As I'm fairly local to Luton and use the airport several times a year (five times in 2018) I maintain an ongoing interest.
Construction has already started on a driverless automatic rail link between Luton Airport Parkway (Thameslink main line to London) and the terminal building. It will run 24/7. When it's complete I imagine a lot of passengers will be dropped off at the Parkway station and not the terminal.
The present car drop-off area, I'm told, is temporary and will be relocated underground at some point - I'm not sure where this will be.
Recent improvements have included opening two lanes in each direction on the road to the terminal and the traffic flow is generally better than it was, but is still liable to congestion. The new rail link will improve that, but as passenger numbers have increased by 66% over the last five years and further expansion is planned, one can only surmise that it's all a matter of running to stand still.
Edited by FP on 15/12/2018 at 10:20
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