Luton was the UK's fifth busiest airport last year, with 16.9 million people travelling on 132,000 flights. Luton Rising said expanding the site could create up to 11,000 jobs.

Luton, located 35 miles north of London, plans to add a terminal building, expand existing buildings and build new taxi-ways, as it looks to grow annual passenger numbers to 32 million by 2043 ...