The Airport Operator Spring 2025
David Winstanly
March 2025

London Stansted Airport will submit a planning application “in the coming months” to increase its annual passenger limit to 51m passengers from the 43m currently permitted.

There would be no increase in the number of flights at the airport. The ability to serve a larger number of passengers is based on airlines planning to use larger models of aircraft than previously forecast, enabling more people to fly on each plane.

Ahead of the planning application the airport is carrying out a public consultation. 

Read on: Pages 46 AirportsUK-Magazine_Spring-2025c.pdf

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