DfT says no stone should be left unturned in a bid to re-open Manston airport

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Text of phone script of Heathrow commissioned Populus poll shows degree of bias

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Heathrow gets award as “Green Business of the Year” from a West London group that it sponsors

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Autumn statement 2014: Osborne to introduce ‘Google tax’ for large companies that shift profits abroad to avoid UK tax

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Gatwick’s main airline, easyJet, questions Gatwick case for 2nd runway and does not want to pay higher landing charges

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Lufthansa retrofitting A320 planes with simple, inexpensive, noise-reducing device to stop the “Airbus whine”

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Packed public meeting in Wanstead calls on London City airport to reconsult over flight path changes

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Heathrow says it has listened to local Stanwell opposition, and will not re-locate an incinerator there

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Hundreds of villagers from Brockham, Betchworth, Beare Green etc protest over Gatwick flightpath changes

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EU agreement of 40% carbon cuts by 2030 condemned as unambitious and far below what is needed

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New action group, Plane Wrong, fights Gatwick flight path changes north of the airport

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People in Waltham Forest have criticised London City Airport for not informing residents on proposed flightpath changes

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Meeting in Bagshot on 10th October does little to reassure or convince those affected by flight path changes

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Ryanair has been ordered to repay illegal state aid to Germany… AGAIN

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Margaret Hodge: Gatwick runway appeal ‘is hypocritical when it avoids corporation tax’

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Tiles ripped off roof in Birmingham by plane vortex – fortunately nobody injured

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Luton plans to change flight paths for departing aircraft submitted to CAA for approval

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Open letter to London City Airport asking that they consult properly on flight path changes, and treat people fairly

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HACAN East suggested letter of objection to London City Airport re: its plans to concentrate flight paths

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Unite union calls for more time to help save Blackpool airport jobs after closure on 15th

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LibDem conference votes against new runways in south east, keeping existing policy

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EU orders Germanwings, Ryanair and TUIfly to repay large sums for subsidies wrongly obtained

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Lib Dems hoping to get more votes by dropping opposition to Gatwick runway

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Don’t muddle energy efficiency or fuel efficiency with overall cuts in CO2 emissions

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Willie Walsh of BA: Heathrow expansion is a ‘lost cause’

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British Airways adds more Heathrow leisure routes – Olbia, Kos, Corfu – to the existing list

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Heathrow lodges appeal with Planning Inspectorate over protection of Cranford against take-offs

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Countries with most visitor to UK are still France, Germany, USA, Ireland, Netherlands

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Protesters line route of Tour of Britain to campaign against Gatwick flight paths

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Heathrow seeks 20-year landing charge deal with CAA so investors will fund 3rd runway

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Heathrow flight path trials branded an “omnishambles” by councillors, given no prior warning (and then asked to back 3rd runway)

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Anger as Heathrow’s latest flight path trials subject thousands to unacceptable noise levels

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Concerns raised at Stanwell meeting on Heathrow expansion plans for incinerator, flood pit and car park

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UK/China agreement to raise number of return flights each is allowed from 31 to 40 per week, and from 6 up to 9 airports

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BackHeathrow postal survey described as of the “do you support expansion of Heathrow or the boiling of puppies” variety

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Heathrow claim 60% of MPs back 3rd runway. Survey actually reveals it was only 55 MPs out of 95 interviewed. Not 650.

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Lib Dem Pre-Manifesto 2014 – definite opposition to any new south east runway, taking account of climate impact

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Campaigners call on CAA to suspect consultation on City Airport flight paths

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Meteorite lands in Nicaragua capital

A small meteorite which may have broken off an asteroid caused a 12m-wide crater near Managua's international airport, Nicaraguan officials say.



