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Civil Aviation Authority: Environmental charging – Review of impact of noise and NOx landing charges
Civil Aviation Authority: Environmental charging - Review of impact of noise and NOx landing charges This report released by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recommends that airports use landing charges to encourage cleaner and less noisy flights. The report...
London Airspace Consultation
London Airspace Consultation The London Airspace Consultation runs for 14 weeks until 21 January 2014. This is the first stage in a wider programme of airspace modernisation to be complete by 2020. This stage addresses changes to airspace supporting Gatwick,...
Overseas Travel And Tourism estimates (Q2 2013)
ONS Overseas Travel and Tourism Q2 2013 This report contains estimates of completed international visits to and from the UK and earnings and expenditure associated with these visits. The estimates are derived from the International Passenger Survey (IPS) conducted by...
Aircraft noise and cardiovascular disease near Heathrow airport in London: small area study
Aircraft noise and cardiovascular disease near Heathrow airport in London: small area study The attached paper aimed to investigate the association of aircraft noise with risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, and cardiovascular disease in the general population....
Seeking views on the Airports Commission’s emerging thinking on airport capacity in the UK
7 October 2013 speech by Sir Howard Davies, Chair of the Airports Commission sets out the Airport Commission’s emerging thinking on airport capacity in the UK. It sets out a number of the key arguments that have been made against expanding aviation capacity in the UK,...
Airport Commission invites comments on its emerging thinking
In a speech today at the Centre for London, Sir Howard Davies, Chair of the Airports Commission, set out the commission’s developing views on the UK’s future airport capacity needs. The Airports Commission’s emerging thinking, on which it is inviting comments,...
Aviation related highlights from the Conservative Party Conference, Autumn 2013
Aviation related highlights from the Conservative Party Conference, Autumn 2013 (29 Sept - 2 Oct) Transport Hub at Conference: The Big Transport Interview with Transport Minister Stephen Hammond 29 Sept 2013 - Opening his remarks, Mr Hammond said that ‘it would be a...
Quinquennial Reviews of Designated Airports (Information relating to the CAA’s price control reviews of airports)
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has powers under the Civil Aviation Act 2012 for the economic regulation of operators of airports in the UK that pass a market power test. Airports that pass the test will require an economic licence from 1 April 2014. The CAA is...
The Mayor of London’s review of submissions to the Airports Commission (Long and short to medium term proposals)
Transport for London response to Long, Medium and Short term proposals submitted to the Airports Commission (Sept2013) In August 2013, the Airports Commission published all of the responses it had received to its call for outline submissions of potential long term...
SASIG response to the Airports Commission Discussion paper 5, ‘Aviation Noise’
SASIG response to The Airports Commission Discussion paper 5, 'Aviation Noise' As set out in submissions SASIG has already supplied to the Commission, assessment of existing, and any new, aviation capacity must be predicated on an improved economic assessment such...
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.