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London Luton Airport is one of the UK's fastest growing airports with passenger numbers up from 1.9 million in 1995/96 to over currently over 7 million . August 2004 was the busiest month ever at London Luton Airport with over 800,000 passengers using the airport, breaking all previous monthly records. Of those passengers, 74 per cent are on scheduled services. London Luton is one of the UK's fastest growing airports. Both easyJet and Ryanair recently announced massive expansions of their operations from Luton totalling 13 new routes commencing between now and the end of January 2005. There are presently 9 scheduled airlines and almost 100 Holiday Tour Operators using Luton Airport.
In a pioneering public-private partnership deal signed in August 1998, London Luton Airport remains publicly owned by Luton Borough Council but is operated managed and developed by a private consortium, London Luton Airport Operations Ltd, for a period of 30 years.
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