Birmingham Airport publishes proposals for its future growth to the Airports Commission
Birmingham Airport has made a submission to the Airports Commission on its future growth plans. It hopes to grow from 9m passengers a year now to 70m, (the size of Heathrow currently) while allegedly reducing the number of people affected by night noise. They are aware that the Commission is looking at the number affected by noise in the proposals submitted. Birmingham airport says its current runway extension will allow it to handle 27m passengers a year and it has the potential for a 2nd runway to be built some time after 2030 – if the demand required it – costing under £7 billion. The airport estimates that by using the new runway for night flights, it would remove over 13,000 people from the 57dB night noise contour. Birmingham airport say they have support from a large number of businesses in the area, and are well placed for business travellers who are keen to avoid Heathrow and get direct flights to Birmingham. “We have recommended to the commission a network of great long-haul airports to serve Britain’s great cities. Our proposals show that Birmingham Airport is in a position to sit at the heart of this network, serving a valuable catchment area and relieving pressure on congested airports in the South East.”
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Birmingham Airport unveils £7bn development plan
Birmingham Airport has the potential to grow from 9m passengers a year currently to 70m, while reducing the number of people affected by night noise.
That’s according to the airport in its response to the Davies Commission’s call for evidence on the future of aviation capacity in the UK. (Birmingham document)
Birmingham’s submission puts forward a process of incremental development, with its existing facilities extended to handle 27m passengers a year and the potential for a second runway to be built some time after 2030.
Birmingham said a second runway, which would only be built when demand required it and/or in response to Government policy, would enable it to handle 70m passengers annually, while lowering the number of people affected by night noise.
The airport estimates that by using the new runway for night flights, it would remove over 13,000 people from the 57dB night noise contour, representing a reduction of 100%.
In total its vision would cost less than £7bn to deliver.
Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport chief executive, said: ‘We believe that our proposal ticks all of the Airports Commission’s boxes. We have the potential to grow the airport to eventually serve 70m passengers – the equivalent of the size of Heathrow today – whilst reducing the number of people currently affected by night noise.
‘What is more, people in the Midlands are united behind our proposals. Our submission has widespread support from stakeholders including the LEPs [Local Enterprise Partnerships], local councils and local businesses. This is because people recognise that to grow local economies outside the south east and rebalance growth we need the direct international connectivity to encourage inward investment and support trade.
‘We have recommended to the Commission a network of great long-haul airports to serve Britain’s great cities. Our proposals show that Birmingham Airport is in a position to sit at the heart of this network, serving a valuable catchment area and relieving pressure on congested airports in the south east.’
Click here to read the full submission.
http://www.e-tid.com/birmingham-airport-unveils-7bn-development-plan/83317/
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The airport says blithely, on climate change:
“The new proposed second runway location would
have dramatically lower environmental impacts than
the 2003 White Paper location. Expansion to 70mppa
would be fully in line with the commitments made
under the UK Climate Change Act 2008,”
and there are 3 pages of stunningly anodyne comments on what the airport is doing on cutting carbon emissions. A lot of waffle attempting to hide massively increasing carbon emissions by the use of use of bland and diversionary statements. See pages 25 – 27 of link (and despair / weep).
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2nd runway
The proposed location for the expanded Airport would be located in a predominantly rural area to the east of the M42, with a second runway forming the eastern boundary of the site.
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Birmingham Airport Publishes Response to Airports Commission
The UK’s Birmingham Airport has today (July 26) published its response to the Airport Commission’s challenge to deliver aviation capacity in the long term. It claims its vision would cost under £7bn (US$10.8bn) to deliver and would be part of a networked national solution for UK aviation.
The submission outlined incremental development, including the potential for more runway capacity to the east of the existing airport sometime after 2030.
It includes written endorsements from almost 150 local businesses, LEPs, Chambers of Commerce and district councils who support the proposals. The airport will be rolling out a local community engagement programme to information communities about the proposals and hear their views over the autumn.
The current runway infrastructure has the capability of handling 27 million additional passengers. In the longer term, Birmingham’s vision: “could form part of the solution that would maintain the UK’s global aviation status for the foreseeable future, providing capacity for at least 70 million passengers, and at the same time would protect and create employment growth.”
A second runway would only be built when demand requires it and/or in response to government policy. Furthermore, the airport argues that by using the new runway for night flights, it could remove more than 13,000 people out of the 57dB night noise contour, representing a 100% reduction.
Chief Executive Paul Kehoe commented: “People in the Midlands are united behind our proposals. Our submission has widespread support from stakeholders. This is because people recognise that to grow local economies outside the South East and rebalance growth, we need the direct international connectivity to encourage inward investment and support trade.
“We have recommended to the commission a network of great long-haul airports to serve Britain’s great cities. Our proposals show that Birmingham Airport is in a position to sit at the heart of this network, serving a valuable catchment area and relieving pressure on congested airports in the South East.”
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