The perception from Liverpool/Merseyside by many people is that Luton is not really London in the same way that Gatwick or Heathrow might be considered. However Easyjet did carry 196,000 passengers between Liverpool and Luton over 500 per day in 2000, the talk now is a Gatwick link which would be considered a more attractive arrival point. Landing fees increased by Luton airport’s new owner was cited as one of the main reason that Easyjet stopped the Luton link.

VLM did try a Liverpool – London city- Antwerp service a number of years ago, the route started to grow, but they made a complete hash of the timings on offer and so rendered the service unattractive for business passengers, who were the prime target for the service. The airline appears to be run quite differently today and I have used their Manchester-London city route which is very good, hopefully they may repeat that from Liverpool.