Plans to turn Gatwick Airport’s emergency northern runway into a routinely used second runway have been given a boost, with investors backing the proposals.
According to the Mail on Sunday, Vinci Airports and infrastructure fund GIP have committed to funding the next stage of a scheme to upgrade the standby runway,…
London City Airport’s £500M expansion programme will grind to a halt following the completion of the first phase of works.
The airport has announced the completion of a new parallel taxiway and aircraft stands, marking the end of the first phase of work. The second phase of work has ben paused…
Proposals to build a £900M western rail link to Heathrow Airport have been delayed by several years.
Network Rail was originally preparing to submit its planning application for the Western Rail Link to Heathrow at the end this year. However, it was instructed to delay its application until the end of…
Construction of Heathrow Airport’s third runway is not guaranteed despite yesterday’s court ruling which lifted the ban on the expansion plan.
Environmental group Friends of the Earth – which challenged the third runway plan– said that expansion is still “far from certain”, while rival expansion bidder Heathrow Hub maintains that the…
The Supreme Court has lifted the ban on Heathrow Airport’s proposed third runway.
Plans for the runway were initially blocked in the Court of Appeal in February, with the court ruling that the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) was unlawful as it did not take into account UK climate change commitments under…
Heathrow Airport’s £14bn expansion is set to be revived, with the Supreme Court expected to overturn a Court of Appeal ruling which blocked the project on environmental grounds.
The official judgement is due to be published later this morning. However, a lawyer for charity Plan B Earth - which opposed the…
This video was first broadcast at NCE’s Future of Transport conference 2020. In this session, Pascall+Watson director Matthew Butters considers the next steps for the aviation industry and examines what the passenger experience might look like going forward. Butters covers developments under consideration pre-Covid - such as digital processes…
This video was first broadcast at NCE’s Future of Transport conference 2020. In this session, Bristol Airport sustainability & corporate affairs director Simon Earles explores Bristol Airport’s zero carbon roadmap, including the move to a low carbon terminal building and collaboration with stakeholder and environmental groups. Earles highlights the…
This video was first broadcast at NCE’s Future of Transport conference 2020. In this panel discussion, key industry figures join NCE features editor Nadine Buddoo to discuss how to deliver a future-proofed UK aviation sector. Panellists include Civil Aviation Authority director of consumers and markets Paul Smith, British Aviation…
This video was first broadcast at NCE’s Future of Transport conference 2020. In this session, York Aviation Group partner James Brass explores the predictions for air travel over the next five to 10 years. He considers the factors that will contribute to shifting passenger demands across the UK and…
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