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26/07/2004 |
| The AOA warmly welcomed the UK Government’s White Paper commitment to progressing the inclusion of aviation in a Europe-wide emissions trading scheme. It marked the success of a persuasive campaign by the AOA and the airport sector to convince the Government that emissions trading in aviation is a “smart” tool for achieving change. |
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26/07/2004 |
| The guest of honour and principal speaker at the annual AOA Council Lunch – held 22 June – was the UK’s new Director General of Civil Aviation, David McMillan. |
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26/07/2004 |
The most recent salvo in a long-running disagreement between Government and the House of Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) over aviation’s environmental impacts has been described as “disappointing” by the AOA. |
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26/07/2004 |
| Committee Chairman Peter Willis opened the sixth AOA Operations and Safety Conference with the twin observations that while UK aviation had largely recovered from 9/11 in terms of traffic volume – with the low-cost carriers serving as the industry’s “accelerator pedal” – airports are increasingly being asked to deliver “more for less”. |
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26/07/2004 |
| “Denver has one, but only a little one. It can only handle up to the 737,” said Gatwick Managing Director Roger Cato. The £15 million bridge, which will link the new £100 million Pier 6 with the North Terminal, is only the second in the world to span a live taxiway and, as Cato proudly asserts, it is by far the biggest, measuring 197m in length and 32m in height, giving it the capacity to handle the 747.
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26/07/2004 |
| Robin Hood – the new name for Nottingham East Midlands? No, perhaps surprisingly it is the prefix to the fantastically named Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield. |
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26/07/2004 |
| The superb £19 million facility opened to passengers in mid-April this year and increases annual capacity to 1.25 million. |
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