Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
Stansted buys ‘runway risk’ homes
BAA has now bought all but 6 properties within the proposed boundary for a 2nd runway. Homes threatened by noise blight are also being purchased giving BAA ownership of about 270 properties, bringing the BAA total spend to £90 million. Six home owners have refused to sell. A local resident commented that there is a sense of impermanence, and a feeling of creeping blight building up, with signs of properties becoming slightly unkempt. (BBC)
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Farmer’s legal challenge to Carlisle airport heard today
A legal challenge to the redevelopment of Carlisle Airport is due to be heard in the High Court. Gordon Brown, who farms at Lane End opposite the Crosby-on-Eden airfield, is seeking a judicial review of Carlisle City Council’s decision to grant planning permission. A judge sitting in Newcastle threw out his original review application in July. But Mr Brown has pursued the case, th is time at the Royal Courts of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division. (News & Star)
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New York service helps to put London City Airport on flightpath to growth
With premium business travel in the grip of the recession, British Airways' decision to launch a high-end executive service from London to New York appears to fly in the face of common sense. BA's new service when it launches on Tuesday. Two A318 aircraft have been fitted out with just 32 fully-flat beds, and at more than £4,000 a return ticket will be four times the price of the cheapest business-class equivalent. (Telegraph)
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New MD – David Johnston – appointed at Stansted Airport
BAA today announces that David Johnston has been appointed managing director of Stansted Airport, succeeding Stewart Wingate, who has chosen to leave the company to join Connaught plc. David is currently group procurement director, having joined BAA in 2007 as managing director of Edinburgh Airport.
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Economic case for Heathrow 3rd runway flawed, figures show
The Lib Dems say new figures show the government's support for the new runway is a 'sham' and have demanded that plans to expand the airport are scrapped. Their analysis shows economic benefits of a 3rd runway ay Heathrow will be almost wiped out by the increased costs to the environment. Ministers have hugely underestimated the financial impact of the extra greenhouse gases produced by a 3rd runway, which would be a climate change disaster. (Guardian)
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Macquarie Airports sells its stake in Bristol airport
Australia’s Macquarie Airports has reshuffled its European portfolio. It is selling its 35.5% stake in Bristol Airport. The Bristol stake is being sold for £128m ($211m) to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. The shake-up comes as Macquarie Airports separates itself from Macquarie Group, the Australian investment bank. The sale price of the Bristol stake is at a 12.7% discount to the asset’s value at June 30. (FT)
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Manston, Kent starts consultation on increasing night flights
Kent International airport has put out information on a consultation about increasing night flights. The application was submitted to Thanet District Council by Infratil on Monday 17 August 2009 stating their intention to commence night time flying in 6 months time. This application also put forward the suggestion to move to a quota count system. The Quota Count system is highly unsatisfactory as a means of measuring noise at night.
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Jobs threat at Luton Airport
UK airport staff face a fresh wave of redundancies over the next month as more flights are axed for the winter season. With overseas travel down by 14% on 2008, Servisair, one of the world's biggest ground handling firms, will a axe its Luton operation because there is not enough work for staff. Ground handling firms - those offering check-in and baggage handling services - are expected to be the worst hit as fewer Britons fly this winter. (UK Airport News)
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London City Airport job creation estimate halved
The economic benefits of the expansion of London City Airport were exaggerated, it has been reported. In July the airport was given the go-ahead to expand flights from 80,000 to 120,000 by the end of 2010 on the back of projections that the development would bring 1,000 new jobs to East London. However, in a recent letter to Newham MP, Stephen Timms, Newham Council said the airport had now acknowledged that only 480 new jobs will be created. (UK Airport News)
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London Gatwick Airport hosts final public event on noise consultation
London Gatwick Airport will be hosting its final public session on the content of the draft noise action plan on Thursday 17 September 2009. The formal 16 week public consultation started on 18 June 2009 and will close on 7 October 2009. It will be held between 19.00 and 20.00 at the Gatwick Conference and Business Centre, 7th Floor, Norfolk House, South Terminal, Gatwick Airport, RH6 0NP.