CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (Constituted under Section 35 of the Civil Aviation Act, 1982)

A R Ward Civic Offices, Leigh Road Solicitor , Hants SO50 9YN Hon Secretary to the Committee TEL: (023) 8068 8113

PLEASE QUOTE: ARW/KJ YOUR REF: DATE: 08 June 2004

Dear Sir/Madam

A meeting of the Southampton International Airport Consultative Committee will be held in the The Council Chamber, Eastleigh Borough Council, Civic Offices, Leigh Road, Eastleigh on Thursday, 17 June 2004 at 2:00 pm and you are invited to attend.

Yours faithfully

Hon Secretary

TO: All Members of Southampton International Airport Consultative Committee

Copies to: A Whitehead MP D Chidgey MP J Denham MP S Gidley MP M Oaten MP

Prior to the start of the meeting there will be a short session (maximum 15 minutes in total) giving the opportunity to relevant organisations, whose interests are not formally represented by a committee member, to speak. Those wishing to participate should telephone the above number in advance of the meeting to book a place.

AGENDA

1. Apologies for absence

2. Election of Chairman

3. Election of Vice Chairman

4. Appointment of Honorary Secretary

5. Minutes of the meeting held on 26 February 2004 (Pages 1 - 8)

6. Airport Managing Director's report (Pages 9 - 16)

7. Noise Model - Principal Environmental Health Officer Eastleigh Borough Council Report to be tabled

8. Monitoring of the Flying Controls Agreement (Pages 17 - 20)

9. Public participation at Airport Consultative Committee meetings Bitterne Park Residents Association propose the following with regard to public participation at future meetings:

1. At the start of the meeting any representations be taken from members of the public, who then withdraw from the meeting but receive a written response to the point(s) from the Committee. 2. A time limit is agreed for a member of the public to make a presentation. 3. A list of issues raised by members of the public, together with the Committee’s responses, be published annually for public awareness.

10. Airport Carz Mr Richard Matthews, Chairman of Airport Carz has been invited to attend the meeting to discuss provision of ‘taxis’ at the airport.

11. Date of next meeting

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SOUTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

Thursday, 26 February 2004 (1400 – 1600)

Members

Councillor Keith Estlin County Council Apologies Councillor Colin Davidovitz Hampshire County Council Present

Councillor P Baldwin Southampton City Council Councillor Royston Smith Southampton City Council Present Councillor S Barnes-Andrews (Deputy) Southampton City Council Apologies Councillor Mrs A Work (Deputy) Southampton City Council Present

Councillor Peter Luffman Eastleigh Borough Council Present Councillor Ms Marilyn Birks (Deputy) Eastleigh Borough Council Present Councillor Glynn Davies-Dear Eastleigh Borough Council Present Councillor Anne Winstanley (Deputy) Eastleigh Borough Council Councillor Godfrey Olson Eastleigh Borough Council Present Councillor William Pepper (Deputy) Eastleigh Borough Council Apologies

Councillor J Neal Test Valley Borough Council Councillor J Anderdon (Deputy) Test Valley Borough Council Apologies

Councillor Mrs Charlotte Bailey City Council Present Councillor James Wagner (Deputy) Winchester City Council

Councillor Mrs J Sortwell West End Parish Council Present Councillor Donald Horne (Deputy) West End Parish Council

Mrs D Willis Southampton & Fareham Chamber of Apologies Commerce & Industry

Mr A Jones Eastleigh Trades Council Present Mr D C Sweeney (Deputy) Eastleigh Trades Council

Ms L Luland Winchester & District Trades Union Present Council

Mrs M Finch Bitterne Park Residents' Association Present Mrs J Smith (Deputy) Bitterne Park Residents' Association Present

Mr M Howard Townhill Park Residents' Association Present Mr A D Brooks (Deputy) Townhill Park Residents' Association

Mr L Thomas Residents' Association Present Mr E Walters (Deputy) Monks Brook Residents' Association Present

Mr M Mossadaq Over-the-Bridge Residents' Association Mr P Beloch (Deputy) Over-the-Bridge Residents' Association

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Mr Geoff Wilkinson Hampshire Coalition of Disabled Present People Mrs Amanda Hames (Deputy) Hampshire Coalition of Disabled People

Ms L McLachlan South West Trains

Mr David Cumming Managing Director, Southampton Present International Airport Ltd Mrs J Fletcher (Deputy) Operations Director, Southampton Present International Airport Ltd

