by SASIG | Jan 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
15 January 2011 A new Government Regional Growth Fund (RGF) for economic development could contribute £15 million to fill the funding gap for Birmingham Airport’s runway extension. It is reported that Councils and business leaders in charge of the...
by SASIG | Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
14 January 2011 The DfT is to retain civil servants outside London after the demise of the Government’s regional offices. Communities and Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, announced last autumn that the Government’s eight regional offices outside...
by SASIG | Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
13 January 2011 Natural events and industrial action hampered recovery of the European airline industry in 2010 new figures have shown. The Association of European Airlines (AEA) estimates that the industry grew traffic by 2.5% last year to 335 million air traffic...
by SASIG | Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
13 January 2011 The adverse weather in December 2010 has cost airport operator BAA Ltd an estimated £24 million, with passenger numbers down 10.9% on the previous year. BAA Ltd airports handled 7.2 million passengers in December with the fall in passengers claimed to...
by SASIG | Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
13 January 2011 A Green Paper published by the European Commission in December 2010 recommends that VAT be levied on all air and sea transport – a move that could see the cost of air fares increase by up to 20%. Currently all air and sea travel within the EU is...
by SASIG | Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
13 January 2011 A wind turbine has been successfully installed at Bristol Airport. The vertical axis turbine began harnessing wind power at the beginning of 2011, and is part of a project to trial the use of renewable energy on the airport site in order to reduce...
