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Stansted Airport plans to spend £600 million on revamping the airport facilities over the next five years.
There'll be a new arrivals terminal, a re-vamp of the existing terminal, upgrades to the baggage system and more car parking spaces.
The news comes as as the airport saw more than 2.7 million passengers travel through last month.
That's up almost 7 and a half percent on the previous year, despite problems with airline industrial action, ongoing weather disruption and air traffic challenges.
July was also a busy month for cargo traffic, with more than 22,000 tonnes of goods passing through the dedicated cargo facilities, up 4.5% on the same time last year.
“With limited spare capacity at other airports in the South East, Stansted will deliver 50 percent of London’s expected passenger growth over the next decade. Given this anticipated growth, we have applied for permission to raise the number of passengers we serve to 43 million a year, with a firm commitment to do so without any additional flights or noise impacts beyond our current permissions.” CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF STANSTED AIRPORT, KEN O’TOOLE.
Source: ITV