Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
STANSTED AIRPORT PUBLIC INQUIRY: "REFUSAL" IS THE ONLY LOGICAL OUTCOME
Five months of forensic examination of the arguments for and against BAA's expansion proposals for Stansted have left their case in tatters, Stop Stansted Expansion said, as the Public Inquiry into proposals to expand the capacity of the single runway came to a close. BAA is now expected to announce yet another postponement to its timetable for submitting a planning application for a second runway at Stansted. (SSE press release)
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Keep Stansted price cap, easyJet tells regulator
The indebtedness of BAA, Britain's largest airport owner, came under renewed attack when easyJet warned that plans to scrap price caps at Stansted would benefit creditors at the expense of passengers. EasyJet is fighting a proposal from the regulator to allow the market to determine landing charges at the airport. (Guardian)
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Carlisle airport expansion plans submitted
Plans for a £25m expansion of Carlisle Airport, which could see passenger flights to London operating by 2009, have been submitted. Stobart Air wants to build a new runway, control tower and hangars, with a view to launching the airport's first commercial services. Carlisle City Council is now considering the planning application. (BBC)
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Heathrow: Flying in the face of disaster – BA optimistic
After two years of calamity, BA is looking forward to clear skies over a new Terminal 5 at Heathrow, after 27th March 2008. BA is BAA's largest customer, with two-thirds of its flights taking off from Heathrow. Walsh insists relations have improved since last summer's hiatus but bemoans the lack of investment in Heathrow over the years.Interview with Willie Walsh - (Observer)
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FoI documents reveal ‘collusion’ between DfT and BAA on forthcoming Heathrow expansion consultation
The Department for Transport (DfT) has been accused of colluding with BAA in drawing up the expansion plans for Heathrow which will form the basis of the forthcoming consultation. Documents obtained by Putney MP Justine Greening under the Freedom of Information legislation reveal the extent of BAA’s involvement. (HACAN press release)
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Heathrow Airport emits as much CO2 as four countries’ total CO2 emissions
Each year, flights from Heathrow Airport release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as the total annual carbon emissions from Tanzania, Nepal, Mozambique and Uganda combined, the World Development Movement has revealed. The statistics that refer to Heathrow Airport relate to CO2 emissions only. The real climate impact will be much greater because flying emits greenhouse gases at altitude. (World Development Movement)
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City Airport – London Development Agency look at alternatives to City Airport
The LDA has started to look at alternative uses for the land needed for the expansion of London City Airport and for a ‘post airport scenario’. The announcement came in response to a question from Darren Johnson, a Green Party member of the London Assembly, who is opposing the plans for expansion on environmental and economic grounds. (Darren Johnson press release)
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Full length third runway at Heathrow ‘another broken promise from BAA’
Campaigners fighting the expansion of Heathrow Airport say the local area would be devastated if rumours that the proposed new runway could be double the length originally proposed are true. Airport operator, BAA are reportedly planning to get Government ministers to agree to a 4,000 metre runway, which is twice the length stated in a 2003 white paper. John Stewart, Chairman of HACAN Clearskies, the anti-noise group, said: 'The impact locally would be devastating." (UK Airport New)
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Another broken promise from BAA – longer Heathrow runway
Campaigners fighting the expansion of Heathrow Airport say the local area would be devastated if rumours that the proposed new runway could be double the length originally proposed are true. BAA are reportedly planning to get Government ministers to agree to a 4,000 metre runway, which is twice the length stated in a 2003 white paper. (Ealing Times)
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Frankfurt protesters
The biofuels bandwagon may be running out of gas with soaring costs for feedstocks like wheat and palm oil prompting producers to shelve planned plants and cut output at existing facilities. (Reuters)