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HACAN to distribute 50,000 copies of newspaper “Third Runway News” setting out reasons against it

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Woodland Trust asking Gatwick respondents to send a photo of themselves, to prove to Gatwick they are real people

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CBI report hopes to get Airports Commission to back a huge hub – for ever increasing aviation

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Boris Johnson: 3rd runway at Heathrow would be a ‘disaster’ – adamant on “need” for new estuary airport

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Feedback from Farnborough Airport consultation released – 98% said change unjustified

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Former boss of Cardiff airport says its expansion plans are massively unrealistic, without public subsidy

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Legal battle over Redhill Aerodrome hard runway continues, with appeal against High Court Judgement

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Iceland issues volcano red alert

Iceland issues a red alert for the Bardarbunga volcano, closing air space over the eruption site but all airports currently remain open.



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NATS hopes to continue improving fuel efficiency improvements, but its 3Di scheme does not take noise into account

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European scheme to try to cut airport energy use for heating, ventilation and air conditioning by 20%

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Mole Valley MP Sir Paul Beresford joins the battle over Gatwick aircraft noise

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Work on terminal extension at Bristol airport, to increase passenger numbers, to start in September

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“Grow Heathrow” squatters in Sipson pledge ‘peaceful’ resistance to bailiffs, due to evict them

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Campaigners in Tunbridge Wells area gear up for legal action over flawed Gatwick consultation

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Gatwick PR campaign strategy document, on influencing the key people, accidentally left on train

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Boris Johnson’s opposition to Heathrow could derail his bid to be Uxbridge MP

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Tunbridge Wells MP Greg Clark urges Gatwick CEO to “go back to the drawing board” on flight paths

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Heathrow campaign, HACAN, will not be taking part in the consultation on noise compensation, for a 3rd runway

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Boris plans London infrastructure plan costing up to £1.3 for London by 2050 – consultation

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SSE welcome Stansted’s Development Plan consultation as an opportunity for an open debate on its one-runway future

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Germany’s DFS air traffic service beats NATS to control Gatwick flights below 4,000 feet

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Restrictions on UK ‘night flights’ at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted extended until 2017

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8 sites shortlisted for UK’s first commercial spaceport – Newquay, Llanbedr + 6 in Scotland

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Haul of giant snails seized in LA

Scores of giant African snails, still alive, have been seized by US customs agents at Los Angeles International Airport.



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New EU rules on airports seen as too timid to reduce extent of aircraft noise

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Residents in Chicago, fed up with O’Hare airport jet noise, take to the streets to fight it

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Reports on Thames Estuary airport plan show it is costly, risky for the taxpayer and a potential failure

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Four Inner Thames estuary airport studies for Airports Commission finally kill off “Boris Island”

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Battle of Balsall Common’ over plane noise, from Birmingham flight path trial, goes to Parliament

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Around 10,000 attend a damp but determined weekend at Notre Dame des Landes, against planned Nantes airport

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Huge gathering at Notre Dame des Landes – 20,000 + expected – this weekend against new Nantes airport

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Heathrow 3rd runway would mean demolishing Colnbrook incinerator and relocating it – maybe to Stanwell?

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Ryanair to move 7 routes from Preswick to Glasgow airport, only leaving 7

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Holland-Kaye wants raised Heathrow landing charge, and public subsidy by cutting APD, to pay for runway

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Gatwick’s retail income still about 22% of total – around net £3.72 on retail sales + £1.35 on parking per passenger

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TUI Travel and German parent company TUI AG unveil merger proposals – with tax benefits

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Air fares could rise by £5 per passenger – if airlines have to compensate people for flight delays

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Thousands of responses against Farnborough’s airspace change proposals – especially from gliding clubs

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New study on noise, including aircraft noise, says health of residents of Montreal under threat

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Sydney Airport targets to limit flights over parts of the city not met, and have never been met

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Belgians are asking Canadian pension fund to put pressure on government to reverse Brussels flight path changes

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“Pas Question!” ["No Way!"] group in Brussels fights the hated Wathelet Plan flight path changes

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EasyJet CEO still has no details of the practical economics of a Heathrow or Gatwick runway

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Standard reports that “Lib-Dems ready to drop Gatwick runway ban from election plans”

