Contents
SASIG 2014/15 Meeting Date
Regional News
Industry News
European News
Parliamentary News
Government News
House of Commons Questions
Media News
SASIG 2014/15 Meeting Date
6 March 2015
Meetings are held at Local Government House, Smith Square, SW1P 3HZ, location map.
Regional News
19 January 2015 – Gatwick Airport has released design details of what it claims would become world’s most efficient two-runway airport. The plans demonstrate how queues will be eliminated, passenger transit through the airport will be sped up, and aircraft turnaround will it claims would match any other airport. More details of the plans are also available here.
19 January 2015 – A second county council has withdrawn its support for another runway at Gatwick Airport because of the high level of local opposition. West Sussex County Council (WSCC) voted by 37 to 26 to reverse its decision in July 2013 to support expansion of the airport. Kent County Council withdrew its backing for a second runway in November, because of new flight paths. Gatwick said it was disappointed by WSCC’s decision.
19 October 2015 – Shadow Minister Michael Dugher MP has visited Luton Airport and lent his support to their expansion plans. He was invited along to see the latest phase of the airport’s £100m transformation project. He was supportive of the ambition to increase transport links and provide more jobs for the local economy.
19 January 2015 – Birmingham Airport has reported its busiest year ever in 2014, which ended with another record month in December. Over the twelve month calendar year, the airport handled 9,707,449 passengers; an increase of 6.5 per cent compared to 2013. It also celebrated seven record months in April, May, June, July, August, November and December and recorded Dublin, Dubai and Amsterdam as the top three routes. During December, 622,317 passengers travelled through the airport, an increase of 8.4 per cent compared to the same period the previous year and the busiest December since 2008.
19 January 2015 – West Sussex County Council has agreed its official response to the Airports Commission’s consultation expressing ‘serious concerns’ about the implications of a second runway at Gatwick Airport. Members of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs, Nick Herbert and Mid Sussex Sir Nicholas Soames have welcomed the decision.
20 January 2015 – Emails have been leaked about the compulsory purchase order of Manston Airport between Thanet Council and its legal representatives.
22 January 2015 – The Government have said that a decision on the Coventry and Warwickshire Gateway project will be delayed until February. The manufacturing and distribution scheme was granted planning permission by Coventry City Council and Warwickshire District Council in 2012 and 2013. But those decisions were called in for review by the Government following public protest and concerns about the Greenbelt.
23 January 2015 – UK Director of Iraqi Airways Saad Al-Khafaji, has confirmed that the airline operator hopes to launch direct flights from Manchester Airport to Erbil and Sulaimaniya (both in Iraqi Kurdistan). The routes would be non-stop from Manchester, but due to Civil Aviation Authority rules the return service will would stop in Vienna for 90 minutes for security checks.
23 January 2015 – Durham Tees Valley Airport has launched a campaign to attract more General Aviation business.
23 January 2015 – Plans to build a new runway at Gatwick Airport are to be formally opposed by Mole Valley District Council. Members of the Council have supported a recommendation for the Executive Committee to object to the West Sussex airport’s expansion plans because of concerns about infrastructure.
Industry News
19 January 2015 – The airline operator Bmi Regional has announced it is cancelling its Birmingham to Gothenburg service. The carrier began flying the route at the beginning of last year – it had planned to operate a six-time weekly service between the two cities this summer but Bmi Regional is now cancelling the service on March 29.
19 January 2015 – NATS, the provider of en route air traffic services in the UK, recorded a 2.2 per cent increase in 2014 traffic volumes when compared to the previous year. Last year saw 2,200,804 flights, up from 2,153,995 in 2013.
19 January 2015 – Leeds Bradford Airport has confirmed the introduction of 9 new holiday destinations for summer 2015 with 7 major leisure airlines and tour operators.
