Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
Belfast City residents’ concerns raised by CAA safety report
Local residents' concerns about aircraft safety in areas close to George Best Belfast City Airport have been heightened by a CAA safety report. It investigated an incident east Belfast 2 months ago in which a man was hit by a roof tile and damage caused to two houses, due to wake vortex. The CAA’s report said its investigators could not determine what had caused the damage. However, whether or not a plane was flying too low, residents are not reassured.
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Residents take Belfast City Airport campaign to City Hall
Residents from Belfast have taken their campaign against further expansion of the City airport to the City Hall. A delegation from the umbrella residents’ group, Belfast City Airport Watch, urged a specially-convened meeting of the Town Planning Committee, to which all councillors were invited, to oppose plans which would allow the airport to significantly increase its operations. A large number of councillors attended and listened attentively and with interest.
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Boris Island airport dead in water
Plans for a "Boris island" airport in the Thames estuary have been finally killed off as Philip Hammond rejected the idea. But Boris Johnson said it was "utterly ridiculous" to block the expansion of aviation around the capital. Mr Hammond wrote: "I can confirm that the Government has no plans to build any new airports in the region." Boris is terrified London will not be able to compete with Turkey's huge, gleaming new airport ...
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“Manston plans to open Gateway” or “China Gateway Bigged Up In Property Week”
Property Week have a piece enthusing about the prospects of a massive business park by the north Kent coast, close to Manston airport. Its developer is China Gateway. However, though it obtained planning consent for the first phase back in October 2008, it will need planning for the next phase. This cannot go ahead without a great deal of financial input, probably from the Chinese, who want to use it - and that does not look too likely for the time being.
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Bristol campaigners say NO to airport hotel
Stop Bristol Airport Expansion is calling for the withdrawal of the planning application for a hotel at the Airport which will displace car parking onto green belt land, until a decision has been made by the Sec of State on whether to allow development on green belt. The hotel should not be given the go-ahead because that space should be used for further car parking to save green belt land on the south side. The hotel will damage trade for local B&Bs, hotels etc.
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Hammond confirms Government opposed to Heathrow mixed mode
The government has ruled out increasing capacity on existing runways through mixed-mode operation – allowing aircraft to take off and land on the same runway. Philip Hammond told the transport select committee that the disbenefits to local communities outweigh the benefits. He also rejected a Thames airport and the idea that regional airports could expand in place of Heathrow. He reaffirmed the commitment to move domestic traffic from air to rail.
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Southend Council taken to court over runway extension planning permission
Southend group, Stop Airport Extension Now, is aware that an application for permission to apply for a Judicial Review is being lodged with the High Court. The claimant is a local resident SAEN member very concerned at the decision by Southend Borough Council to grant planning permission for an extended runway and has SAEN's full support. There is particular concern over the potential impact of night flights and the economic case has not been made. (SAEN)
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Manchester airport “goes green” (as long as you don’t include the flights)
The airport has published its first sustainability report – it intends to become ‘carbon neutral’ by 2015 by low energy light bulbs and recycling bins. Its plans to become one of the "greenest" in Europe. But the commitment does not cover emissions from aircraft using the airport, which the airport says are the responsibility of airlines. Manchester FoE are highly critical and say the airport produces in a year ‘the same amount of CO2 as the whole of Uganda’.
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Hypocrite Trump Blocks Expansion at Airport near home in Florida
Plane Stupid in Scotland have found out that Donald Trump, whose planned housing and golf course would "lead directly to airport expansion" at Aberdeen airport, has been involved in opposing construction of a second runway at Palm Beach International Airport, near his Mar-a-Lago estate and members-only beach club. Opponents of expansion at Aberdeen airport see this as amazing hypocrisy.
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Private majority shareholder Galaxy withdraws from Siena Airport. A Citizens’ victory!
Galaxy Management Services, offshoot of Galaxy Srl, a private equity fund based in Luxembourg, is withdrawing from the company Aeroporto di Siena SpA. The plan was initially for airport expansion to 700,000 passengers per year by 2020 and Galaxy is believed to have operated in an underhand manner in influencing the board. Citizens in the Siena area deeply regret the amount of public money that has been wasted on the airport project.