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Scottish government outlines nearly £10m of public funding for failing Prestwick airport

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Plan to redirect Stansted Airport departures to reduce Heathrow congestion

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Gatwick hopes its claim will be believed that area’s road network will ‘better than or the same’ with 2nd runway

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Ryanair to have one flight per week to Tenerife in winter from Cardiff airport

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Gatwick’s head of corporate affairs and lobbying, James Colman, leaving – no successor yet

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Petition to British Airways to get them to stop profiting from promoting trips to SeaWorld

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“Little Red” airline had only 37.6% load factor in 2013 – lowest in industry

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Residents in areas near Luton urged to record the aircraft noise

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CEO of Birmingham airport says airlines should be encouraged to use regional airports

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Stars to judge £10,000 Heathrow airport campaign film competition

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Thousands across France will converge on Nantes for 5/6th July – many marching with walking stick relay

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Heathrow’s bid for a 3rd runway includes doubling air freight – with associated increase in lorries

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American FoI documents show USA is barring John Stewart from the country on allegations it admits are unfounded

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What Heathrow can do next following the PR coup of Question Time being held in Terminal 2…….

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Green Tribunal cancels environmental clearance of Aranmula Airport (Kerala) so construction work has to stop

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Report on financial viability of Prestwick Airport to be kept confidential by government

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Francis Maude: No to a 2nd Gatwick runway

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Standard speculates whether Labour cabinet tend towards backing Gatwick runway

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Boris claims there is a ‘political fix around Gatwick’ while he makes last pitch to Airports Commission for estuary airport

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More flights from Manchester to USA taking pressure off south east airports

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Heathrow chairman, Sir Nigel Rudd, hushes hubbub over 24/7 airport comment by Heathrow board member

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Belfast boy wants alternative home for geese facing cull for safety of Belfast City Airport planes

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Heathrow still has a mountain to climb in persuading politicians about its 3rd runway

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M25 could become Britain’s first 14-lane motorway (with 600 metre tunnel under runway) in Heathrow expansion plans

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Heathrow plans £550m sweetener which it hopes will head off opposition to 3rd runway

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Heathrow hopes to buy off Harmondsworth with about £320,000 per property demolished

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Boris spends £90,000 on architects to draw up plans to build over Heathrow site

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Local elections 2014: City Airport focus of hustings for prospective Newham councillors

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Emergency landing (May 2013 – cowls flew off) to cost BA ££s thousands in compensation

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Heathrow’s Populus opinion polls continue to show around a third opposed to runway

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Gatwick 2nd runway aircraft noise could threaten Hever Castle – it harms the visitor experience

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Woodland Trust highlights loss of 3 areas of ancient woodland for Gatwick runway

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Anti-third runway campaigners “put the boot in” at Westminster with a protest football game

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Scope of coverage of aviation by EU Emissions Trading System now slashed by 75% until 2017

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Top economists urge UN aviation body, ICAO, to deliver global CO2 deal to pay the social costs of aviation carbon emissions

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Populus surveys done for Heathrow show only 48% back its expansion (26% back it strongly, 23% oppose it strongly)

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Keith Taylor, Green MEP on Lydd airport: We must look at fate of Manston and think again

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Local public meeting suggests possible uses for Manston – aircraft breaking, painting etc

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Stobart’s Carlisle airport on hold, and cuts to Flybe and easyJet routes from Southend

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Head of Gatwick Diamond tries to make out that a “silent majority” want a 2nd runway (they just don’t bother to say so)

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Gatwick employs high profile PR man Godric Smith (ex Tony Blair, Olympics, BBC) to boost runway campaign

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Hundreds turn out for first week of Gatwick 2nd runway consultation meetings

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Australian government approves construction of 2nd Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek

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Residents fear Manchester longer operating hours will mean more noise

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IPCC report says transport contributes 27% of global CO2 – and could double by 2050 under BAU

