News

Stansted inquiry unlikely before August

April 15: In an open letter, the Secretary of State (SoS) for Communities and Local Government, the Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, states that the Public Inquiry regarding the second runway at Stansted will not commence until BAA has been able to assess the implications of the Competition Commission’s report on the proposed break-up of the company’s ownership of UK airports....

17 April 2009

BAA reports drop in passenger numbers

BAA’s UK airports handled a total of 10.6 million passengers in March, a reduction of just over 11% against the same month last year. Some of the reduction can be attributed to the fact that in 2008 the Easter travel peak centred on the third weekend of March, whereas this year the main peak will not have begun until April, but it is estimated the underlying rate of decrease in March due to the difficult economic conditions was in the range of 8-9%...

16 April 2009

Star Alliance outlines next stage of Heathrow moves

With more space now being available at Heathrow Terminal 1, ‘Star Alliance’ is preparing to implement the next stage of its ‘Move under one Roof’ (MuoR) strategy, which will see current Terminal 2 carriers Austrian, Croatia Airlines, Lufthansa, SWISS and TAP relocate to Terminal 1 this summer...

16 April 2009

ABTA calls on Chancellor to help the holiday industry

ABTA Chief Executive Mark Tanzer has written to the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, urging him to address five key industry issues in his next budget. High on his list is the withdrawal of Air Passenger Duty, or at the very least cancelling the second phase increase planned for November 1, 2010...

9 April 2009

Cessna in sky chase with F-16s

April 6: A dramatic chase of a single-engine Cessna 172 by F-16s from the Minnesota Air National Guard ended when the pilot made an emergency landing on Highway 60 in Ellsinore, Missouri, according to ABC News...

8 April 2009

New technology to reduce Heathrow disruption

March 25: British Airways (BA) became the first commercial airline to introduce the onboard Microwave Landing System (MLS), which increases the safe landing rate during periods of low visibility at Heathrow by more than 20%....

3 April 2009

Birmingham’s runway extension approved

Solihull Council's planning committee has approved plans to extend Birmingham International Airport's runway by 400m to cope with more long-haul flights, allowing larger aircraft and non-stop flights to the US west coast and the Far East. Objectors to the proposals had forced a delay in the decision, first considered in December...

1 April 2009

Heathrow & Gatwick ‘worst places to fly from’

In a customer satisfaction survey involving 9,000 people, carried out between October and November 2008, Which Holiday magazine has BAA’s two principal airports at Heathrow and Gatwick as ‘worst in the UK’...

31 March 2009

Air Navigation Service Providers feel the pinch

In an open letter to all Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), Alexander ter Kuile, Secretary General of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), has warned about the economic crisis now affecting aviation and its potential impact on CANSO members. Cost recovery charges are now potentially pitching airlines against ANSPs...

30 March 2009

First female chair of CAA

The Secretary of State for Transport, Geoff Hoon, has appointed Dame Deirdre Hutton CBE as Chair of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) after an open competition. She is the first woman appointed to the post and will take up the position in August 2009 when the term of office of the present Chairman, Sir Roy McNulty, comes to an end after eight years of distinguished service. She will sit on the Board of the Authority during the intervening period...

30 March 2009

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