London Stansted today received planning permission to extend its terminal building. The decision was made by the Planning Inspectorate following a hearing held on 17 October. The extension will transform the airport experience and provide capacity to accommodate growth towards the airport’s app...

London Stansted’s single runway is to be fully resurfaced in a five-month programme that began this weekend. The work on the 3km long runway, which will be managed by engineering firm Lagan, will take place at night to minimise the impact on the local community and airport operations. Over t...

A new £1.5million double airbridge has opened at London Stansted, boosting the airport's ability to handle long-haul aircraft. The new bridge, the first of its kind at Stansted, joins the 11 single-door airbridges currently in operation at the airport and has the advantage of providing two main ...

The pandemic may have brought airports to a standstill, but beneath London Stansted’s terminal a £70m baggage system revamp has been driven to the finish line. The project, which took four years to complete, is the largest upgrade to the airport’s baggage network since the terminal opened in...

Two women are blazing a trail at London Stansted after becoming the first female firefighters to join the ranks of the airport’s fire and rescue service. Hannah Inggs and Amber Popham, join Finn Edwards and Charlie Fry as the first intake of London Stansted’s newly created firefighter appren...

As London Stansted marks two years since the start of its multi-million-pound transformation project, one of its most complex and important projects is progressing at pace behind the scenes. Stansted is investing £59 million in a brand-new baggage delivery system, updating the huge network of c...

Ground handling services provider Universal Aviation UK has announced its International Standard for Business Aviation Handling (IS-BAH) stage II registration. The London Stansted-based provider, ground support division of Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc., earned its IS-BAH stage I registrat...

London Stansted, the third largest in London (4th in UK), serving over 27 million passengers a year has appointed Mace as the main contractor for the  construction of its new £150 million arrivals terminal. Work on the 39,000 square metre terminal is due to start in spring this year (2019) and ...

London Stansted Airport has been given the go ahead by Uttlesford District Council to increase the number of passengers it can serve from 35 million to 43 million a year. The airport submitted a planning application to increase its annual numbers which it said will make best use of the capacity t...

ABM, the New York-based parent company of OmniServ has commented on the recent Ryanair contract awarded to the company for ground operations at London Stansted Airport. We are pleased to award our London Stansted handling contract to OmniServ,” said Ryanair’s Director of Operations Adrian Dunne....

Former chief operating officer (COO) for Virgin Atlantic Airways and London Underground at Transport for London Steve Griffiths has been appointed COO of London Stansted Airport. He will be responsible for the safe and secure day to day leadership of the airport whilst it undertakes its bigges...

According to recently published figures in the UK, crime at airports and round airports in the country has doubled in just two years. The BBC in the UK has reported that police figures demonstrate 5,234 crimes were committed close to or at airports in England and Wales last year, compared to 2,43...