by SASIG | Jan 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
24 January 2011 BMI is ready to stop using Heathrow as a hub airport due to BAA Ltd’s decision to increase landing charges on domestic flights. With BMI being Heathrow Airport’s second largest airline by slots this could mean a reduction in a number of...
by SASIG | Jan 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
24 January 2011 International Airlines Group (IAG), created through the merger of British Airways and Iberia, has made its debut with a formal launch, and the trading of IAG shares in place of the now cancelled British Airways and Iberia shares, on the London Stock...
by SASIG | Jan 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
24 January 2011 Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall, Conservative): Asked the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the Mayor of London on the Air Quality Strategy for London. Richard Benyon (Environment, Food...
by SASIG | Jan 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
24 January 2011 Ian Murray (Edinburgh South, Labour): Asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the monetary value of amounts paid by prospective air passengers to carriers but not then paid to HM Revenue and Customs as air passenger duty as a result...
by SASIG | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
21 January 2011 The operator of London City Airport has won a High Court decision that will allow it to increase the number of flights at the airport by up to 50%. Local residents were fighting to overturn a 2008 decision by Newham Council to allow the expansion,...
by SASIG | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
21 January 2011 The Government’s Localism Bill is progressing through Committee stages in the House of Commons. (http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/localism.html). The Bill is intended to devolve greater powers to councils and neighbourhoods, and give...