Mr Ray Caesar Aviance

Mr Martin Carroll National Air Traffic Services Present

Mrs Jane Cullen-Thomas

Co-opted Members

Mr Tony Balcombe Chairman Present Mr Edwin Perry Present

Advisory Members/Officers Attending

Mr Mark Gibb (Advisor) Airfield Operations Manager, Present Southampton International Airport Ltd Mrs Jan Halliday (Advisor) Southampton International Airport Ltd Present Mr Richard Ward Honorary Secretary Present Mr Tony Wright Planning Policy & Design, Eastleigh Present Borough Council Mr David Ralph Environmental Health, Eastleigh Present Borough Council Mrs Karin James Democratic Services Officer, Present Eastleigh Borough Council Mr Rob Crighton Southampton City Council Present Mr Jonathan Crabb Hampshire County Council Apologies

9. APOLOGIES

Apologies for absence are shown above, in addition apologies were received from David Chidgey MP, Sandra Gidley MP, Alan Whitehead MP, Mark Oaten MP, John Denham MP all of whom are invited to attend each meeting.

10. WELCOME TO GUESTS AND NEW MEMBERS

The Chair welcomed Ann Bartaby from who was invited as a guest for this meeting. Also the Chair advised the Committee that three new members had now been appointed from FlyBe, National Air Traffic Services and Aviance.

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11. MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 16 OCTOBER 2003

The minutes of the meeting held on 16 October were agreed as a true record.

12. SPEAKERS

Three speakers were in attendance from local relevant organisations.

Councillor Jonathan Bennett from Hythe and Dibden Parish Council spoke on behalf of his parish council as follows:

Hythe and Dibden Parish Council expressed concern regarding the substantial increase in the number of aircraft using a flight path directly over the Dibden area of the Parish in particular during the Summer period and the number of complaints this had caused.

The Parish requested answers to the following questions:

1. What action is being taken to reduce the impact of additional aircraft movements on the residents of Hythe and Dibden? 2. Are there any control measures to limit the number of flights in the evening? 3. What is the proposed number of aircraft movements for 2004 split month by month? 4. Can the flight path over Dibden be altered to take it away from the residential area?

The Airport Managing Director, David Cumming replied that the airport is working closely with all people in the area to minimise noise. Although there had been a considerable increase in passenger numbers there has only been a 25% increase in movements. There have also been efforts to ensure aircraft climb to a higher altitude more quickly to reduce noise.

Carole Gallagher, Manager of the Environment Protection Section at District Council, spoke on behalf of Councillor Maureen Robinson. Ms Gallagher reiterated much of what had been said by Councillor Jonathan Bennett and stated that New Forest District Council had received a spate of complaints in Summer 2003 with regard to aircraft noise. In view of this New Forest District Council requested representation on the Airport Consultative Committee.

The Chair replied that changes to the structure of the membership of the Committee required the Constitution to be changed. The next opportunity to look at this would be at the end of this term of office in June 2006. Further there had been a number of requests to join the Committee and a list was being compiled to be considered in 2006.

In the meantime David Cumming stated he would be very willing to meet with New Forest District Councillors and Officers to speak on specific issues. Carole Gallagher welcomed this suggestion and it was agreed such a meeting should

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be arranged.

Mr D Stewart a representative of the Council for the Protection of Rural spoke with regard to membership for their organization on the Airport Consultative Committee. Mr Stewart stated he had previously been a member of the Committee on behalf of Winchester City Council and wished to remain a member now representing the CPRE.

The Chair explained that under the Constitution the Committee has representatives from Winchester City Council but this membership is not transferable. The CPRE is to be added to the list for consideration in 2006.

Mr Stewart stated he required facts and figures with regard to any possible increase in the use of the airport, he also required to have knowledge of noise problems as currently he receives many complaints and fends them off for BAA. Mr Stewart stated he would welcome enlargement of the airport as reported recently. Such enlargement would reduce traffic on many of the large roads in the area eg M3, M4 and A34.

The Chair advised that it was planned that minutes for the Committee would be available on the Internet from now on.

David Cummings confirmed that recently there had been reports that passengers might increase to 5m per annum, a recent SERAS report had stated there was potential to expand up to 7m passengers per annum. However in reality this would not be possible without extending the boundaries of the airfield which was impossible and therefore the maximum increase would be to 2 – 2.5m passengers per annum.

Mary Finch from Bitterne Park Residents Association proposed that meetings should be open to the public, the proposal was seconded by Geoff Wilkinson of the Hampshire Coalition of Disabled People. Further discussion of this proposal was deferred to item 7 on the agenda.

