Airport guide · the group organiser’s briefing
London Luton Airport
LTN · EGGW · London
The group organiser’s briefing for London Luton Airport — meeting points, real costs, and the coach pick-up detail no one else writes down.
London Luton is one of the capital's five airports and had a landmark year, welcoming more than 17.5 million passengers in 2025. It runs a single passenger terminal — which keeps things simple for a group organiser — but the drop-off forecourt charges by the minute and coaches have their own permit-and-bay routine. This is the briefing: where an arriving group waits, what the drop-off really costs, and exactly how a coach is permitted, held and called to bay M to collect your party. Every figure below shows the date we last checked it against the official source.
Collecting a group by coach
Every private-hire coach collecting a group from Luton must hold a permit — £20, bought on the day or pre-booked through the APCOA office in the Mid Stay Car Park. Drivers wait in the Coach Layover Area (up to four hours) until the flight lands, then pull onto bay M in the bus-bay area outside the terminal. Bay M runs a drive-in, reverse-out system and needs a vehicle with 20-plus seats and reversing cameras, so it is coach territory, not a spot for a car to improvise. Here is the whole flow.
| Terminal | Coach stand | Meet your group |
|---|---|---|
| T1 | Bay M in the bus-bay area outside the terminal (drive-in, reverse-out; vehicles need 20+ seats and reversing cameras) | Arrivals hall inside the terminal building |
“We buy the LLA coach permit and hold in the Mid Stay layover until your flight lands, then pull onto bay M to meet your group at the terminal — no forecourt scramble and no unattended-vehicle risk in the ANPR drop-off zone.”— Airport Coaches · first-person operational note
Terminals
Terminals & meeting points
Terminal (single passenger terminal)
Parking
Parking & drop-off
| Option | Type | Serves | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drop-Off Zone (terminal forecourt) | drop off | T1 | free option |
| Long Stay Car Park | long | T1 | free option |
| Mid Stay Car Park | long | T1 | book online |
| Terminal Car Park 1 & 2 | short | T1 | book online |
| Priority Parking (Drop & Go) | meet greet | T1 | book online |
| Coach & group — Coach Layover (Mid Stay Car Park) | coach | T1 | — |
Live at the airport
Arrivals & departures
Live flight information
For minute-by-minute arrivals and departures, London Luton Airport’s own boards are authoritative — and we monitor your specific inbound flight on every group booking, adjusting the pick-up automatically if it moves.
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