities, free Internet access, newspapers, television, drinks and snacks.
London Luton Airport (LTN) Information: About London Tourism
London's nearby Luton Airport is used predominantly as a getaway airport for UK residents making use of its flights to Mediterranean destinations. However, it also enables residents of many European cities to fly cheaply into London and arrive in a fairly central destination in England.
London is the capital of the UK and therefore Luton Airport (LTN) is within reach of such monumental icons such as Big Ben, the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace and Oxford Street. The university towns of Oxford and Cambridge are also nearby and the popular seaside resorts of Portsmouth, Southampton and Brighton are just beyond London, on the south coast.
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