Representation by CHRISTINE YOUNGER
- Date submitted
- 22 June 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I am totally against the proposed expansion of the airport. It is quite large enough as it is. I have lived near the airport for over 40 years and have used it for 40 years. My experiences of the airport get worse. The left hand does not appear to know what the right hand is doing. I travelled back through the airport last week and had asked for assistance, which was provided to take me and my friends down from the aircraft. That is where the assistance stopped. We had to struggle to get into the building, wait in a queue to get through passport control etc. Had to make our own way to the taxi rank, which is a considerable distance from the terminal and walk round a long line of barriers to reach the waiting taxi. One of the things that is used as a plus for expansion is that it will create more jobs. In my opinion more jobs could be created a present as at other airports the assistance staff are waiting to take passengers requiring assistance to the building, through passport control and beyond. Disabled parking at Luton is a joke. I also suffer with almost continuous planes flying overhead, day and night despite planes not supposed to be flying at night. The compensation scheme, as currently offered is inadequate and not suitable. Expansion would only increase this, plus air pollution and air space congestion. I understand that much of the airspace in this area is also used by aircraft from Stanstead and that near air collisions are frequent. Surely a new airport , if it is absolutely necessary to increase air travel, which I doubt, should be seriously considered to be built in a more suitable part of the South of England.