A vote was taken to confirm that visitors to this meeting could stay to the end of the meeting on this occasion.

13. AIRPORT MANAGING DIRECTOR'S REPORT

In addition to the report published with the agenda Mr Cumming reported that there were various celebrations planned for this year at the Airport:

On Monday 29 March the 70th anniversary of flights to Jersey was to be celebrated. Also on the same day there was to be a Reception and a visit by The Governor of The Bank of England.

December would mark the 10th birthday celebration of the redevelopment of the airport which was officially opened by the Duke of York on 9 December 1994.

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At that time there were 400,000 passengers per annum a figure which has now grown to 1.4m.

The Airport were now one of the biggest employers in the area with 850 full time equivalent members of staff.

FlyBe are still researching the best routes to offer. Southampton Airport is now a more affordable airport with flights to Edinburgh or Glasgow costing £69 or less as opposed to the previous figure which was over £300.

Development planned for the near future includes increasing car parking and building a new airside accommodation building. These are dependent upon obtaining relevant planning permission.

There are plans to increase the capacity of the departure lounge by going up a floor taking away current office space. Such changes would also provide the opportunity to improve shopping and catering. A new lift is to be installed to enable easier access for passengers.

The Airport is positively encouraging greater use of public transport by passengers and car sharing amongst staff. They are also holding talks with the rail authority with regard to increasing rail passengers.

The annual carol service was held in the hangar this year and was very successful. It is hoped the hangar will be available again next year.

Councillor Davidovitz spoke with regard to complaints regarding the lack of availability of taxis, and further whether there was any bar on companies other than Airport Carz using the airport taxi rank.

Mr Cumming assured the committee that Airport Carz make every effort to ensure taxis are available however recent increases in traffic have taken them by surprise. The airport registers every passenger who books a taxi and the waiting time. If these times reach an unacceptable level the Airport are in a position to insist taxi numbers are increased. Taxi telephone numbers for other companies are available at the information desk. He further stated that those passengers having problems should be encouraged to write to the airport who will investigate the problems.

Mrs Finch of the Bitterne Park Residents Association read a statement from her organisation expressing their worries regarding safety with increased numbers of flights over both residential areas and schools. She stated there had been more reports in the last year of the airport being on emergency alert regarding a potential incident.

Mr Cumming replied safety was the number one priority, and increases in air traffic do not pose a greater potential danger. There had been no serious incidents in the past year and being on full emergency status rarely means an increased danger to the local area, more an indication that full prevention methods are being put into place. An audit undertaken by the CAA one month ago gave the Airport a clean bill of health.

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Further discussion took place regarding accessibility for disabled people wishing to go to the station, particularly the eastbound track which necessitates crossing the footbridge or driving all the way around. The airport have made arrangements that disabled persons should be taken free of charge by taxi to the eastbound platform. Furthermore the airport have offered to fund up to 50% of the costs of erecting a new more accessible bridge jointly with the railways but this offer has yet to receive a response.

14. REPORT FROM SUB-COMMITTEE ON NOISE & TRACK KEEPING

A report was tabled and is attached to these minutes. It was noted that the proposals are to be the subject of a detailed presentation at the Stakeholder Conference on 12 March.

15. NOISE MODEL - PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER EASTLEIGH BOROUGH COUNCIL (VERBAL REPORT)

The noise model is a computer tool used to produce and measure standardised average noise levels of aircraft, excluding all other noise. This is independently produced and the figures for 2003 only arrived yesterday. Further work is required to facilitate comparisons with previous years and a report will be produced for the June meeting.

16. FUTURE OF AIR TRANSPORT - GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER

Southampton International Airport received a favourable mention in this report which highlighted the possibility of ultimately increasing capacity to 2 – 2.5million passengers per annum.

17. GUIDELINES FOR AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEES

The Guidelines for Airport Consultative Committees had been distributed with the agenda, and The Hon Secretary, Richard Ward made reference to the note regarding public participation, an option included within the guidelines.

Consideration was given to the proposal put forward by Mrs Finch earlier in the meeting. After some discussion it was agreed that Bitterne Residents Association should put forward their proposal in writing to be included in the agenda for the meeting in June. Richard Ward agreed to prepare a report on the implications in relation to the Constitution of Mrs Finch’s motion.

18. ANNUAL LIAISON MEETING

The Committee gave their agreement that the Chair and Hon Secretary should attend the next Annual Liaison Meeting between Airport Consultative Committees to be held on 23 & 24 June 2004 at .

