Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
Manston Airport claims it could ” boost region by €75m”
Date added: 27 May, 2011
Manston Airport has had a report done by York Aviation. It manages to come up
with figures to suggest Manston could contribute €75 million each year to the
local economy if only it could operate without a flight curfew. It claims this
would "provide direct employment for 2,070 people as well as a further 1,035 jobs in
the wider economy by 2018" (manifestly over-optimistic). The master plan has projections
for passengers are freight that are just bizarre.
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Belfast City residents surprised at further runway inquiry delay
Date added: 24 May, 2011
Local residents have expressed their surprise at a last-minute move by the City
airport which will further delay the long-awaited public inquiry on the airport’s
controversial proposed runway extension. The Planning Appeals Commission has to put the inquiry on hold because the airport says it wants to submit further
relevant environmental information which the D of E must first give the public
a chance to comment on. The Inquiry may not be till 2012.
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Minister announces consultation on Heathrow Night Flights in spring 2012
Date added: 24 May, 2011
Aviation Minister Theresa Villiers has just announced that the Government will
issue a detailed consultation on the current night flight regime at Heathrow,
Stansted and Gatwick “next spring.” Speaking in as an adjournment debate in Parliament,
initiated by Brentford and Isleworth MP Mary Macleod, Villiers said the night
flight decision would be “one of the most importance issues I will face as a Minister.” The current night flight regime comes to an end in October 2012.
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Manston is still a “hole in the ground” losing money
Date added: 19 May, 2011
Infratil, the New Zealand-based investment company that owns Manston Airport,
has just published its end of year results. The "European airports" (Prestwick and Manston) continued to disappoint investors. Losses increased from NZ$8.6m in 2010 to NZ$11.3m in 2011, and the book value
of the two airports was reduced by NZ$35m - The assets are turning to dust in
their hands. It is likely that Manston is losing money faster than Prestwick.
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Manchester Airport interested in buying Stansted and a Scottish hub
Date added: 19 May, 2011
MAG has confirmed its interest in buying Stansted and possibly Glasgow or Edinburgh.
It would seek to bring in more long-haul airlines and cut Stansted’s dependence
on low-cost airlines in general and Ryanair in particular - which it sees as risky. The timetable for the sell-off is still unclear. MAG currently owns Manchester,
East Midlands, Bournemouth and Humberside airports. For debt-laden BAA, the prospect
of securing a good price may appear dim.
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Eurojet to create 50 jobs with £5m Birmingham Airport expansion
Date added: 19 May, 2011
Eurojet Aviation has announced expansion plans with a new 41,000 sq ft complex at the airport. It will feature a full-service fixed base operator (FBO) which means it has hangars
on site and can look after airplanes and private operators. The maintenance facility is set for completion by the end of the year. It claims
there will be 50 new jobs. Kehoe is pleased about the establishment of an aircraft
maintenance cluster in the West Midlands.
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Southend: A fresh bid to halt the runway, by a man from Cumbria
Date added: 18 May, 2011
Southend Airport is facing yet another challenge to its runway extension plans
– through the European courts. Former aviation consultant Peter Elliott wants to overturn Southend Council’s
decision to allow the runway extension, made in January last year and approved
last April. Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal refused to allow Mr Elliot to even apply
for a judicial review. But now he will file applications with the European Court of Justice and the European Court of
Human Rights.
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Birmingham airport aspiration to be a major air transport hub
Date added: 17 May, 2011
Birmingham airport is being promoted as the solution to capacity constraints
as the government seeks to rebuff criticism that it lacks a coherent aviation
policy. There is pressure to build more airport capacity in the south although
there is enough already. Philip Hammond was present at the opening of the latest
phase of the £100m redevelopment of the airport, and said Birmingham would become
an even more important part of the UK national airport infrastructure.
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Lydd Airport Inquiry resumes: Dungeness as a Fukushima in the making?
Date added: 16 May, 2011
At Lydd Airport’s public inquiry on May 18th, LAAG begins its nuclear safety
case with Chartered Consulting Engineer, John Large demonstrating that it is inherently
unsafe for a regional airport to be developed beside a nuclear power station complex. John
believes the reactor would most likely withstand the aircraft crash, but subsidiary
equipment failures caused by the crash could lead to a very significant radiological
release, mirroring the situation at Fukushima.
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Guernsey Airport runway rebuild needs more land through compulsory purchase
Date added: 14 May, 2011
The States of Guernsey has been asked to approve the compulsory purchase of two
pieces of land from two landowners to allow the airport runway redevelopment to
go ahead. If approved the land would be used for approach lights. The runway work involves maintenance and improvements to taxiways, the apron,
lighting, drainage, extension of the runway end safety areas and the move of the
current runway by about 120m to the west.
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