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31/10/2005 |
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Yet another year has flashed by, and our Conference gives us a chance to pause for breath and take stock of all that has happened over the past 12 months.
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31/10/2005 |
I am delighted to welcome you to the AOA Annual Conference as your new Chairman. The aviation industry is facing the most challenging of periods. We are faced both with the demands of increasing growth, which links so much to economic activity, but balanced with this is the need for us to manage environmental issues and to lead the way in technological solutions. Only in achieving this balance will we ensure the industry stays sustainable in every way. |
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31/10/2005 |
| With aviation coming under increasing environmental scrutiny, the importance of a robust defence of our industry is more important than ever before. Increasingly, the environmental NGOs are trying to build an economic case against aviation. But while people instinctively believe that aviation facilitates growth and creates wealth in its own right, there are surprisingly few hard figures available to prove this. |
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31/10/2005 |
| The AOA is no different from any other organisation in that it should continually ask itself questions as to where its service can and should be improved. Throughout this year, it became apparent that the AOA Website was in urgent need of a complete overhaul. It had used the same design for five years, looked tired and lacked the flexibility and attractiveness that we needed. It was time for an update. |
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31/10/2005 |
An insight into the work of the Airports Carbon Management Group
How much energy does a typical UK airport use, what does that mean in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, and how will the energy use change as passenger numbers grow and new terminals and facilities are added? These are some of the questions that can be answered by the Airports Carbon Management Group (ACMG), formed by many of the UK’s airport operators and associated businesses to share knowledge and tackle the challenges of global warming and spiralling energy costs. |
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31/10/2005 |
| Now that the Party Conference season is over, what conclusions can be drawn from the annual political seaside circus? Chris Goater reports. |
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31/10/2005 |
| In the modern context, with terrorist attacks on transport infrastructure a genuine threat, ensuring the highest possible level of security is airports first, second and third top priority. Ian Hutcheson, director of security BAA, outlines the purpose of the Multi-Agency Threat and Risk Assessment matrix, known by the acronym MATRA. |
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31/10/2005 |
| A low-profile but surprisingly widely used service at UK airports is the chaplaincy service. The splendidly-named Reverend Roy Monks, Co-ordinator of the UK Chaplaincy Network, said there are about 70 airports chaplains in the UK and Eire, working in small teams at around 33 airports. |
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31/10/2005 |
| These are exciting times for Bournemouth Airport, which is part of the Manchester Airports Group – co-host of this year’s AOA Annual Conference & Exhibition. |
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31/10/2005 |
| A solution may have been devised to negate the problem of wind farms interfering with ATC radars. This is important as wind farms have a crucial role to play in meeting the UK Government’s renewable energy targets – it is estimated that two GigaWatts of renewable energy potential could be released. |
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31/10/2005 |
| Lydd/London Ashford Airport (LAA) cannot be faulted for ambition. Within a decade, two million passengers could be using the south coast gateway to jet off to the sun, avoiding the existing crowded south eastern airports, reports James Graham. |
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31/10/2005 |
| London Southend has published its final Master Plan setting out how it intends to develop as a small, regional airport over the next 25 years. |
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31/10/2005 |
| NATS has ordered a BEST ATC Tower Simulator from Micro Nav, which it will locate at London Heathrow. |
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31/10/2005 |
As you read this, the ORBIS DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital is on the tarmac at Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa. Apart from the white and blue livery of international sight saving charity, ORBIS, and the high powered generators lined up alongside, you’d be mistaken for thinking this was an ordinary DC-10. However, this unique aircraft is currently the heart of a three-week programme that will change the lives of thousands of Ethiopians who are needlessly blind or at risk of losing their sight. |
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