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Farnborough airport consultation on hugely expanding its airspace, for questionable reasons

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Birmingham Airport wildly optimistic in anticipating 8,000 jobs from its runway extension

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Protest in Brussels as new flight paths over-fly new areas, giving some respite to those previously heavily over-flown

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France: The UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populair) has used and abused lobbying to save unnecessary airports

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Lydd airport has appointed a consultant for its expansion, but result of 2 legal challenges still awaited

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China’s trade war threats over aviation emissions “not serious”, MEPs say

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Consortium withdraws offer for threatened Manston Airport

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Hillingdon Leader unveils vision with 2 scenarios of future Heathrow without the airport

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Boris sets out his 4 ideas for future of Heathrow site if airport is closed

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Accenture cuts its CO2 emissions per employee by 36% over 5 years, partly due to flying less

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EasyJet 10 year deal with Luton airport to increase passengers from 4 to 9 million per year

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New campaign group – CAGNE – formed to protest against Gatwick Airport noise

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IPCC report sets out impacts, risks and threats of rising CO2 to security, food and human well being

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Cardiff to Anglesey air link continues to get large government subsidy as bus grants are slashed

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Tui’s Chief Executive Peter Long calls for staggered school holidays – to cut prices?

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British Airways + Solena plant to make jet fuel from London’s rubbish – announcement soon?

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Penn Medicine researchers show how lost sleep might lead to lost brain neurons

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John Stewart blog: “Doing nothing about noise at Heathrow is not an option”

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SSE asks Michael O’Leary what exactly he means by a “new” route….

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Manston airport losing £10,000 per day – starts 45 day consultation with staff about closure

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Manston airport now consulting on its draft Noise Action Plan

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6 week consultation on Heathrow’s north west runway ends – criticised for not being transparent

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After huge protest against Nantes airport on 22nd February, ACIPA reaffirms its values

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Southampton airport planning runway extension for heavier planes to further away destinations

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London aircraft noise summit increases pressure for independent aircraft noise ombudsman

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Warnham continues to suffer amid speculation about why the trial flight path was inflicted on them

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Villages up in arms as new Gatwick flight path shatters their peace and quiet

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British Airways Heathrow flight by ‘engine surge’ on take-off so returned for emergency landing

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Prestwick Airport reveals spiralling losses – almost £10 million in 2013

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Brussels flight link returns to Newcastle Airport – with 11 BMI flights per week

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Concerns about the effectiveness of a new aviation noise authority – and the public’s trust in it

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Aviation Minister, Robert Goodwill, launches Newcastle Airport Business Park with hopes of large numbers of jobs

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NGOs urge EU governments to take action over EU ETS enforcement against non-compliant foreign airlines

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“Gatwick Diamond” accuses local MPs of community ‘disservice’ after Redhill aerodrome appeal defeat

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£25,000 of Heathrow airport “Community Fund” – much of it from passengers’ spare change – for local flood victims

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BA boss Willie Walsh backs Scottish independence if its government will then cut APD by 50%

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BA boss Willie Walsh backs Scottish independence if its government will then cut APD by 50%

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5% fewer flights used Munich airport in 2013 than 2012 – but airport planning 3rd runway

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London MPs and Councils challenge Airports Commission on aircraft noise with updated “ANASE” report

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MoD open to RAF Leuchars, near Dundee, becoming passenger airport while remaining a military base

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New studies confirm Plymouth airport not viable for aviation use

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Berlin’s Schönefeld airport ‘to stay open’ as Brandenburg airport (at huge expense) not ready till 2015 at the earliest

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‘Unclear whether government, Mayor or local authorities would pay EU air quality fines for London

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Huge protest in centre of Nantes against new airport – forceful police resistance; some violence and injuries

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Partners Group including Strathclyde Pension Fund also bidding to buy Glasgow airport

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Redhill Aerodrome runway appeal, for a hard runway, dismissed by Planning Inspector

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European Commission launches legal action against UK over failure to reduce air pollution

