2013

An ash cloud from Mount Etna's latest eruption has forced the closure of Catania airport in eastern Sicily.

via BBC News - Science & Environment http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25411102#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Free-market think-tank suggests airports should buy the right to expand and emit more noise by paying local residents

Monday, 16 December 2013

“Back to the Heathrow barricades as government gets ready for an airport U-turn”

Monday, 16 December 2013

Monday, 16 December 2013

Heathrow residents to demand financial compensation for impact of Airports Commission report on their house prices

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Speculation that Airports Commission interim report may say need for new runway not urgent – not before 2030

Sunday, 15 December 2013

Heathrow residents fears as 3rd runway threatens homes and their communities’ futures

Saturday, 14 December 2013

David Cameron had talks with Sir Howard Davies as a row looms over leaked new runway proposals

Thursday, 12 December 2013

Labour denies Heathrow third runway U-turn – but there has been a shift away from opposition

Thursday, 12 December 2013

Easyjet’s Manchester to Moscow direct flights to be cut next summer – more sunny tourist destinations instead

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Heathrow campaigners furious over leak that Sir Howard Davies backing 2 new runways at Heathrow

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Monday, 9 December 2013

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

EU proposal to phase out state aid to small regional airports after 10 years prompts worries of “closure of 100 small airports”

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Some 250 CEOs write to Chancellor (yet again) to try and stop APD rises in line with RPI due in 2014

Sunday, 1 December 2013

Chiswick group says new hi-tech BA ‘Magic of Flying’ adverts may become ‘tragic roundabout’ if drivers distracted

Friday, 29 November 2013

New 7 year deal between Gatwick and Norwegian, that includes airline’s backing for 2nd runway

Thursday, 28 November 2013

University of Calgary analysis tar sand oil extraction show it is sometimes not even a net producer of energy

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Happy 5th Birthday to the UK Climate Change Act

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Thomas Cook, Virgin Atlantic,Lufthansa and Tui sell their 21% stake in NATS to UK pension fund

Monday, 25 November 2013

Unresolved issues on noise and NSIP status delay Luton Airport planning application

Monday, 25 November 2013

SSE challenges Airports Commission at the High Court on “apparent bias” due to involvement of Geoff Muirhead

Friday, 22 November 2013

India – people resist airport land grabs, evictions and conversion of their land from agricultural to industrial use

Friday, 22 November 2013

European Commission approves state aid for the construction of French airport at Notre-Dame-des-Landes

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Campaign – ‘Let Britain Fly’ – launched by London First, calls for urgent action to increase airport capacity

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

In response to the frequently asked question: “If not Heathrow, what….?” John Stewart sets out the arguments

Monday, 18 November 2013

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Prestwick Airport to be sold to Scottish Government for £1 – and other failing regional airports look to business parks and housing

Friday, 15 November 2013

Luton Airport planning application recommended for consent by Luton Borough Council for 21st November meeting

Friday, 15 November 2013

Speculation that GIP, Ferrovial and MAG interested in buying Aberdeen Glasgow and/or Southampton airports

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

“Heathrow Hub” proposers, claiming to be without vested interests, revealed to stand to make millions from options on land

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Government to make no significant change to night flights regime at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted until Airports Commission report

Monday, 11 November 2013

Evidence on how the 57 Leq noise contours for Heathrow fail to fully reflect aircraft noise impacts

Sunday, 10 November 2013

Saturday, 9 November 2013

Committee on Climate Change warns that UK must not reduce the level of ambition of its 4th carbon budget (2023 – 2027)

Thursday, 7 November 2013

Sec of State for Wales says South Wales to Heathrow rail link would provide major economic boost

Thursday, 7 November 2013

Scotsman speculates that Heathrow Holdings may sell Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airport to raise cash for Heathrow runway

Sunday, 3 November 2013

Justine Greening: Expand Heathrow and we risk a plane crash in London

Saturday, 2 November 2013

Opposition in Kerala, southern India, to proposed airport at Anakkara – with displacement of people and destruction of agricultural land

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

UK looks to increase number of UK – China flights through renewed bilateral agreement

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Nobel laureates demand European Commission action to classify oil from tar sands as very high carbon

Monday, 28 October 2013

Manchester airport 28.5 ha car park in public safety zone given go-ahead, despite safety fears from residents

Saturday, 26 October 2013

Tiny Cambridge airport joins the bandwagon, of connecting flights to Schiphol or Paris

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Big airports need to grow, says aviation minister Robert Goodwill

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Economist: Proposed EU rules on state aid aim to stem the flow of money from taxpayers’ pockets to Ryanair

Friday, 18 October 2013

“BackHeathrow” (paid for by airport – not a grass roots campaign), send biased scare-mongering survey to half a million

Friday, 18 October 2013

Irish Republic to scrap air travel tax – which was only €3 (had been €2 and €10 till 2010)

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Osborne says UK visas will be simplified to attract more Chinese visitors to Britain

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Bankrupt Alitalia to get € millions of state aid from Italy’s state postal service

Monday, 14 October 2013

Richmond may have the highest life expectancy in the country (and high affluence) but health still damaged by aircraft noise

Sunday, 13 October 2013

London First getting businesses to fund campaign “Let Britain Fly” to press for airport expansion

Friday, 11 October 2013

Virgin domestic “Little Red” flights a ‘disaster’ at only 33% full, as passengers stick with no-frills rivals