20 January 2015 – Figures released by air traffic services company, NATS suggest that up to 1m tonnes of aviation related CO2 is now being saved each year. The reduction equates to more than £115m in enabled fuel savings for airlines and an average 4.3 per cent cut in CO2 per flight. NATS say that the improvements are the result of changes to UK airspace that allow for more direct routes and improved vertical profiles; the use of more efficient procedures, such as continuous instead of stepped climbs and descents; and the introduction of new air traffic control technologies. Over 300 changes to UK airspace have been made over the past six years in an effort to find better and more efficient routes for airlines. This includes the more flexible use of military airspace when not in use, something that has saved 30,000 tonnes of CO2 alone. The introduction of GAATS+, the tools that allow controllers to offer airlines the most efficient altitudes across the North Atlantic has itself enabled savings of over 110,000 tonnes of CO2.
21 January 2015 – The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has confirmed the appointment of four new members to the Air Travel Insolvency Protection Advisory Committee (ATIPAC). These are: General Manager, easyJet Holidays, Mandy Round; Group Head of Government Affairs and Sustainability at Thomas Cook Group, Anna Campopiano; Chair of the Water Services Dispute Resolution Panel, Sandra Webber; and Chief Executive Officer at On the Beach, Simon Cooper. All been appointed by Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair of the CAA. They will join the committee for a period of four years from 14 January 2015.
21 January 2015 – Following consultations during 2014, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today published a series of documents confirming decisions relating to its economic regulation of NATS’ en route services for 2015-2019, completing a process that began in July 2012. The documents bring into effect amendments to the NATS En Route Plc (NERL) licence to reflect performance targets originally set out in the UK-Ireland Functional Airspace Block (FAB) performance plan. The plan included targets in four key areas: capacity; cost efficiency; environment; and safety and was adopted by the Department for Transport and submitted to the European Commission as part of the Single European Sky (SES) initiative in June 2014. These documents confirm demanding cost efficiency and service quality targets for NERL, and allowing delivery of its business plan. As well as confirming details of the price control of NERL’s Eurocontrol and London Approach charges for 2015-2019, the licence amendments include a new condition for NERL to implement and report on activity carried out under the Future Airspace Strategy (FAS) Deployment Plan. The criteria for applying for funding under the FAS Deployment Facilitation Fund – set out in the UK-Ireland FAB plan – are also published with these documents. Finally, these publications also include confirmation of a price cap of Consumer Price Index (CPI)-5 per cent on NERL’s Oceanic charges for 2015-2019. Air traffic services and datalink communications in the Shanwick area of Oceanic airspace over the North Atlantic are delegated to the UK (NERL) under a mandate from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The Oceanic business is a relatively small part of the NERL business, representing approximately 4 per cent of its costs and revenues. The documents published are as follows:
- CAP 1252: Decision on the modification of NATS (En Route) plc licence to transpose the UK-Ireland FAB Performance Plan for 2015-2019
- CAP 1253: Decision on modifications to NATS (En Route) plc licence in respect of reporting and Specified Services
- CAP 1249: FAS Deployment Facilitation Fund
- CAP 1254: Decision on modifications to NATS (En Route) plc licence in respect of the Oceanic price condition for 2015-2019
21 January 2015 – Airports Council International Europe has released a new study, conducted by InterVISTAS, that quantifies and documents the economic contribution of the airport industry in Europe. The report states that Europe’s airports contribute to the employment of 12.3 million people earning €365 billion in income annually. Overall, they generate €675 billion of GDP each year – accounting for 4.1 per cent of GDP in Europe. While airports are job-intensive locations with a direct impact on the economy, the study, called the Economic Impact of European Airports, also looks at the significant indirect impacts of airport activities.
23 January 2015 – The Ministry of Defence and the Secretary of State have been told that the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the statutory regulator required to determine safety standards for civilian aircraft using Government owned military aerodromes. Previously, as part of a policy of attracting 12,000 more business jets a year to RAF Northolt in west London, Ministers had repeatedly argued that they didn’t need to meet stricter, costlier civilian safety standards, only military ones, and that the CAA had no regulatory powers at military aerodromes.
24 January 2015 – International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) has made a third takeover approach to the airline operator Aer Lingus, offering to pay €2.50 per share, or around €1.3bn in total. IAG which also owns the carriers British Airways and Iberia, has had two offers rejected by Aer Lingus, the last in early January for €2.40 per share.
