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SASIG 2014 Annual Report to LGA Leadership Board
SASIG Annual Report 2014 This year's SASIG Annual report (attached) details the key activities/outcomes of work undertaken by the group in the last year.
Air passenger duty: recent debates & reform – Commons Library Standard Note (updated 16 May 2014)
Air passenger duty : recent debates & reform - Commons Library Standard Note (Updated 16 May 2014) Air passenger duty (APD) is charged on all passenger flights from UK airports. The rate of tax varies according to passenger destination and the class of passenger...
Gatwick Airport’s refreshed proposal to the Airports Commission
Gatwick Airport have published details of their refreshed proposal to the Airports Commission.. Details of the scheme are available here. Gatwick Airport argue that their proposal means that fewer people will be affected by noise - a second runway at Gatwick would...
Heathrow Hub’s refreshed proposal to the Airports Commission
Heathrow Hub have published details of their refreshed proposal to the Airports Commission. The proposal states that it aims to tackle the issues of noise, surface access, cost and location, in its refreshed proposal. Details of the scheme are available here. Key...
Heathrow Airport Ltd’s refreshed proposal to the Airports Commission
Taking Britain Further. Heathrow’s plan for connecting the UK to growth The attached report is Heathrow Airport Ltd's refreshed proposal to the Airports Commission, foll0wing the publication of the Commission's Interim Report in December 2013. The submission follows...
Letter from Michèle Dix, Managing Director, Planning, TfL relating to the future of London City Airport
Letter from Transport for London to Louise Ellman regarding an Estuary Airport & London City Airport The Managing Director of Planning at Transport for London, Michele Dix, has written to the Chair of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee, asserting...
Overseas Travel and Tourism, Provisional Results for February 2014
Overseas Travel and Tourism, Feb 2014 The attached report shows monthly estimates of completed international visits to and from the UK and earnings and expenditure associated with these visits. Key points Visits to the UK by overseas residents rose in February 2014,...
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) launches new safety tools
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched a series of template risk models, highlighting a number of specific safety scenarios, which airline and airport operators, air navigation service providers, maintenance organisations, ground service providers and...
SASIG Bulletins for April are now available
The latest SASIG bulletins for April are available here. Access to these articles will require membership login.
HMRC Air Passenger Duty Bulletin March 2014
HMRC Air Passenger Duty Bulletin March 2014 UK National Statistics has published Air Passenger Duty Bulletin which covers data for March 2014 . This includes monthly statistics on Air Passenger Duty receipts and passenger numbers for the UK. The report is attached as...
Next SASIG Meeting 16th February 2018
The next full SASIG meeting will be held on 16thFebruary 2018 at the Local Government Association Group Office at 18 Smith Square, London. Full details and the agenda will be published nearer the time.