Stansted Airport plans for £600 million revamp

Stansted Airport plans to spend £600 million on revamping the airport facilities over the next five years.

There'll be a new arrivals terminal, a re-vamp of the existing terminal, upgrades to the baggage system and more car parking spaces.

The news comes as as the airport saw more than 2.7 million passengers travel through last month.

That's up almost 7 and a half percent on the previous year, despite problems with airline industrial action, ongoing weather disruption and air traffic challenges.

July was also a busy month for cargo traffic, with more than 22,000 tonnes of goods passing through the dedicated cargo facilities, up 4.5% on the same time last year.