This week London Stansted Airport executives announced plans to extend the terminal building and put in a planning application to the local authority shortly. 

The proposed scheme, which if approved will see a three-bay extension to the back of the terminal building, is designed to transform the airport experience. It will provide a more spacious departure lounge for passengers, including new shops, bars and restaurants, state-of-the-art check-in equipment, increased baggage system capacity and an enlarged security hall with additional space for more security lanes fitted with next-generation scanners. 

London Stansted has been one of the UK’s fastest recovering airports following the lifting of international travel restrictions last year, serving more than 26 million passengers in the last 12 months. 

Stansted is expected to pass pre-pandemic passenger levels during the coming year and is set for its busiest summer season on record. 

The extension will enable the airport to improve its capacity at busy times and cater for more passengers in the years ahead.  

The scheme is the result of extensive analysis of the options for adding terminal capacity, and the proposals represent the most efficient and timely way to improve all elements of the passenger journey through the airport, while also providing the extra space required to accommodate forecast growth.