Airport News
Below are news items relating to specific airports
Major flaws exposed in County Council case for Newquay Airport
The first independent report into the future of Newquay Airport has exposed major flaws in Cornwall County Council's plans for expansion. It was personally delivered to the chief executive and leader of CCC on Wednesday 3rd October 2007. Groundswell Cornwall ommissioned the report to test the County Council's claims that Cornwall's future development can only be secured by turning the regional airport into an international gateway. (Groundswell)
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Fears over London City Airport plans
Residents in Tower Hamlets are concerned about plans by London City Airport to increase the number of flights it handles by 50% over the next 3 years. The airport has applied to Newham Council to raise the annual number from 80,000 to 120,000. Tower Hamlets Council has outlined its concerns about the plans to Newham Council, which include air pollution, aircraft noise, climate change and traffic related pollution. (Eastend Life)
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Newquay – German airline Lufthansa to start flights
Newquay airport in Cornwall has announced plans to begin flights to and from Germany from next summer. The German airline Lufthansa will begin a weekly service during the summer months linking Newquay airport with Dusseldorf from June 2008. (BBC)
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Heathrow – BAA details timetable for Airtrack rail application
Airport operator BAA has announced that it will launch a public consultation on the Airtrack rail scheme once preliminary technical and environmental assessments have been completed. Airtrack is a proposal to create a new rail link between Heathrow and the National Rail network to the south west of the airport. The first stage of the consultation is likely to be in early 2008. (Transport Briefing)
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Climate Change conveniently drops off agenda at Birmingham Airport
As Birmingham International Airport release their interim statement, the small issue they try to step over is of course Climate Change. In presentations they skip over it, while in their press release they indicate that they will "consider Climate Change". (FoE West Midlands press release)
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Birmingham runway is cancelled, but residents can’t sleep easy yet
Birmingham Airport anti-Noise Group (BANG) has welcomed the announcement by Birmingham International Airport (BIA) Ltd that the proposed new 2nd runway had been dropped from the airport company's forthcoming development master plan. But they say local people living in the shadow of the airport should not be misled by claims that the plan to extend the existing runway by 2012 represents an environmentally friendly alternative. (BANG press release)
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BIA ANNOUNCES INTERIM STATEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT
Birmingham International Airport Ltd (BIA) today released an Interim Statement on its long-term development plans up to the year 2030, ahead of the publication of the new Airport Master Plan, which will be released later this year. The details follow a consultation process on the Draft Master Plan in 2005/06 and review of the feedback received. (BIA press release)
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Heathrow night flights exceeded
The number of night flights in and out of Heathrow airport has exceeded government targets. Heathrow is allowed 2,550 take-offs and landings to take place between 23:30 and 06:00 during the 6-month "winter season". In the summer months this rises to 3,250. But figures show there were a further 325 "disregarded flights". (BBC)
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London City Airport plans to increase flights
London City Airport plans to increase flights by 50% over the next 3 years. But some local residents under the flight path are not happy at the prospect of increased noise levels. The flights would increase from 80,000 to 120,000 a year. The airport is not planning to build more runways but increase the frequency of daytime travel. By 2030 that number could increase to 171,000 annual flights.(BBC)
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BAA calls for long runway at Heathrow
BAA has begun lobbying for a full-length new runway at Heathrow ahead of the expected launch next month of a consultation document on expansion of the London airport. The move represents a switch for BAA, which has in the past advocated only a short extra runway, suitable for the small aircraft used on short-haul flights. (Sunday Times)