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19. PUBLICATION OF CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE PAPERS ON WEBSITE

It was agreed that Committee papers should be published on both the Airport Liaison Committee and Eastleigh Borough Council websites from now on.

20. DATE OF NEXT MEETING - PROPOSED 17 JUNE 2004

It was agreed the next meeting of this Committee should be on 17 June at 2pm. Venue: The Civic Offices, Leigh Road, Eastleigh.

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SOUTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

Managing Director’s Report June 2004

1 Traffic

1,405,537 passengers used Southampton Airport between 1 May 2003 and 30 April 2004. This represents a 71.2% increase on the previous twelve months.

The number of commercial aircraft movements between 1 May 2003 and 30 April 2004 was 35,444 up 26.1%.

Appendix 1 gives moving annual total passenger figure for the years 2003/2004 and Appendix 1A gives comparative passenger figures for the years 1999/00 to April 2004/05.

Appendix 2 gives the moving annual total for commercial aircraft movements and Appendix 2A gives comparative commercial air transport movements for the years 1990/00 to April 2004/05.

The cumulative market share for a 12 month period to April 2004 is as follows:

• International 43% • Domestic 36% • Channel Islands 21%

Southampton Airport’s financial year recorded its highest ever year end passenger figures in its 94 year history. 1.4 million passengers used Southampton Airport in the last twelve months as of March 2004.

Highlights over the financial year included; establishment of low fares airline flybe at Southampton Airport with a route network of 16 destinations, CitiExpress increasing frequencies on their key routes to Glasgow, Manchester and Edinburgh, and new airline partners and Skybus have joined Southampton Airport. In addition, First Choice announced that Southampton was their newest departure airport with weekly flights to Faro, Portugal from May 2004. The fourth annual charity run took place and raised over £32,000 for local charities.

Flybe will be introducing a new Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft at Southampton from 24 June 2004 to service its two new routes to La Rochelle and Perpignan.

Plans are underway of how to celebrate Southampton Airport’s 10th Birthday which will take place on 9 December 2004.

9 2 Noise Preferred Routeings Trial

As from 1 April 2004 Southampton Airport started a trial of alternative take-off and landing procedures. The aim of the trial is to investigate if these alternative procedures lead to any improvements in noise levels, which may benefit local people.

The trial will run from 1 April 2004 until the end of September 2004. Throughout the duration of the trial an independent acoustics specialist will be analysing the data collected from 6 noise monitors deployed underneath the main arrivals and departures routes and reviewing feedback from local people. Independent market research using telephone surveys will also be carried out.

The trial will be undertaken in two phases. The first phase from April to June 2004 will trial the proposed changes and the second phase from July to September 2004 will revert back to the original Noise Preferred Routeings.

During the first phase of the trial all aircraft above a defined weight will be instructed to climb to a greater height before starting to level off or turn away from the runway headings than is presently the case. Arrivals will also be instructed to turn onto the main approach glide slope from further out from the airport. The potential benefits of these changes include increased height of over flights over some residential areas and turns, which avoid the more densely populated areas wherever possible.

3 Track Monitoring

The new Lochard track monitoring system has now been installed. Testing is under way.

4 Management and Staff

Southampton Airport has appointed Guy Sutherland as Director of Finance & Property, replacing Graham Moores.

Joan Fletcher, Operations Director, was given a 25 year service award in April 2004.

Currently 1000 people are employed on the airport site of which 188 of these staff are BAA.

ExxonMobil have been awarded the refuelling contract at Southampton Airport. This took place on 1 March 2004 and all staff have been transferred.

5 Planning and Development

This financial year 2004/05, Southampton Airport is embarking on a £5m investment project. This will include; Airside Accommodation Building, Car Park provision and Departure Lounge.

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Airside Accommodation Building Construction of a purpose built Airside Accommodation Building has commenced and is scheduled for completion by the end of July 2004. The new building will house aircraft engineering and ground handling staff, flight crews for our based airlines, British Airways CitiExpress, flybe, ScotAirways and Air France.

Work to improve the passenger facilities on the forecourt has now been completed.

The reconfigured delivery area has also been completed.

Departure Lounge Work continues to increase seating capacity within the Departure Lounge and improve the retail passenger facilities within the current building envelope. Office space, Conference Rooms and the Viewing Gallery will be used as part of this project. Work is under way to look at alternative sites for the Viewing Gallery. It is anticipated the current facility will be closed from 1 July 2004. The current area will become a spectator gallery for departing passengers. However, it is hoped to provide a continual service for the general public.

