19-21 May 2010
This University of Westminster short course has been designed to appeal to a wide range of participants including airport planners, managers and operational staff, airport specialists in Government Departments, airline executives involved with airport planning, analysts from aircraft manufacturers and consultants.
Airports increasingly present a major infrastructure constraint to meeting the demand for air travel. Airport development often conflicts with other policy objectives and is becoming a highly contentious topic. This event addresses a number of key issues that will be of interest to airport planners and managers and those formulating airport policy.
The first two days’ seminars will include:
- measures to expand airport capacity in relation to both terminals and runways and the interaction with surface transport;
- economic and environmental issues;
- the implications of airline strategies for airports, with particular reference to changing patterns of passenger demand and airline operations;
- methods for operating airports more effectively, including research needs in forecasting and marketing; and
- Government policy in the UK and other countries.
The third day consists of a visit to Manchester Airport, where presentations will be given by the planning department of Manchester Airport covering the development of the airport, its role in the regional economy, surface access issues and the second runway scheme. This will be followed by a tour of the airport including the terminals, ground transport and the second runway environmental mitigation measures. The delegate fee includes rail travel from London to Manchester Airport on Friday morning, 21 May, and delegates should make their own arrangements to return from Manchester to London or their home destination on Friday evening. The study tour of Manchester airport will be from 11.30am to 5pm. Delegates can use any air or rail service that suits this schedule and arrangements can be made for people who need to catch earlier flights home.
Venue: The University of Westminster, 35 Maylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS, and Manchester Airport.
Delegate rates: Early bird registration (23 April 2010): £845
Standard seminar fee: £895