This video was first broadcast at NCE’s Future of Transport conference 2020. In this session Dublin Airport Authority head of design and delivery Stephen Byrne explains how Dublin Airport is delivering its €2bn growth plan. An integral part of the growth plan is ensuring that any expansion is done…
There should be no increase in the UK’s airport capacity if emissions from flying are to be cut to net zero by 2050, according to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC)’s Sixth Carbon Budget (2033-37).
The CCC report - released yesterday - advises the government that any increase in capacity would…
Airports, ports and the water industry are the “least prepared” built environment sectors to achieving net zero carbon emissions targets, according to a report by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) and sister organisation, the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC).
The report, Are we ready? Delivering Net Zero in the built…
This video was first broadcast at NCE’s Future of Transport conference 2020. In this session, London City Airport chief development officer Peter Adams explains what work has already been carried out on the airport’s £500M expansion and what is left to do. It comes after the airport announced that…
National planning policy statements (NPS) across industries should be updated to consider the UK’s commitments under the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement, a number of Lords have said.
Lord Whitty said that “the whole of the NPS needs to be revised in light of the commitment to net zero” and added that…
Plans to build a southern rail link to Heathrow have been buoyed by the departure of the government’s former chief strategist Dominic Cummings, according to those looking to build the route.
The chief executive of Heathrow Southern Railway Ltd Chris Stokes has claimed that the project is more likely to get…
Air passenger numbers may not recover to pre-Covid levels until 2024, London City Airport’s chief development officer has said.
Speaking at NCE Future of Airport’s conference London City Airport’s Peter Adams said that the airport’s development plans were reliant on revenues rebounding. However Adams added that the dip in passenger numbers…
The former head of Heathrow Airport expansion Phil Wilbraham has joined Keltbray in a major shake-up of the firm’s senior management.
The company has appointed Wilbraham as chair of Keltbray’s group risk committee as well as a non-executive position on the board of the main company. He formerly held the role…
Construction of a new station building at Gatwick Airport has begun.
The £150M project has already seen the closure of platform 7 and now its return, while demolition work will soon begin on the footbridge and platforms 5 and 6, which are now out of service. Work is expected to be…
The new Terminal 1 at Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt (BER) opened at the weekend with the landing of the first two aircraft operated by easyJet and Lufthansa.
It was originally due to open in 2011, while the site was chosen in 1996. However poor planning, flawed design and construction issues…
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