Based in London, Alan is Europe & Middle East correspondent at Air Transport World.
A daily newspaper journalist in the UK and Middle East for 15 years, he then joined the UK's most successful corporate publishing company before setting up his own company in 2004. He has worked with ATW since 2014.
LONDON—London Luton Airport is aiming to clamp down on excessive noise late at night over the peak summer period, after it breached its night-time noise contour limits. The airport, which is situated some 35 miles north of central London, is the home of LCC easyJet and handles a high percentage of LCC and charter flights. It has experienced rapid growth in flight numbers—up 37% in the past five years. It handled 15.8 million passengers on 135,000 flights in 2017.
London Luton Airport will clamp down on excessive noise late at night over the peak summer period, after it breached its night-time noise contour limits.