Thursday, 10 October 2013

Reshuffles: Baroness Susan Kramer replaces Simon Burns. Mary Creagh replaces Maria Eagle

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

NATS due to launch airspace consultation on 15th October (says EADT)

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

UK and American studies both show aircraft noise may increase risk of heart disease

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Sir Howard Davies speech gives provisional support for a new south east runway – but shows how borderline the decision would be

Monday, 7 October 2013

EU Emissions Trading System reduced to only intra-European flights

Friday, 4 October 2013

British Airways considers transferring its hub to Madrid, as CAA lets Heathrow raise charges at rate of inflation

Thursday, 3 October 2013

GMB union slammed for ‘scaremongering and lies’ emails to members, scaring them into signing up to “Back Heathrow”

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Centre for private jets at Southend wants to grow from 4 to 20 business jets per day

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Heathrow hits out at Gatwick in airport tussle claiming only Heathrow can attract long haul flights

Friday, 27 September 2013

Ryanair in corporate charm offensive to get more business passengers

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Scrap state support for flying, says Keith Taylor, MEP

Thursday, 26 September 2013

Apple Maps flaw causes runway alerts

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

An Alaskan airport says it has had to place barricades across one of its taxiways after an Apple Maps flaw resulted in iPhone users driving across a runway.

via BBC News - Science & Environment http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24246646#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

GACC says Gatwick site is too cramped and constrained for an efficient 2nd runway

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Essex County Council submission to Airports Commission warns against “super-airport” at Stansted

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Major fossil fuel reserves must be left in the ground to protect climate, senior diplomat warns

Monday, 23 September 2013

Gatwick hopes to get one of the global airline alliances to shift from Heathrow

Monday, 23 September 2013

Bureaucratic UK visa regime harming trade with China, says Willie Walsh

Monday, 23 September 2013

Geoff Muirhead steps down from his position at the Airports Commission

Friday, 20 September 2013

Consultation on rules for European Commission state aid to airports and airlines

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

An NGO message for the ICAO Assembly: Introduce a global market-based measure now

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Ryanair added 138 jobs per extra million passengers 2011 – 2013, but claim 1,000 jobs are created per additional million passengers

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

MAG / Ryanair 10 year growth agreement at Stansted to increase Ryanair passengers by 50% in 10 years

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

CBI and KPMG say creaking UK transport is major threat to recovery – and we need a new runway

Monday, 16 September 2013

Packed public meeting in Stanwell Moor hears of threat of 850 house demolitions, noise and blight from Heathrow runway plans

Thursday, 12 September 2013

Thursday, 12 September 2013

AirportWatch calls on Airports Commission to safeguard communities under threat of blight from airport proposals

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Row as Belfast City Airport rejects EU directive to produce Noise Management Area

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Anti-APD campaign wastes no time in lobbying new shadow minister, Lilian Greenwood

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Airport retail now altering ad displays according to the sort of customers passing through

Monday, 9 September 2013

2M group of councils call for new study into attitudes to aircraft noise

Sunday, 8 September 2013

Air China suspends Gatwick-Beijing service for the winter – not enough demand

Friday, 6 September 2013

Easyjet launches new fare for business travellers to attract more – already around 10 million per year

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Business lobby group, “London First” calling for airport action

Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Daily Mail claim of sharp rise in birdstrikes not borne out by the facts from CAA

Monday, 2 September 2013

Birmingham Airport ‘ignored’ views of residents, say campaigners

Saturday, 31 August 2013

Airports Commission publishes a discussion paper on its Phase 2 work, January 2014 to summer 2015

Friday, 30 August 2013

Airports Commission publishes full list of long term proposals to increase UK airport capacity

Friday, 30 August 2013

Report by CATE shows immediate global action needed to reduce aviation climate impact

Thursday, 29 August 2013

Notre-Dame-des-Landes: 1,000 kites “occupy” the sky – symbolic of opponents’ determination to keep it free of planes

Sunday, 4 August 2013

Durham Tees Valley Airport bid for Regional Growth Fund money rejected again

Sunday, 4 August 2013

Greater Manchester town halls share in £48m bonanza from MAG’s extra large dividend

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Former Cabinet Secretary Gus O’Donnell to head Frontier Economics, which is pushing for Heathrow growth

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Stop Stansted Expansion calls for resignation of Geoff Muirhead from Airports Commission due to bias

Sunday, 28 July 2013

Residents seek caste-iron guarantee that new planes will be quieter as City Airport seeks to expand

Saturday, 27 July 2013

Birmingham Airport publishes proposals for its future growth to the Airports Commission

Saturday, 27 July 2013

Newcastle airport produces new draft master plan for increasing number of leisure passengers

Saturday, 27 July 2013

Heathrow says its investment plans are at risk if CAA limits its charges to airlines

Thursday, 25 July 2013

George Monbiot on the risk of airport growth lobbying dragging us back into the past

Monday, 22 July 2013

About this blog

Sunday, 21 July 2013

This blog covers the current debate about new airport capacity in the South East of England. Its also a place for me to experiment with tools like 'If this then that', aggregation, custom scripts, analysis and visualisation tools, SEO, advertising and generally interesting tools that can only really be used properly in a public context with topical information. As I live near London Southend Airport and teach digital tools to college students it combines two of my current interests in a practical way.

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