Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
Boris Johnson to press for Thames Estuary airport
Date added: 26 November, 2010
Boris Johnson will formally take his case for a new hub airport in the South-East
to Transport Secretary Philip Hammond. His deputy at Transport for London, Daniel
Moylan, said he would argue for the option to be included in the Government's
first aviation review. Business groups believe airport expansion is essential for the growth of London's
economy. Ministers have repeatedly poured cold water on the proposal on cost grounds.
(Standard)
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Taxpayers to pay yet more to fund road scheme to help Birmingham Airport runway extension
Date added: 25 November, 2010
Taxpayers will be asked to pay £10 million more towards the cost of moving a major road to allow Birmingham Airport’s runway to be extended. The long-awaited project can only go ahead once the A45 Coventry Road has been
diverted at a cost of £32 million. Regional transport body Centro’s CEO, Geoff Inskip, said Birmingham City Council would be asked to decide next month
whether to contribute £10 million towards the scheme. (Post)
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Residents concerned at bmibaby move to Belfast City airport – questions raised over passenger limit
Date added: 25 November, 2010
Local residents have voiced their concern at the bmibaby decision to switch its
operations from Belfast Internat Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport.
Belfast City Airport Watch will be asking the Dept of the Environment whether
the planned move will mean the airport is, once again, breaching planning regulations.
Only last month, the Assembly’s Environment Committee recommended that the airport’s
stipulated passenger limit should remain in place
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‘Gatwick hell’ eases as airport queues speed up
Date added: 24 November, 2010
Gatwick has turned around its reputation as one of Britain's worst run airports
a year after it was sold by BAA to GIP in Dec 2009. Regular passengers say they have been astonished by the banishing of "Gatwick
hell" at an airport once notorious for long queues and surly staff. Gatwick, which handles about 32 million passengers a year. GIP promised £1 billion
of improvements to its two ageing terminals and politeness training for staff.
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Newcastle airport resolves wind farm radar threat
Date added: 19 November, 2010
Newcastle Airport is set to announce it has invested in new technology which
will allow for growth in the number of wind turbine sites in the North East.
A modification to radar displays will essentially block-out a number of new wind
farms on air traffic control screens. The breakthrough represents the end of a 6-year stand-off when the airport was unable
to sanction any new large-scale wind farms for safety reasons.
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Putney MP Justine Greening’s bid to tackle aircraft noise with BAA’s chief exec
Date added: 19 November, 2010
Justine Greening met Colin Matthews to discuss the company’s plans to tackle
aircraft noise from Heathrow. She raised concerns from local residents about increases in aircraft noise and the number
of night flights over the area, and urged BAA to engage in constructive debate
with residents on the issue of noise to move forward. BAA are currently consulting with the DfT and DEFRA on their draft noise action
plan, due to be published by the end of the year.
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London City Airport protest as High Court hearing begins
Date added: 18 November, 2010
Opponents of the expansion of London City Airport have protested outside the
High Court ahead of a 2-day hearing. Judges will decide whether Newham Council was right to have allowed a 50% expansion
of flight movements back in October 2008. Residents group Fight the Flights was joined for the protest by Lib Dem MEP Baroness
Sarah Ludford and London Assembly Member Darren Johnson, among others. Gita Parihar, Acting Head of Legal at Friends of the Earth, said: "We believe
Newham Council has acted illegally by failing to adequately consult on its proposals
and failing to consider Government policy on tackling climate change.
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London City Airport says it delivers £ ½ billion to UK economy every year
Date added: 18 November, 2010
London City Airport says a new study from York Aviation has revealed that the
airport "directly contributes over £1/2 billion to the economy each year." This
study was rushed out to coincide with the Judicial Review at the High Court, of
the Newham decision on the airport's expansion plans. York Aviation, in a paper
study, has come up with a list of figures such as " £197 million spent by business tourists coming via London City Airport" etc
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Jobs claims by London City Airport shown to be highly inaccurate
Date added: 17 November, 2010
Campaigners at London City Airport have been looking carefully at the airport's
job figures and job claims. The airport said, in its S106 agreement to be allowed
to expand the airport, that 35% of jobs at the airport should be filled by Newham
residents. It turns out that the airport just makes "reasonable endeavours" to
get Newham staff. There are actually around 23% that live in Newham, and the home
addresses of police and immigration staff are not known.
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Fight the Flights judicial review against London City Airport expansion set for Thursday
Date added: 17 November, 2010
Fight the Flights take their battle against London City Airport’s proposed expansion to the High Court on Thursday in a judicial review. Campaigners against City airport expanding to 120,000 flights a year will challenge Newham Council in the Royal Courts of Justice. The grounds are that Newham failed to consult people living in neighbouring boroughs, or the local authorities, about the effects of increasing flights by around 50%. Also on climate change grounds.
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