UK Airport News
The inquiry, by the Planning Inspectorate, into the DCO concerning Gatwick Airport’s plan to use its emergency runway for routine flights started with an open session, and many people – both in favour of the plan, and against, allowed a brief time to speak. All those in favour were businesses, or business groups – or
Thomas Woldbye, Heathrow’s new chief executive, is understood to have begun disbanding the 3rd runway team, and the airport’s runway plans have been shelved, as leaked details of the airport’s “better not bigger” strategy can be revealed. Woldbye is instead understood to be exploring how to squeeze millions more passengers through the airport without expanding its
Southampton Airport wants to cut off the tops of 25 trees in a 200-year-old woodland, Marlhill Copse, on grounds of aircraft safety. But the bid is set to be thrown out by city development chiefs, as it will harm the conservation area. However, a second application to remove 15 trees in the same woodland is recommended
Cardiff Airport is continuing to make a loss as it struggles to attract passengers back to pre-pandemic levels. It lost £4.5m in the year to March 2023 according to company accounts, after receiving a government grant of £5.3m. The company, which is owned by the Welsh government, is hoping to make more use of its land to
On 7 February 2024, the Rt Hon Lord Justice Warby granted Jenny Dawes permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal against the dismissal of her judicial review application challenging the decision of the Secretary of State to make a development consent order (DCO) for the re-opening of Manston Airport. In his Order, Lord Justice Warby
Environmental campaigner and retired scientist, Andrew Boswell, is challenging the granting of development consent for 3 major road building schemes near Norwich. The latest challenge in the ongoing case was heard in the Court of Appeal on 16th January. The case is about the need for new infrastructure schemes, such as roads or airports, to have
Southend airport, barely used now, is at the centre of an escalating dispute between one of the world’s largest private equity groups and an impoverished infrastructure company. The $426bn investment firm Carlyle Group is demanding the early repayment of a £125mn loan made to the airport in 2021, when the aviation industry was reeling from international
On 24th Schiphol airport published new research, showing the need for a strong reduction of air traffic demand in order to halt climate heating. The airport proposes the ‘Polluter pays’ principle, with measures such as a worldwide kerosene tax and a tax for business class and private flights. Schiphol’s research showed that at least a
Multiple criminal charges are being brought against East Midlands Airport Ltd by the Environment Agency for pollution entering the river system surrounding the airport. The prosecution follows a sustained campaign by the Derby Railway Angling Club, who have been working with Fish Legal to highlight chronic pollution of the Diseworth Brook and River Trent linked
Poland is planning a £7 billion new airport, about 25 miles west of Warsaw, that will be central and eastern Europe’s biggest ever transport project. Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) – which translates as ‘central communication port’ – has not yet had full construction permissions. The first phase of building will be 2 runways and a