25 January 2015 – Local businesses from across the Luton region will be attending the third annual ‘Meet the Buyer’ event at Luton Airport on Wednesday 28 January. The networking event has prevously allowed 44 local companies to meet managers at 16 firms that are already central to operations at the Airport, including private jet operator Harrods Aviation, Monarch Airlines, and National Air Traffic Control (NATS).
European News
14 January 2015 – Operations at Göteborg City Airport are to be wound down after in-depth analysis of the runway system indicates extensive measures are needed for the long-term development of the gateway. Operator Swedavia, says it has decided to acquire the remaining shares in the company that operates it and has adopted an approach to the gradual winding down of commercial flights. Since late November, heavy passenger traffic at Göteborg City has been redirected to Göteborg Landvetter Airport, which is the result of potential deficiencies identified in the runway system.
Parliamentary News
19 January 2015 – A session of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee on Smaller Airports was convened on Monday 19 January. Among the issues raised were: what a ‘smaller airport’ was; impact of HS2; improving surface access; passenger growth at Leeds Bradford Airport; success of smaller airports; public subsidies for smaller airports; the Airports Commission; Air Passenger Duty (APD); aviation capacity and ring-fencing slots. A summary of the discussion is presented below.
MPs heard from, Chief Executive, British Air Transport Association (BATA), Nathan Stower; Chief Executive, Airport Operators Association (AOA), Darren Caplan; Group Director for Regulatory Policy, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Iain Osborne; Chairman, Aviation Forum, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT UK), Paul Le Blond; and Chairman, Regional and Business Airports Group, John Spooner.
Definition of ‘smaller airports’
Opening the session, Committee Chair Louise Ellman asked if the Committee had been right to define ‘smaller airports’ as those with fewer than five million passengers per annum for the purposes of its inquiry. She noted that 40 airports were covered by the definition. In reply, Mr Le Blond said that it was a good idea to have a category for smaller airports and he did not believe further breakdowns were necessary. He felt it was better to use a simple and straightforward categorisation. In contrast, Mr Spooner said that the Regional and Business Airport Group believed that airports with around three million passengers per year were more suited to the definition, because it was possible to be profitable at that level. He also felt that airports with non-commercial traffic to be included within the Committee’s inquiry, such as those supporting Ministry of Defence activities.
The Chair asked if any problems had arisen from the European Commission definition of smaller airports ruling that those with fewer than three million passengers a year could host certain state-subsided routes. Responding, Mr Spooner said that there was a strong link between the commercial success of an airport and the nature of its traffic. He explained, for example, that it was easier for airports operating on a seasonal flow of traffic to manage their costs.
The Chair asked if smaller airports had been impacted more by the 2008 recession compared with larger airports. Mr Spooner felt that they had. In reply, Mr Stower said passenger numbers at Heathrow Airport had increased by seven per cent between 2008 and 2013, whilst Gatwick had seen a rise of four per cent. Whilst some larger airports, including Stansted, had seen their passenger numbers fall, smaller airports had generally seen a decline.
Impact of High Speed rail – HS2
Sarah Champion MP asked if smaller airport operators were concerned about the impact from building HS2. Responding, Mr Caplan said that many airports had not bounced back since the recession and pointed to the impact of APD rising. He noted that the AOA supported HS2.
Later in the session, Adrian Sanders MP asked if the aviation sector was relaxed over the impact of HS2. Responding, Mr Caplan said that the project would increase the catchment area of many smaller airports. He called for the Department for Transport (DfT), local authorities and other groups to come together to improve surface access. ‘People fly, if they want to fly. If they want to take a train, they take a train’, Mr Caplan told MPs.
Ms Champion inquired if any work had been done to quantify the economic benefit of smaller airports to the regional economy. Responding, Mr Caplan said that most regional airports would point to their importance in local economies. He noted that Newcastle Airport contributed to thousands of local jobs and added millions to the local economy.
Pointing to Derry Airport, Mr Spooner said that its economic contribution justified the level of support it received from local authorities. He noted that many regional airports were surrounded by brownfield sites that had been developed into business parks for non-aeronautical employment.
