Strategic Aviation Special Interest Group of the Local Government Association

Email: [email protected] SASIG, PO Box 1308, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2WF Website: www.sasig.org.uk Tel: (020) 8541 9459 / 07968 832 687 Fax: (020) 8541 9447 Local Authorities & Aviation, Regional and Industry News, 15 November - 23 November Industry News 15 November 2014 - The infrastructure services company Balfour Beatty are set to write off up to £19m following the liquidation of . 16 November 2014 - The airline operator Virgin Atlantic is to lease out two pairs of take-off and landing slots at while it awaits a new fleet of aircraft. 17 November 2014 - Head of Operational Policy at NATS Brendan Kelly writes about UK airspace - the blog shows detailed footage and information about ‘UK 24’ - what the UK’s air services provider calls a ‘guided tour to some of what makes UK aviation work’ (contains video footage). 19 November 2014 - Chief Executive of Michael O'Leary has said that he believes Stansted Airport is where a new for the south east of England should be built. 19 November 2014 - has been told it can borrow £3.5m of public money to try to attract new airlines. 19 November 2014 - A new tool developed by NATS means that air traffic controllers are now able to analyse the environmental efficiency of flights in near real-time. 20 November 2014 - The airline operator Bmi Regional has announced it is adding 7,000 seats from . 20 November 2014 - American Airlines will offer a new daily service between Edinburgh and New York from May 2015. 20 November 2014 - Advice on restoring, or rebuilding, historic and ex-military aircraft has been released by the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s General Aviation Unit. Regional News 15 November 2014 - Owners of the former site, Discovery Park’s Trevor Cartner and Chris Musgrave, have appointed specialist property advisers GVA and urban regeneration group ‘Planit Intelligent Environments’ to regenerate the land. 15 November 2014 - Seventy six per cent of people who responded to a consultation over proposals to change flight paths around Stansted Airport have said they are against the idea. 15 November 2014 - A disagreement has developed between the developer of Middlesborough Football Club’s wind turbine and Durham Tees Valley Airport over alleged passenger safety issues.1 15 November 2014 - Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington John McDonnell attended the inaugural ‘Stop Heathrow Expansion’ meeting at St Mary's Church, in High Street, Harmondsworth. 15 November 2014 - Member of Parliament for East Surrey Sam Gyimah has written about increased aviation noise as a result of the introduction of the Precision Area Navigation System for aircraft at . 15 November 2014 - US business The Trump Organisation has announced a partnership with the Scottish Government to base its Scottish operations at Prestwick Airport. 15 November 2014 - Fellbridge Parish Council are urging their residents to input to the UK Civil Aviation Authority Post Implementation Review of the Gatwick routes - they have produced an email template to assist anyone who wishes to do so. 15 November 2014 - Member of Parliament for Wokingham John Redwood has written about the complaints he has received from constituents about aviation noise from Heathrow Airport. 16 November 2014 - Chief Executive of Manchester City Council Sir Howard Bernstein has announced plans for an expansion of the city region's Airport City Enterprise Zone. 17 November 2015 - The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s Aviation Forum have debated the deadline to comment on a planning inquiry against Hillingdon's refusal of the application to do the works to end the ‘Cranford Agreement’. 17 November 2014 - Member of Parliament for Putney, Roehampton and Southfields Justine Greening chaired a public meeting on Gatwick Airport’s plans for expansion. 17 November 2014 - Member of Parliament for Mole Valley Sir Paul Beresford has criticised plans to build a new runway at Gatwick Airport. 18 November 2014 - Blackpool Airport will reopen for small aircraft and helicopters but will not serve commercial passengers. 19 November 2014 - Doncaster Sheffield Robin Hood Airport has completed the upgrade of a new hangar meaning that it can now accept B727 aircraft. 19 November 2014 - Chief Executive of Norwich International Airport Andrew Bell, said a partnership with travel operator Thomson Holidays was beginning to deliver its objectives of more routes and greater frequency of flights. 19 November 2014 - Councillor Mike George, Vice-Chairman of the Horley Town Council has said that it opposes expansion at Gatwick Airport. 20 November 2014 - Members of the Welsh Assembly used Cardiff Airport five times out of a possible 80 for trade meetings between May 2011 and November 2014. 20 November 2014 - London Borough of Redbridge Councillor Sheila Bain will be putting a motion before Members urging them to write to the Civil Aviation Authority, asking them to suspend the consultation being carried out by . 22 November 2014 - Member of Parliament for Mole Valley in Surrey, Sir Paul Beresford is attending a meeting of the campaign group ‘Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign’ - arranged for those who oppose the airport's potential expansion. 23 November 2014 - The rail campaign group ‘The Braintree and Witham Rail Users Association’ is lobbying for a train route from Stansted Airport, through Dunmow, Braintree and on to Witham, then to the new Beaulieu Park station due to open in 2019, then to connect with Chelmsford. 23 November 2014 - Residents in Bracknell have questioned representatives of Heathrow Airport after aviation noise has returned to the area after the completion of flight trials. 23 November 2014 - Heathrow Airport has approached chambers of commerce across the north west of England offering to fund events to promote their case for a third runway

SASIG works for Local Authorities in a strategic manner on national aviation policy so as to reconcile economic, social and environmental issues. The following sources are also used in this bulletin: Air & Business Travel News, ACI Council International, Aviation International, BAA Ltd, DeHavilland, Environmental Data Services, International Air Transport Association, BBC, The Independent, The Standard, The Telegraph, Transportinfo, UK Parliament.