A temporary building has been sited adjacent to the Short Term Car Park / Adams Morey building, to house some BAA office staff in the short term whilst work is under way in the Departure Lounge.

6 Environment

Southampton Airport’s Staff Car Share Scheme was successfully launched on 19 February 2004. Over 100 employees airport wide signed up on the first day. The aim of the Airport Car Share Scheme is to reduce the number of cars that are brought to the airport by staff each day.

New environmental targets have been set for the forthcoming year and these include reducing waste to landfill, water consumption per passenger, reducing CO2 emissions, and 10% of BAA Southampton staff actively participating in the car share scheme.

Environmental targets are also being set against individual projects. Targets to reduce energy consumption are also being introduced into all of development projects, e.g. Airside Accommodation Building.

Last year’s environmental performance will be published in the Community & Environment report which will be available from August 2004.

As part of the Flying Controls Agreement, an air quality monitoring survey is required to be undertaken when there is a throughput of 1.3 million passengers per year. This throughput has now been achieved and discussions are underway with Eastleigh Borough Council about conducting an air quality survey.

11 The last survey was carried out in 1994 and the results were published in 1995. The results showed that there was no significant air pollution from aircraft. Pollution which was detected was consistent with that produced by road vehicles and these were believed to be the major source of air pollution affecting the area neighbouring the airport.

Under the Vortex Repair Scheme two incidents have been reported. The damage has been repaired and a full assessment was carried out by an independent vortex expert. Two other cases of vortex have been recorded, one in 1990 and one in 1999.

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The Southampton Airport’s Quality Service Monitor highlights Southampton’s continued achievement in maintaining customer service standards. Southampton Airport continues to lead BAA Group in its quality of service.

8 Marketing

On 25 February David Cumming attended the European Regional Airline Conference in Barcelona and gave a presentation on ‘How can the regional airport meet the future infrastructure demands more cost effectively’.

On 5 March 2004 Southampton Airport was pleased to be involved in the unveiling of the Spitfire Sculpture at the roundabout at the entrance to the airport.

The 70th Anniversary of Southampton – Jersey route was celebrated on 29 March when a delegation of Mayors, Councillors and Media from the region visited . The date coincided with a visit to Southampton Airport by Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England.

On 13 May Jan Halliday attended the European Regional Airline Conference in Amsterdam and presented on ‘The importance of working in partnership with airlines’.

Southampton Airport is continuing to promote the airport in areas in North Hampshire and the M3 corridor, such as Bracknell, , Aldershot, Wokingham and Camberley.

9 Community and Education

Community and Stakeholder Conference The 2nd second Community and Stakeholder Conference was held in March and was attended by over 60 key members of the local community, including the regions 3 MP’s. The Noise Preferred Routeings trial, which is taking place between April and September 2004, was launched at the Conference.

12 London Marathon

Southampton Airport’s firefighter, Malcolm Bevis, ran the London Marathon in 4 hours 2 minutes, running on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Relief. Every year, Southampton Airport staff have the opportunity to bid for a place in the London Marathon supported by the BAA’s 21st Century Communities Trust. Malcolm raised over £1,400 for his chosen charity.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

For the past four years, Southampton Airport has supported the Runway Run, in aid of local charities. However, this year due to increased traffic, the Runway Run will not be able to take place.

However, David Cumming was recently asked to undertake the role of Chairman for the 2004 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation “Walk to Cure Diabetes”, which will take place on 12 September in the Itchen Valley Country Park, which is on the eastern border of the airport. Southampton Airport is aiming to enter 60 walkers, including family and friends. Southampton Airport is also proud to be the presenting major sponsor of this event in place of the Runway Run.

Bitterne Park School

Following Bitterne Park School’s achievement in securing Specialist School Status through support by Southampton Airport, a new strategic partnership is being established. This will include hosting work experience, industry days, supporting vocational GCSE’s. Jan Halliday, Director of Communications, Southampton Airport, will also become a school governor.

Crestwood School

Crestwood School has recently achieved its Specialist School Status in Business and Enterprise. Southampton Airport was pleased to financially support its bid to secure specialist school status.

School & College Visits

320 visits from February 2004 to May 2004, including Mansbridge Primary, Norwood Primary, St. Monica Infants, South Down College, Totton College, Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke.

