Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
Birmingham Friends of the Earth letter to Birmingham City Council on use of public funds
Date added: 16 November, 2010
In response to the news that Birmingham City Council may give £10 million or
more to help with road alterations to enable the airport to lengthen its runway,
Birmingham FoE have written an open letter to councillors at BCC questioning their
use of public funds to pay for the runway extension. At the same time BCC are
looking to save £300 million pounds from their budget. The road project they
are paying for is outside the boundary of Birmingham.
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Durham Tees Valley Airport to charge £6 for departure
Date added: 16 November, 2010
Passengers will have to pay for the privilege of being allowed to board their flight from today. The airport is introducing a charge for access to its departure lounge, which is the only way to actually reach the plane. They will have to pay £6 for adults and £2 for children aged between three and 15. This
is part of the overall strategy to stabilise its financial situation and follows the introduction of similar schemes at other regional airports.
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News update from Stop Stansted Expansion
Date added: 15 November, 2010
November newsletter from SSE
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Gatwick runway victory celebrated
Date added: 14 November, 2010
Over 40 representatives of local councils and environmental groups attended the
annual GACC meeting. The keynote speech was given by Crawley MP Henry Smith who
said "While everyone recognises the significance of the airport to the local
economy it is important that the area should not become over-dependent on one
industry. The volcanic ash close-down, the threat of terrorist attacks and the
recession all remind us of how vulnerable the aviation industry is."
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Thomas Cook holiday jet to Manchester survived bird strike after take off in Turkey
Date added: 12 November, 2010
A British holiday jet flying back to Manchester survived flying into a flock
of seagulls on take-off in Turkey. The "significant bird strike" led to birds passing through both Rolls-Royce engines
of the Boeing 757 said the AAIB. The Thomas Cook Airlines flight landed safely in Manchester after flying from
Dalaman on 19 June. The extent of the damage was discovered on landing included a cracked nose, landing
gear light and dents in the engine intake cowlings.
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UK CAA publishes review of London City Airport departure changes
Date added: 10 November, 2010
The UK CAA has published its 12-month review of NATS’ revisions to the London
City Airport departure routes, which were introduced in May 2009, allegedly to
maintain the high safety standards. The review found that the change had delivered
the safety benefits that had been anticipated in the NATS proposal - but it ignored
the annoyance and distress caused to the thousands now being overflown, and data
on the noise these communities suffered before the change.
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London City Airport – a marketable proposition?
Date added: 9 November, 2010
A long article with a lot of background on London City Airport, its strengths and weaknesses. "on the downside LCY’s future growth depends on its plans for expansion being acceptable in the community". But the approval decision, to allow an increase in flights from 80,000 to 120,000 per year, is subject to a judicial review which is scheduled to take place on 18th and 19th November, following a poll that is being conducted by the GLA.
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Airbus A380 plane aborts landing due to strong gust of wind at Manchester
Date added: 9 November, 2010
The A380 had to abort a landing after being hit by a strong gust of wind. It was caught up in the gale at Manchester on Monday, having flown from Dubai. After touching down briefly the pilot took off again and managed to land safely
on the 2nd attempt. It was then hit by an electrical fault which delayed the flight by 24 hours.
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London City Airport campaigners say Greenwich Council fail to hear aircraft noise
Date added: 8 November, 2010
"It would be funny if it were not so serious". Greenwich Council Planners are
actually supporting expansion at London City Airport on the misleading premise
that they believe jets to be quieter than propeller planes. Greenwich believe
jets are quieter, but this is contradicted by work done by the CAA. Research has shown the new Embraer E series jets are considerably noisier than
the old BAE RJ Avro 'whisper jets' that they are replacing.
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Continental Airlines scraps flights to New York from Bristol
Date added: 7 November, 2010
Continental's last flight from Bristol to New York took place on 7th November. The service has been daily for the past 5 years. Its cessation is being blamed on rising taxes and the recession and they say the rise in APD
will further cut the attractiveness of the flight. APD increased from £45 to
£60 on economy flights to New York, (15 -20% increase on an average fare) and
business class passengers pay a tax rise from £90 to £120.
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