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23/07/2007 |
| Welcome to the summer edition of the Airport Operator, and what promises to be my final issue as Chairman of the AOA. |
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23/07/2007 |
| The arrival of Lord William (‘Willy’) Bach as AOA Chairman is a landmark in the history of the Association. It is the first time that an‘outsider’ has been appointed to the role.
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23/07/2007 |
| There’s no avoiding the use of images of planes in the media to signify the threat of climate change. |
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23/07/2007 |
| Chris Goater managed to catch up with the AOA’s incoming policy manager, David Bishop, and ask him a few questions prior to him taking up his post. |
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23/07/2007 |
| Emirates is to launch daily non-stop services from the northeast to Dubai from 1 September after a two-year courtship by Newcastle International airport (NIA). |
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23/07/2007 |
| Preparatory work has begun on the £30 million expansion, which is the single biggest investment by BAA Glasgow for a generation. |
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23/07/2007 |
| Airport parking – on-site and off-site – is big business. In fact, it is a very big business indeed, as BAA’s annual reports illustrate. In 2004-05, BAA’s total UK retail revenue was £821 million. Parking accounted for 19.9%. |
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23/07/2007 |
| Following a 16-week multi-purpose biometric access control trial at Heathrow, the nine partners in the study have published a summary report and outlined their preliminary findings. |
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23/07/2007 |
| That is how NATS describes its iFACTS (Interim Future Area Control Tools Support) project. Phased introduction of the system will begin in 2009, and will allow more efficient use of airspace; the key benefits being improved safety and increased capacity. |
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23/07/2007 |
| For two weeks each June, tens of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts descend on the Isle of Man for the TT Festival. |
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23/07/2007 |
| Oulton Hall played host to more than a hundred AOA members for the 2007 Operations and Safety Conference. |
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