Improving surface access
Questioned further by the Chair, Mr Caplan set out the AOA’s suggestion for improving surface access, including considering it as part of overall infrastructure strategy and creating a single online portal for booking tickets. He believed that the DfT could be a ‘prime mover’ on the issue, but felt that all relevant groups should be involved. On the question of funding, Mr Caplan extolled the benefits to local communities of improving surface access and thereby allowing the schemes to qualify for public money.
Passenger growth at Leeds Bradford Airport
Jason McCartney MP asked what the panel felt lay behind the success in passenger growth at Leeds Bradford Airport. He claimed that the airport had achieved a double digit growth in the last year. Responding, Mr Stower said that a major regional tour operator had helped the growth. Following this, Mr Osborne said that Leeds Bradford lay a greater distance from its competitors than many comparative airports, but noted that it still only managed to capture a third of the short haul traffic flying out of Yorkshire.
Mr McCartney asked how the industry was promoting the importance of regional airports. In reply, Mr Le Blond said that smaller airports were more straightforward, simpler and cheaper for passengers to use, in addition to people preferring to use local airports. Mr Stower said that airlines including Flybe and easyJet offered a range of services, demonstrating the options that were open to all operators.
Success of smaller airports
Questioned by Graham Stringer MP, Mr Caplan said that planning regimes often made it difficult for airports to grow and hoped that Government policy would do more to help them flourish. He added that local areas did not benefit from a lack of connectivity and believed that it should be up to the market to decide which smaller airports succeeded.
Mr Stower said that some smaller airports should be expected to fail in a competitive market. Adding to this, Mr Osborne said that smaller airports could re-enter the commercial aviation market if local demand was revived. Mr Spooner pointed to the case of Blackpool Airport, which had the potential to benefit from the overspill of slots from Manchester Airport as the economy recovered.
Following this, Mr Stringer and Jim Fitzpatrick MP inquired how many smaller airports were at risk of closure and were dependent on public subsidy. Responding, Mr Le Blond said that it was ‘inevitable’ that some airports would be downgraded, as opposed to facing full closure.
Public subsidies for smaller airports
Martin Vickers MP asked after steps local authorities and local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) could take to support smaller airports. Responding, Mr Caplan emphasised the importance of bringing local authorities and LEPs on board to help support local airports.
Mr Vickers asked if the future of airports serving island communities could be guaranteed through additional revenue generated by the industry alone. In reply, Mr Caplan explained that he found it difficult to imagine how such airports could survive without public subsidy.
Airports were still reliant on airlines to provide a commercial service, Mr Le Blond said, emphasising that the airlines could only do so much and that some form of public subsidy needed to be provided.
The Airports Commission
Karen Lumley MP asked if the Airports Commission had paid sufficient attention to smaller airports. The Commission had initially argued that these fell outside of its purview, but had produced a discussion paper on the matter, Mr Le Blond said, urging the Committee to press Sir Howard Davies to pick the issue up. Mr Caplan insisted that the Government should begin to consider the impact of rising passenger demand outside the South East of England.
Mr Sanders asked why Plymouth City Airport had closed down. Responding, Mr Spooner said that smaller airports had ‘caught pneumonia’ during the recession, and noted that the Regional and Business Airports Group had called for ancillary incomes to be developed to support them. Mr Caplan noted that airport such as Humberside or Falmouth had specialised in areas such as helicopters or aerospace.
Air Passenger Duty
The Chair asked what the impact of APD was on smaller airports. Describing the Government’s recent reforms to the tax as ‘relatively small steps’, Mr Stower said that the UK still had one of the most competitive tax regimes in the world. He called for APD to be scrapped. APD impinged upon connectivity from UK airports, Mr Caplan said, citing evidence from an AOA study released last year that had highlighted a negative impact to airports including Southampton and Cambridge – ‘We have the highest taxed aviation sector in the world’, he declared, urging a review and reduction in the tax.
Pressed by Mr Fitzpatrick over the proposed devolution of APD to Scotland, Mr Caplan said that any reduction in APD for one part of the UK should be matched all over the country. He also insisted that a PwC study published last year had found that 60,000 jobs could be created by reducing APD.
Mr Le Blond added that domestic traveller was ‘taxed twice’ by APD on their journeys, urging differentiation from international journeys. He ruled out raising VAT or fuel taxes to compensate for any change to the policy.
