Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
Plans for Manston Airport night flights – up to 8 per night
Manston is asking for permission to operate night flights, and wants Thanet District Council to allow an average of 8 take-offs or landings per night, between 11.30pm and 7am. They hope this would attract new airlines and they have over-ambitious job creation figures. Opponents fear it could pave the way for 24-hour arrivals & departures. The proposal is for 3 flights between 23:00 and 23:30, 2 flights between 23:30 and 06:00 and 3 between 06:00 and 07:00
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Some of the many articles backing more expansion of London airports
There are so many of these stories, with pressure of one airport expansion lobbyist or another getting media time to argue for a new runway, or a new airport, or a cut in tax etc. These are a few recent ones. There is Lord Glendonbrook wanting new runways at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. He is one of the Conservatives' largest donors .... And there are articles in the Telegraph every few days. And yet more complaints about paying APD ...
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CE Delft economic study shows cost of building a new Nantes airport would exceed its benefits
Campaigners fighting the building of a new airport at Nantes (France) have commissioned a report by CE Delft, looking into the economics of building the airport, and whether there would be a financial benefit. This finds that, when correcting for the extremely high valuation of time and taking oil price projections and inclusion of aviation in the EU ETS into account, the costs of the new airport at Notre-Dame-des-Landes exceed the benefits.
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Kent and Essex airport plan debated by businesses
Proposals to build an airport in the Thames Estuary have been debated by business leaders in Kent. Boris is keen to have a £40bn facility between the Essex and Kent coasts. The RSPB, Medway Council and Kent County Council have opposed the idea, saying it would damage the environment. But some business leaders feel opposition obscures the potential economic benefits. Daniel Moylan says the airport would create 70,000 jobs (ignoring the jobs lost elsewhere).
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BAA revenues rise on more Heathrow passengers this year
Record summer traffic at Heathrow has helped to narrow the losses of BAA. Heathrow has had record monthly passenger numbers since April, up 6.1% to 52.6m in the 9 months to September 30. There was increased travel to and from the US, Germany, Switzerland, France and Brazil. This drove revenues up 10% to £1.7bn at BAA's London airports – Heathrow and Stansted – and narrowed pre-tax losses from £193m to £147m.
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High Court rejects Bristol Airport judicial review
Campaign group Stop Bristol Airport Expansion have been refused permission for a judicial review against North Somerset Council’s approval of the airport’s plan. Mr Justice Collins, at London’s High Court, said the decision adhered to Government aviation policy (the out of date ATWP 2003) and even if that policy was flawed, legally it should stand. They had argued that climate change was a local, national & international issue, and thus relevant to airport expansion.
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Lobbying going on for Birmingham Airport ahead of 2012 aviation policy consultation
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce have "demanded" that Birmingham Airport is made a priority when the policy is announced, and they want policy to let Birmingham to take pressure off Heathrow. Birmingham C of C and the airport are already starting to build up pressure and the PR for the airport to influence government thinking before the next aviation policy consultation in 2012. There will be much more of this sort of thing in coming months ....
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Biggin Hill Airport withdraws plans for scheduled passenger services
The airport has backed down from plans to operate a mainline scheduled passenger service from the site. The managing director said the plans were abandoned because airlines usually want to operate from where they already have a base. Biggin Hill would continue to concentrate on the executive air travel business. They want air taxi services which would be very small aircraft allowing passengers to pay for their seats, rather than the whole aircraft.
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Belfast residents celebrate legal victory over City Airport planning agreement
Local residents affected by aircraft noise are celebrating a landmark legal victory in their campaign for tougher noise controls at the airport. A High Court judge quashed a decision by the previous Environment Minister in Dec 2010 to remove a clause in the airport’s planning agreement which effectively limited the number of passengers who could fly from the airport. Now the Department will have to reinstate the seats for sale limit - 2 million per year
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SSE RESPONDS TO GOVERNMENT’S AVIATION POLICY CONSULTATION
SSE has submitted its 40 page, detailed response to the Scoping Document consultation. It has five key areas, including the need to prioritise air travel so that it is focused on meeting the needs of UK business rather than catering predominantly for the UK leisure market. And the need for an independent environmental watchdog to monitor the impacts of airports rather than having to rely upon information provided by the airport owner.