Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
Bristol – New machine to track airport noise
New machines are to be introduced at Bristol Airport to enable noise complaints to be dealt with more efficiently. The tracking monitors, which will be introduced next year, will enable staff to pinpoint which aircraft were flying where at exactly what time. (UK Airport News)
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Leeds Bradford Airport told to cut noise levels
Noise pollution at Leeds Bradford must be cut to meet the EU environmental policy, according to the findings of a Government study. The airport has been told to produce a plan to tackle excessive noise, after falling foul of sound limits set out in the EU's Environmental Noise Directive. (UK Airport News)
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Bristol – Councillor says Bristol Airport should pay for policing
Bristol airport should contribute to the cost of its policing, a Weston town councillor has said. He made the comments at a meeting of the town council on December 11, where he raised the issue after discovering the numbers of officers employed to cover the site.
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Frankfurt Airport Expansion Enrages Residents – December 2007
Frankfurt airport, one of the world's biggest hubs, has received the go-ahead to build a new terminal and runway. The regional government says the €4 billion expansion will create 40,000 jobs. But residents and environmental groups are furious at a decision to allow night flights, and plan a wave of lawsuits. Horst Schneider, mayor of the Frankfurt-area city of Offenbach, said the increased noise of aircraft landing and taking off will hit his community especially hard. "We will use all legal means, right up to the EU level if necessary," he said. Schneider said some 150,000 people will be negatively affected by the expansion. Unlike protected animal species, people couldn't simply be moved elsewhere, he said.(Spiegel Online)
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Frankfurt – Citizens plan massive protests against new Frankfurt runway
(Germany - Spiegel) Germans are fighting Frankfurt expansion again... Environmentalists, neighbours and neighbouring cities and communities plan to go to court to stop the expansion of Frankfurt Airport. The minister of economic affairs just signed the spatial planning permit for the construction of the third terminal and fourth runway.
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Newquay – Climate protest on airport roof
Environmental Protestors have climbed onto the roof of Newquay Airport in Cornwall to highlight their concerns about climate change. The group from Rising Tide UK wants to stop any further expansion. The protest coincides with new flight route from Newquay to Geneva. (BBC)
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Doncaster Robin Hood Airport – Link road opens for airport
Yesterday saw the opening of a £5m link road for Robin Hood Airport. Peel Holdings eventually hope to get Government permission for a link road to the airport from the nearby M18 motorway. (Yorkshire Post)
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Exeter – EU rules change sees more post at Exeter Airport
A change in EU regulations for lorry drivers has lead to Exeter Airport handling more mail than ever before. The amount of post routed through the airport has risen - and is expected to increase further in 2008. An average of 568 kilos of post passes through the airport each night on flights East Midlands and Stansted Airports six nights a week. (UK Airport News)
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Biggin Hill Airport hotel plan rejected
Campaigners have called a government rejection of the building of a new hotel at Biggin Hill Airport a 'victory for common sense'. Plans for the 100-bed hotel were rejected by the two secretaries of state on Monday, after the airport appealed against an earlier refusal from the council. (UK Airport News)
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Carlisle airport – charter flights probe
An official probe is underway into claims illegal charter flights have taken off from Carlisle Airport. The claims centre on two aircraft operated by WA Developments International, a company owned by Cumbrian businessmen Andrew Tinkler and William Stobart. The CAA is investigating if the aircraft were hired for private charters without an air operator’s certificate. (News & Star)