10 Dates for the Diary

Gordon Keeble Super Cars 40th Anniversary – 12 June 2004

On 12 June Southampton Airport will be celebrating with Gordon Keeble Owners Club the 40th Anniversary of the Gordon Keeble car. The only super car to be manufactured in Hampshire. Gordon Keeble cars were built at Southampton Airport.

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Hampshire Youth Games – 19 June 2004

Southampton Airport will be sponsoring the two local teams of Southampton and Eastleigh to attend the Hampshire Youth Games in Aldershot on the 19 June.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation “Walk to Cure Diabetes” – 12 September 2004

This charity event will take place at Itchen Valley Country Park on Sunday 12 September 2004. If you would like to take part please contact David Cumming, Managing Director, Southampton Airport on 023 8026 7170.

Community and Stakeholder Conference – 19 November 2004

On 19 November 2004 the 3rd Community & Stakeholder Conference will be held. Venue to be confirmed.

10th Birthday Celebrations – 9 December 2004

On 9 December 2004 Southampton Airport will be celebrating its 10th Birthday in the “new” terminal.

Hymns in the Hangar – 16 December 2004

The annual Christmas Carol Service will be taking place on 16 December 2004 in Bookajet’s aircraft hangar at Southampton Airport.

14 To obtain copies of the appendices to this report please contact Karin James, Democratic Services Manager, Eastleigh Borough Council on 02380688113 or e-mail [email protected] .

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16 Agenda Item 8 SOUTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

Thursday 17 June 2004

SOUTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – MONITORING OF THE FLYING CONTROLS AGREEMENT

Report of the Head of Planning Policy & Design at Eastleigh Borough Council ______

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the monitoring statistics for the last quarter of 2003 and the first quarter of 2004 be noted.

SUMMARY

This report reviews the monitoring statistics of operational activity at the Airport for the periods from October to December 2003 and January to March 2004 submitted to the Council in accordance with the Flying Controls Agreement.

AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2003 AND JANUARY – MARCH 2004

1. The monitoring statistics for the October – December quarter are set out in Appendix 1 to this report. The total number of aircraft movements over this period, 13,795, was 1,349 higher than the 12,446 in the same period in 2002, an increase of 10.8%.

2. The growth of the airport seen over the last year was maintained in the first quarter of 2004 as the monitoring statistics set out in Appendix 2 to this report show. The total number of aircraft movements this quarter, 15,377, was 2,498 higher than in the first 3 months of 2003, an increase of 19.4%.

3. The number of training movements during the 2 winter quarters, 1,998 and 2,253, was a little lower than that for the same quarters in 2002/3. The rolling 12-month total of training movements (9,940 and 10,072 at the 2 quarter-ends) remained within the 10,400 permitted.

4. The number of helicopter movements, 69 and 94 during the quarters under review, remained low and well below the permitted maximum.

MOVEMENTS DURING NIGHT HOURS

5. Fourteen night movements took place over the October-December 2003 quarter. Of these none were exempt under the terms of the Flying Controls Agreement from the restrictions in that agreement. All therefore

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6. In the January to March 2004 quarter the number of night movements fell to 12. Of these 1 was exempt from the restrictions and 11 fell within the allowance permitted by the Flying Controls Agreement. Ten of these were in January when the monthly maximum limit was reached.

7. Operations during night hours over the winter period therefore remained within the operational restrictions contained in the Flying Controls Agreement despite the significant overall growth in business at the Airport.

ENGINE GROUND RUNNING

8. There was no ground running of engines during the two quarters under review.

COMPLAINTS

9. The number of complaints about aircraft operational activity was much reduced over the two quarters under review. Those that were received expressed the familiar concerns over the number of aircraft movements and the routeing of those aircraft.

10. The Airport Managing Director is reporting separately to this Committee on the trials of revised operating and routeing procedures that are now under way. The introduction of the new procedures at the beginning of April has given rise to a number of additional complaints over the last few weeks. Residents are being asked to monitor the impact of the revised procedures by comparison with the procedures that will operate from July to September and to advise of their views. These will then inform the analysis of the revised procedures which will help to determine future preferred procedures for using the Airport and address some of the causes of complaint.

CONCLUSIONS

11. The monitoring statistics of operational activity at the Airport over the last six months maintain the significant growth of commercial operations over previous years although, as usual, business has not been maintained at the level seen over the summer months. Operations have, however, continued to be undertaken in accordance with the terms of the Flying Controls Agreement.

CLIFF BOWDEN Head of Planning Policy & Design

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Civic Offices Leigh Road Eastleigh SO50 9YN

8 June 2004

Appendices attached: Two

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