Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
Legal action threat over Llanbedr airport
Opponents of a plan for a commercial airport in Snowdonia are considering legal action to try to halt it. Snowdonia Society director, Alun Pugh, says it will seriously consider asking for a judicial review, as the Welsh Assembly Government has not produced evidence it has met all its legal requirements. The three Welsh national park societies have joined forces against the scheme. (BBC)
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5th June for BA’s Heathrow Terminal 5 long-haul flights
British Airways will start transferring its Heathrow long-haul flights to the new Terminal 5 (T5) on 5 June. BA and BAA said 8 long-haul flights, including services to New York, will move from Terminal 4 to T5 on that day, and the rest of the flights will be transferred in phases. Also, BA is looking for a new operations supremo to replace the two directors sackes. (Independent)
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Council to join Luton Airport flightpath fight
Luton Borough Council is set to lobby against proposals for new flight paths at Luton Airport, which will adversely affect people living in Luton and surrounding villages. If the changes are given the green light by the CAA, an extra 5300 people living in Caddington, Slip End, Woodside and South Luton will be within a new 'noise contour', (UK Airport News)
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Llanbedr – Anger over plan for commercial flights at wartime airfield near Snowdonia
An abandoned military airfield may be turned into a commercial airport, and campaigners fear the droning of aircraft will soon destroy the peace in this corner of protected Welsh countryside, in Snowdonia National Park. The Welsh government has sold the land for commercial use to Kemble Air Services for pleasure flights over the park and flying lessons. (Independent)
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Balfour Beatty pays £14m for Blackpool airport
Balfour Beatty has paid £14m to acquire a 95% stake in Blackpool airport. The seller was Mar Properties, a Northern Ireland-based property developer. The minority shareholder, Blackpool Borough Council, is supportive of the change. In January 2007 Balfour paid £60m for Exeter Airport. Blackpool airport’s users include Jet2.com, Ryanair and Manx2.com. (Contract Journal)
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Newmarket Council raise Stansted flightpath concerns
Newmarket Town Council has backed the growing campaign against proposals which could see planes waiting to land at Stansted Airport ‘stacked’ over some of the town's most important stud land. At a meeting last week, town councillors agreed to submit an objection to the NATS plan, which could see planes put in a holding position close to Newmarket. (UK Airport News)
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Ferrovial put Belfast City airport on the block
Ferrovial is preparing to sell Belfast City airport. They are understood to have appointed KPMG to run an auction of the airport, named after Northern Irish football star George Best and valued at about £100m. Interest has been shown from Bridgepoint, HG Capital and Balfour Beatty, among others. (Sunday Times)
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Ex-BA boss Bob Ayling condemns Heathrow expansion
BOB AYLING, former chief executive of BA, has attacked plans to expand Heathrow airport as a "costly mistake" that is "against Britain’s economic interests". His opposition to the proposal for a third runway strikes at the heart of the government’s case that it is essential for the health of the country’s economy. He says transfer traffic is loss making and BAA should cut transfer flights so Heathrow operates at 80% capacity not 99%. (Sunday Times)
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Council agree Carlisle Airport redevelopment plan
Carlisle Airport is ready for take-off after Carlisle city councillors agreed a revised list of planning conditions acceptable to airport owner Andrew Tinkler. The Government Office North West could still effectively scupper the scheme if it calls a public inquiry - it has 28 days to decide. The 63 planning conditions that the council originally wanted to impose have been whittled down to 54. (UK Airport News)