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14/11/2002
The Airport Operators Association will, during the Annual Conference, call for international action to eliminate the noisiest aircraft from the skies. John Frank-Keyes outlines the AOA’s principles and positions as the RASCO/SERAS consultation period moves towards its end-November deadline.

14/11/2002
The Government has suggested it will look at overhauling the planning process. Gideon Ewers assesses the risks of inaction.

14/11/2002
General Aviation Committee chairman John Haffenden has strong opinions about the challenges facing the smaller AOA airports, as he explained to Gideon Ewers.

14/11/2002
The chapter devoted to Gatwick airport in the full SERAS document runs to just 175 words – less than one page out of 177. It is so succinct that we reproduce it in full. While this is admirably concise and clear – the White Paper will not include any options for new runways at Gatwick – it leaves the airport facing a degree of uncertainty. John Frank-Keyes reports.

14/11/2002
It is a cliché, but the world really has changed in the last 12 months – specifically terms of security at the world’s airports. Yet it is not just terrorists that need to be guarded against. Jeremy Shebson and Mark Gammon examine the changes to Annex 17 and their implications for the industry.

14/11/2002
Although this year’s Conference is hosted by Gatwick airport, the closest AOA member airport is Shoreham – just six miles west of Brighton. Gideon Ewers looks at developments at the country’s oldest public use airport.
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