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Bavarian Administrative Court rules that building a 3rd runway at Munich airport is lawful

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“Independent Transport Commission” produces yet another report advocating a 3rd Heathrow runway

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European Commission to clarify state aid to airports – making ineligible those with over 3 million passengers per year

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Council Leader says Hounslow will ‘fight to the last’ to prevent mixed mode at Heathrow

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Full details of extent of Heathrow night flight plans ‘dug up’ by Leader of Wandsworth Council

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“Fly Stansted” campaign to boost its passenger numbers due to its ‘unrivalled’ European network

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Heathrow bid to end Cranford Agreement – allowing easterly take-offs from northern runway – is rejected by Hillingdon Council

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New nature reserve to be created by London Wildlife Trust under northern runway approach, at Cranford

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York Aviation report says ending Heathrow runway alternation and other short term measures would financially benefit UK

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Opponents of expanding Billy Bishop lakeside airport in Toronto say they will not compromise in fighting the damaging plans

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Fears in Heathrow area that a 3rd runway with associated infrastructure could add to local flood risk

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Even if only 10% of those newly overflown by a 3rd Heathrow runway are deeply disturbed by the noise, that is 15,000 more people

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Manchester Airport City to boost its marketing efforts to attract global companies

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Defra publishes its noise action plan for agglomerations (section on aircraft), roads and railways

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Government plans to increase UK road traffic by 40% by 2040 could hit climate targets

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Scrap HS2 and move Leeds Bradford Airport next to M1 says Wakefield council

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Bedfordshire hares saved for now as Cranfield Airport calls off planned cull

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Cranfield Airport to ‘cull’ hares (protected species) following crash between a plane and a deer

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Local survey says 90% would use Doncaster Robin Hood airport if more destinations were offered

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Liverpool John Lennon Airport aiming to win over 1m people who prefer to fly out of Manchester

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Stewart Wingate tells Scottish business leaders a 2nd Gatwick runway would be better for Scottish travellers

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Better noise metrics than the discredited Leq to be used by Airports Commission in appraising short-listed runway schemes

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Campaigners target airport investors to warn them off risky investment in politically undeliverable 3rd Heathrow runway

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Taxpayers to cover Heathrow’s £160 million contribution to Crossrail – CAA claims Heathrow doesn’t need more passengers coming by rail

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EU’s new climate and energy package – to cut carbon emissions by 40% by 2030

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Branson’s plans for “space travel” progress – for the privileged mega-rich

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Ryanair to target business travellers in 2014 – to doubt it has the right network of business destinations

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Birmingham airport hands out £13 million share dividend to Birmingham City Council

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Spelthorne Council Leader admits Heathrow expansion ‘not an easy issue’ while continuing support for 3rd runway, not in his constituency

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CAA provisional UK airport data for 2013 shows very small (around 0.4%) rise in ATMs in 2013 and around 3% increase in air passengers

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Legal challenge against Lydd airport expansion plans at the High Court by RSPB and LAAG this week

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Local Surrey Guardian newspaper asks: “Was Leatherhead sacrificed in the floods to save Gatwick?”

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TESTRAD questions Airports Commission decision to rule out their “London Britannia” estuary airport

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RunwaysUK conference shows up the Gatwick/Heathrow battle and the hub+spoke/point-to-point future of air travel

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London Assembly Votes Against Heathrow Airport Expansion

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Boeing 787 aircraft grounded after battery (overheating?) problem in Japan

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CAA decides on no further price regulation at Stansted, but only RPI -1.5% charges at Heathrow and more controls on Gatwick

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Redhill aerodrome hard runway application public inquiry to last several days

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Reigate MP, Crispin Blunt, slams Airports Commission report short-listing Gatwick for 2nd runway

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“Grow Heathrow” still hanging on in Sipson – which would be wiped out by a 3rd northern runway

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Through WWF “1 in 5″ Challenge, Scottish Government cut number of staff flights by about a quarter over 5 years

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