Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
‘Manston night flights? They’re already here’ and not being fined
Date added: 18 February, 2010
Six night flights were made over Thanet by planes using Manston in December,
but just one was fined, according to figures obtained under FoI. Thanet council only imposed a penalty for a single flight, on Friday, December
18. The other 5 flights were not fined because the types of aircraft fell into the
quieter category, though 4 were jumbo jets. The decision has sparked anger among residents opposing an airport application
to allow night flights.
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Sir Peter Rigby lining up swoop for Coventry Airport
Date added: 18 February, 2010
Midlands tycoon Sir Peter Rigby is lining up a dramatic swoop to buy Coventry
Airport. One of the richest men in Britain – with an estimated fortune of £300m – he has
financial muscle and a passion for aviation. Sir Peter has begun detailed talks with Coventry City Council about taking over
the business. Sir Peter has been given "exclusive due diligence". (B'ham Post)
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Date added: 18 February, 2010
Passenger numbers fell by 7.4% at Birmingham Airport in January but managers
said it "still out-performed rivals". During Jan, the airport handled 521,566 travellers through its two terminals,
including 424,912 scheduled passengers and 96,654 charter passengers. The CAA
figures show that by contrast, for all the UK airports that have report figures for Jan (almost
all of them) the air transport movements are down by - 9.9% compared to Jan 2009,
and passengers down - 6%.
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GLA Report on Heathrow – ‘Flights of Fancy’
Date added: 17 February, 2010
The Environment Committee of the GLA has issued a report - ‘Flights of Fancy: Can an expanded Heathrow meet its environmental targets?’ - on environmental controls for Heathrow. It is critical of the regime of
environmental controls and targets proposed. AEF agrees with some of the GLA conclusions, though an area of slight concern is the way that the committee seemed to accept without
question the economic benefits of Heathrow expansion claimed by its supporters.
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BA considering more London City – US routes
Date added: 12 February, 2010
British Airways may expand its all-business-class flights to the US from London
City Airport. Destinations being considered including Boston and Washington after
the airline confirmed that it is regularly filling 75% of the seats on flights
between City and New York. (UK Airport News)
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Make your mind up on 2nd Stansted runway, Government tells BAA
Date added: 11 February, 2010
The Minister responsible for dealing with BAA’s plans for a 2nd Stansted runway
has asked the airport operator to state whether it still wants to continue with
its current planning application. John Denham, Sec of State for Communities, has also told BAA that if it does
still want its second runway application to be considered, then the information
provided (a pile of documents almost 10 feet high) when it submitted the application
almost 2 years ago will need to be updated. (SSE)
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New Oxford airline to fly second route – Newcastle
Date added: 11 February, 2010
Start-up regional airline Varsity Express is to add a second domestic route from
its Oxford base. The carrier plans to serve Newcastle in addition to a service
to Edinburgh which is due to start on March 1. Daily Newcastle flights on weekdays
will be introduced from April 5. There will also be a second daily flight to and
from Edinburgh on weekdays. (TravelMole)
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London City Airport crash jet ‘not properly serviced’
Date added: 11 February, 2010
Safety maintenance work on a plane whose nose landing gear collapsed as it touched
down at London City Airport had not been properly completed. Smoke filled the British Airways Avro 146 jet, carrying 67 passengers, as it
landed on 13 February 2009. A fatigue crack led to the landing gear fracturing. Improvement work on the plane had not been fully finished even though records
at the American maintenance firm responsible showed it had been. (BBC)
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‘Boris Island’ airport to be discussed by London Assembly on 11th March
Date added: 10 February, 2010
An expert in constructing airports on artificial islands will brief the London
Assembly on building an airport in the Thames Estuary. Douglas Oakervee found building an airport on the site was technically feasible,
after he was asked to look into the idea by Boris Johnson, and will deliver his report on March 11th to discuss the potential environmental
impacts of the plan.
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Labour continue to back Heathrow third runway
Date added: 10 February, 2010
The Government's decision to give the go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow
has ‘stood the test of time’, Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has said yesterday.
He added he was ‘confident’ an agreement would be reached with the European Commission
over pollution levels at the airport, which already exceed EU limits. (UK Airport
News)
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