Aviation capacity and ring-fencing slots
The Chair asked if any expansion in airport capacity would benefit regional aviation. Responding, Mr Osborne said that the release of a lot of slots from larger airports could benefit smaller airports, but he did not know how airports would choose to allocate capacity if left to their own devices. It was not in the commercial interest of operators to facilitate any measure that would drive down prices, Mr Osborne said.
Mr Le Blond felt that any planning permission for a new runway should contain a condition to ring-fence a number of slots for domestic flights. Both Heathrow and Gatwick airports had stated that passenger charges would rise as a result of any expansion in capacity, Mr Stower said. Mr Spooner said that his organisation had discussed the ring-fencing of slots with both Heathrow and Gatwick and that both were considering it.
The Chair asked how many emergency landings there had been at Manston Airport. Responding, Mr Osborne said that there had been no emergency landings for commercial flights at that airport.
Government News
20 January 2015 – The Airports Commission have published the report ‘A strategic fit analysis of the Airports Commission’s shortlisted options for additional airport capacity’. These reports support the strategic fit analysis in the consultation on the Airport Commission’s shortlisted options for additional airport capacity.
21 January 2015 – The next stage of the Government’s plans for General Aviation (GA) will be published on Saturday 28 March 2015 when the Government’s strategy for GA is made public at a joint Government / Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) event at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Key speakers at the event will be, Minister Without Portfolio, Grant Shapps, EASA Executive Director, Patrick Ky, and Chief Executive of the UK Civil Aviation Authority Andrew Haines. Representatives from the air services provider NATS will also be in attendance offering advice on a range of GA airspace safety issues and air traffic control in general. The event is open to anyone involved in GA and will provide an opportunity to hear an update on the Future Airspace Strategy VFR operations deployment plan and the latest work underway through the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and UK GA programmes. The event will take place from 10.30am to 3pm. If you wish to attend then please RSVP to [email protected] including the number of people in your party and if you intend to fly in. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Confirmation of successful registration and further information on the event will be provided nearer the date.
22 January 2015 – The Department of Energy & Climate Change have published the report, ‘The Aviation Plan: 2015 update’. The Aviation Plan aims to identify, develop and enable the implementation of mitigation measures to reduce the impacts of wind turbines on radar and aviation to acceptable levels, whilst taking all necessary steps to protect the safety of civilian and military air operations. It encourages a constructive dialogue between the wind and aviation industries and ensures that the development of strategic approaches are explored and progressed. The updated plan recognises recent achievements and seeks to identify and address the challenges still to be overcome.
22 January 2015 – The Aviation Minister Robert Goodwill has announced that regional airports can bid for up to £56 million funding for new routes over next 3 years. The ‘start up aid’ will be made available from the Regional Air Connectivity Fund, which was announced by the Government in June 2013 and is open to airports with fewer than 5 million passengers per year. This fund has already been partly distributed to support strategic routes to London from Newquay and Dundee but is now being extended to bids for more routes.
The £56 million is available to cover 3 years of financial support for start-up aid, with £17.5 million being made available to bids in 2015/16 and around £20 million a year for each of the remaining years. The aid will create new routes, boosting connectivity, increasing trade and supporting jobs in the regions. Mr Robert Goodwill said, ‘Smaller airports are vital to local economies and ensuring they thrive is a key part of our long term economic plan. I want to encourage the industry to apply to expand their routes, to generate UK growth and jobs, as well as boosting our trade links with countries all over the world’.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said, ‘I created the Regional Air Connectivity Fund because, as a Highlander, I appreciate the immense value of regional air routes to people living in remote communities across the UK. This fund has already supported valuable services like Newquay’s London route, which has a return of 2.5 for every pound invested, making it great value for taxpayers too. I hope this further funding will help other areas sustain economically important connections too’.
Guidance explaining how airlines and airports with fewer than 5 million passengers per annum can apply for start-up aid for new routes is available here.
The initial application stage will run for five weeks, closing on Wednesday 25 February. Ministers will announce a shortlist of bids in March 2015. A list of successful bidders will then be published in June.
