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In 2008, over 10 million passengers passed through the airport in a single year for the first time. However, passenger numbers were slightly lower during 2011 at 9.5 million.

London Luton airport is currently used by ten passenger airlines. The largest operator by far is EasyJet with one of their largest bases and Headquarters at the airport and account for about half of all of Luton's passengers. Wizz Air is comfortably the second largest although the airline doesn't use Luton as a base and has around half of its flights between 07:00 and 08:00 in the morning so despite being the airlines second largest carrier. It has periods of up to 5 hours without any service into the airport. Monarch Airlines, Ryanair and Thomson Airways also have a significant presence at the airport and all have a base here. El Al operates the largest passenger aircraft to Luton, mainly with a Boeing 767-200 but very occasionally they will use the Boeing 777-200 when there is exceptionally high demand.

London Luton Airport is widely known as a result of the Airline and Luton Airport television series. Airline follows the staff of EasyJet at Luton and the airline's other bases across the country whilst the 2005 series, named after the airport followed the life of employees at the airport in a similar format to the show Airport which follows staff at London Heathrow Airport.
The airport was also mentioned in a famous Campari advert featuring Lorraine Chase, with the punch line "Were you truly wafted here from paradise?". " Na Lut'n Airport". This advert was the inspiration for a 1979 UK hit by Cats UK entitled "Luton Airport". The airport was also mentioned in the Piranha Brothers sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, as being the place where one of the brothers, Dinsdale, thinks that a giant hedgehog named Spiny Norman sleeps.
The airport recently featured in the series "Supersize Grime" which focused on the cleaning of an Airbus A321 at the Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd hangar 127.

Luton is easily accessible by car. Situated about 5 minutes from the M1 junctions 10 and 11, travelling from the south/London and the north respectively. The A505 provides a link via Hitchin to the A1(M), and the Cambridge/Hertfordshire area.

Luton Airport is also accessible by train. Luton has three railway stations, one in the town centre, one close to the airport and one towards the north of the town.
Luton Station is served by First Capital Connect and East Midland trains. From Luton, trains go north to Bedford, Kettering, Leicester, Loughborough and Nottingham. Southbound trains go to Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, London, Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Wimbledon and Sutton.
The typical off peak service from this station is as follows:
4 trains per hour (tph) to Bedford (operated by First Capital Connect)
4 trains per hour to Brighton via Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, London and Gatwick Airport (First Capital Connect)
2 trains per hour to Sutton via Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, London and Wimbledon (First Capital Connect)
1 tph to Nottingham via Bedford, Kettering, Leicester and Loughborough (East Midland trains)
1 tph to London St Pancras (East Midland trains)
First Capital Connect trains serve several stations in Central London, including Kings Cross Thameslink and Blackfriars
Luton Airport Parkway railway station opened in 1999 and is located south-east of Luton and west of the airport. A shuttle bus operates between the station and the airport, with a journey time of about ten minutes.
The station is located on the East Midland Line and is served by First Capital Connect and East Midland trains. From the station, you can travel north to Bedford, Kettering, Leicester, Loughborough and Derby. Passengers can also travel south to St Albans, London, Wimbledon, Sutton, London Gatwick Airport and Brighton. The typical off-peak service from this station is as follows:
4 tph to Brighton via London and Gatwick Airport (First Capital Connect)
2 tph to Sutton via London and Wimbledon (First Capital Connect)
1 tph to London St Pancras (Midland Mainline)
2 tph to Luton only (First Capital Connect)
4 tph to Luton and Bedford (all stations) (First Capital Connect)
1 tph to Derby via Leicester (fast to Bedford) (East Midland trains)