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.

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

Ryanair in corporate charm offensive to get more business passengers

Scrap state support for flying, says Keith Taylor, MEP

Apple Maps flaw causes runway alerts

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

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

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

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

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

Geoff Muirhead steps down from his position at the Airports Commission

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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