22 January 2015 – The UK Government has confirmed the decision to devolve power to charge Air Passenger Duty (APD) to the Scottish Parliament. Scotland is now expected to reform and eventually abolish APD, following a commitment made last year by the Scottish National Party. It follows plans to devolve financial, tax and other powers to Scotland after the ‘no’ vote in last September’s vote on independence. The legislation was based on the recommendations of the Smith Commission, set up by prime minister David Cameron, although the Westminster bill to deliver the new powers will not be enacted until after the UK election in May.
23 January 2015 – The Airports Commission have published the report ‘Cost and commercial viability analysis of the Airports Commission’s shortlisted options for additional airport capacity’. These reports support the cost and commercial viability analysis in the consultation on the Airport Commission’s shortlisted options for additional airport capacity. Full details of the reports are on The Commission’s website.
House of Commons Questions
McCrea, W – Abolition of Air Passenger Duty
21 January 2015
Dr William McCrea (South Antrim, Democratic Unionist Party): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy completely to abolish air passenger duty.
Priti Patel (Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Witham, Conservative): Air Passenger Duty (APD) remains an important contributor to the public finances. However, as a key part of this Government’s long term economic plan, the Chancellor has taken action on APD. In 2015-16, over ninety-nine per cent of passengers, including many families, are set to see a freeze or reduction in rates. Budget 2014 announced a freeze in the rate of APD for short-haul international and domestic flights for a fourth year running. In addition Budget 2014 reforms APD with the abolition of bands C and D from 1 April 2015. This will cut tax for passengers travelling to destinations such as Brazil, India, China, South Asia and the Caribbean. Autumn Statement 2014 also announced an APD exemption for children under 12 on economy tickets, with effect from 1 May 2015. From the following year, the Government will abolish economy ticket APD for children under 16 altogether. This will save a two child family £26 on economy short-haul flights and £142 on economy long-haul flights, plus adds to Budget 2014’s adult fare savings for families flying economy to destinations like the Caribbean and Australia, taking accumulative savings to £170 and £194 respectively.
Ruane, C – UK Noise limits from (a) aircraft and (b) motor vehicles
21 January 2015
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd, Labour): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what limits are in place in relation to noise from (a) aircraft and (b) motor vehicles.
Robert Goodwill (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Scarborough and Whitby, Conservative): Civil aircraft using UK airports are subject to international noise certification standards. These are set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and applied at the time of manufacture. In addition some airports may have restrictions in place to limit noise, which will be set out in their Noise Action Plans. The limit in place in relation to noise for modern passenger cars is 74 decibels. For motorcycles it is between 75 and 80 decibels depending on the size of the machine. For large buses and coaches the limit is between 78 and 80 decibels. For small buses and light goods vehicles it is between 76 and 77 decibels and for heavy goods vehicles the limit is between 77 and 80 decibels. These figures are all measured using a microphone fixed 7.5 metres from the line along which the vehicle is travelling.
Goldsmith, Z – Ring-fencing of slots for domestic air services to Heathrow Airport 21 January 2015
Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park, Conservative): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had on the ring-fencing of slots for domestic air services to Heathrow Airport in the event of a third runway being opened at that airport with (a) Heathrow Airport, (b) the Airports Commission, (c) ACL and (d) devolved and regional bodies.
Robert Goodwill: The Secretary of State for Transport has had no discussions with Heathrow Airport, the Airports Commission, the slot co-ordinator ACL, or devolved or regional bodies concerning the ring-fencing of slots for domestic air services to London Heathrow Airport in the event of a third runway being opened at the airport.
22 January 2015
Stuart Andrew (Pudsey, Conservative): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Leeds Bradford International Airport connectivity study, published in November 2014.
John Hayes (Minister of State for Transport, South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative): The Leeds Bradford International Airport Connectivity Study set out the potential benefit of a new link road and recommended further consideration of the opportunity for a rail link to be provided in the longer term. The Chancellor set out the Government’s response to the study in the Autumn Statement, in which he encouraged the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to consider how to take the recommendations forward.
Media News
20 January 2015 – Aviation Environment Federation have published an article about whether or not a new runway would be compatible with national climate change commitments.
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