Stansted currently attracts 30 million passengers and has permission to increase this to 43 million. However, it has now said it plans to apply to increase this to 51 million “within the next few months”.
“The airport’s ability to grow to serve up to 51 million passengers a year is a result of airlines planning to use larger models of modern, efficient aircraft than previously forecast, enabling more people to fly on each plane and meeting additional passenger demand with flight limits remaining unchanged,” it said.
