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Leeds City Council has approved plans to expand Leeds Bradford Airport.

The council’s planning committee voted through the plans, with nine councillors voting in favour of the airport expansion and five against. The planning approval is subject to tightening of certain conditions such as limiting the number of night flights to…

The French Government has scrapped plans to expand Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport.

The French environment minister Barbara Pompili announced that plans for a fourth terminal at the country’s busiest airport would be spiked due to environmental and capacity concerns. The Terminal 4 expansion project would have added capacity for an…

A group of MPs, councillors and scientists has staged a last-ditch attempt to stop the £150M expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA).

Leeds City Council is due to make a final decision on the proposals on Thursday after council planners last week recommended the plans for a new terminal be approved.…

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) methods could be key to carbon neutral aviation, according to a new study published by researchers from Swiss university ETH Zurich.

The study – Role of Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization to Enable a Net-Zero-CO2-Emissions Aviation Sector – concludes that carbon neutral aviation is possible in…

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca – which developed the Oxford/Astra Zeneca Covid-19 vaccine – has thrown its support behind the proposed expansion of Stansted Airport.

On Friday, the Cambridge-based firm told the public inquiry into the expansion that good connectivity to other locations with scientific “clusters” is key to the future growth of…

The proposed expansion of Stansted Airport is “incompatible” with the UK’s climate commitments, Aviation Environment Federation director Tim Johnson told the public inquiry into the proposal yesterday.

Johnson emphasised the changes needed to enable the UK to reach net zero by 2050. “We believe the application is incompatible with UK climate…

A public inquiry has begun to examine a local council’s decision to block expansion of Stansted Airport.

Opening statements were heard yesterday, with airport owner Manchester Airports Group (MAG) hoping to overturn Uttlesford District Council’s decision to block expansion of the airport. The airport’s application to increase passenger numbers from 35M…

Plans to bring Gatwick Airport’s second runway into regular use would only be possible with a government intervention to prevent other airport expansions, according to the Aviation Environment Federation (AEF).

Last week proposals to turn the airport's emergency northern runway into a routinely used second runway were given a boost, with…

Environmental scientists have criticised Australian plans to build a new airport and 2.7km runway in Antarctica.

Due to weather conditions, flights from Australia to Antarctica are currently only possible at the beginning and end of summer. The proposed airport - located at the Vestfold Hills in Princess Elizabeth Land - would…

A 10m hole beneath a runway at Manston Airport in Kent has now been repaired, following its discovery on Boxing Day.

The runway was being used as a mass Covid-19 testing site and makeshift lorry park over Christmas for HGVs travelling to France. Kent Fire and Rescue advised that it was…