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The easyJet check-in area at Luton Airport
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Luton Airport strikes called off after easyJet staff accept improved pay deal

January 6, 2026 Newsdesk 0

Planned strike action by easyJet check-in staff and baggage handlers at Luton Airport has been formally called off after workers voted to accept an improved pay offer. The decision brings an end to a dispute […]

London Luton Airport Departures
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Christmas travel at risk as Luton Airport staff plan strike over pay

December 8, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Christmas travel at risk as Luton Airport staff plan strike over pay

EasyJet passengers flying from Luton just before and after Christmas face disruption as DHL workers who handle check in and baggage have voted to strike in a dispute over pay. Around 200 staff who work […]

easyJet Cabin Crew L-R - Benjamin Collict, Oliver Spreadbury, Natalie Tavener, Danielle Robinson, Dimo Kolev, Jamie Smart at the easyJet 30th birthday celebrations at London Luton Airport, where the airline is marking the anniversary of its first flight from Luton to Glasgow by operating the same route exclusively with pilots and crew who are also turning 30 this November. Photo by Matt Alexander/PA Media Assignments
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easyJet recreates first ever Luton flight with crew born the same month airline took off 30 years ago

November 10, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on easyJet recreates first ever Luton flight with crew born the same month airline took off 30 years ago

Thirty years after a bright orange Boeing 737 first taxied down the runway at London Luton Airport bound for Glasgow, easyJet has recreated that historic journey – this time crewed entirely by staff who were […]

Captain Fred Rivett, who flew the first ever easyJet flight on November 10, 1995, and Kenton Jarvis, CEO of easyJet, at the easyJet 30th birthday celebrations at London Luton Airport, where the airline is marking the anniversary of its first flight from Luton to Glasgow by operating the same route exclusively with pilots and crew who are also turning 30 this November. Photo by Matt Alexander/PA Media Assignments
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easyJet marks 30 years since first Luton flight with £21bn boost to UK economy

November 10, 2025 Newsdesk 1

Three decades after its first orange plane took off from Luton Airport bound for Glasgow, easyJet is celebrating its 30th anniversary as a local success story with figures showing just how far the home-grown airline […]

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Luton easyJet passengers warned of possible Xmas disruption as airport staff to vote on strike

November 6, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Luton easyJet passengers warned of possible Xmas disruption as airport staff to vote on strike

Luton Airport passengers flying with easyJet could face disruption over the festive period as DHL check-in and baggage handling staff ballot for strike action in a dispute over pay. Around 200 DHL employees who handle […]

Jay, aged 12, Yusuf, aged 14, Mercedes, aged 14, Andrei, aged 14, and Jack, aged 12, from Lea Manor school in Luton, with uniforms donated by easyJet at London Luton Airport, as part of the airline’s new uniform donation initiative. Photo by: David Parry/PA Media Assignments
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easyJet donates old uniforms to help struggling Luton families

November 3, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on easyJet donates old uniforms to help struggling Luton families

easyJet is donating thousands of retired crew uniforms to Luton families struggling with the rising cost of school clothing, in a new partnership with local charity Level Trust. The Luton-based airline, whose headquarters are at […]

HRH The Princess Royal visits easyJet at London Luton Airport
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Princess Royal visits easyJet HQ at Luton Airport ahead of airline’s 30th anniversary

October 20, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Princess Royal visits easyJet HQ at Luton Airport ahead of airline’s 30th anniversary

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visited easyJet’s head office and maintenance base at London Luton Airport last week to mark the success of the airline’s apprenticeship programme and celebrate its contribution to local skills […]

easyJet plane in front of the Monarch hangar at Luton Airport
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Old Monarch hangar makeover to create 150 jobs at Luton Airport

July 11, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Old Monarch hangar makeover to create 150 jobs at Luton Airport

The operator and owner of London Luton Airport (LLA) are laying the foundation for up to 150 new jobs following an £11.5 million refurbishment programme that includes two new aircraft engineering and repair hangars and […]

Ava and her sibling in the easyJet airplane cockpit
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Luton landing marks 100th easyJet flight for critically ill children

June 11, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Luton landing marks 100th easyJet flight for critically ill children

The 100th easyJet flight supporting the travel wishes of children living with critical illnesses across Europe landed in Luton. Every 25 seconds, a family hears the devastating news that their child is diagnosed with a […]

easyJet to open new aircraft maintenance hangar and apprenticeship training campus at London Luton Airport supporting over 30 new jobs
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Jobs boost as easyJet to open new aircraft hangar and training campus at Luton Airport

May 15, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Jobs boost as easyJet to open new aircraft hangar and training campus at Luton Airport

An additional easyJet maintenance hangar is to be opened at Luton Airport in a boost for jobs at the airport. The expansion of the airline’s maintenance facilities, which are due to begin operating in 2026, will […]

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  • JW Paris.
    Music

    JW Paris drop Britpop-inspired anthem ‘with sonic nods’ to Elastica, Blur, Pulp and Oasis

    October 3, 2025 Comments Off on JW Paris drop Britpop-inspired anthem ‘with sonic nods’ to Elastica, Blur, Pulp and Oasis
    Luton’s own JW Paris are back with a brand-new single, ‘Anything’ — a shimmering, swaggering slice of 90s-inspired Britpop that captures both the nostalgia and restless energy of a British summer night. The three-piece — [...]
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    Food and drink

    Pints and pride: YouTuber raises a glass to Luton’s pubs — and calls time on town’s critics

    September 1, 2025 Comments Off on Pints and pride: YouTuber raises a glass to Luton’s pubs — and calls time on town’s critics
    Luton is no stranger to harsh headlines. But away from a long line of column inches painting the town in an unflattering light, one seasoned pub-goer has found something very different: a town centre brimming [...]
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