Take Action on Air Passenger Duty the Official Magazine of the Airport Operators Association

ISSUE SPONSORED BY TAKE ACTION ON AIR PASSENGER DUTY www.afairtaxonflying.org The official magazine of the Airport Operators Association SUMMER 2012 Policy Features News A Fair Tax on Flying – please help! Gatwick’s runway renovation Innovation from Aerostat Surveys ‘Airports Package’ – what does it mean for our airports? London Southend – preparing for Phase 2 New MD for Klaruw in the UK The Aviation House of Commons Reception 2012 London airports ready for the Olympics NCS’ groundbreaking new solution YOUR CHALLENGE, OUR SOLUTIONS The leading baggage handling solutions provider. Worldwide experience delivered locally. www.vanderlande.com VANDERLANDE INDUSTRIES, INTEGRATION HOUSE, 1 MONDIAL WAY, HARLINGTON, HAYES UB3 5AR, TEL: 0208 283 0100, FAX: 0208 283 0101 vi_adv_bh_AOA_245x300.indd 1 11-06-12 16:41 p.3 WWW.AOA.ORG.UK THE AIRPORT OPERatOR SUMMER 2012 Ed Anderson, Chairman, The official magazine of the Airport Operators Association Airport Operators Association Welcome to the summer edition of the Airport Operator. At the time of writing, we have just enjoyed CHAIRMAN’S outstanding Diamond Jubilee celebrations and we are eagerly Airport Operators’ Association anticipating the start of the INTRODUctION 3 Birdcage Walk Olympics. London SW1H 9JJ Both the consultation draft of of collaboration across the Tel: 020 7799 3171 the Government’s ‘Sustainable industry and AOA continues Fax: 020 7340 0999 Framework for Aviation’, and to be a strong supporter of its the call for evidence on the work. We have also recently www.aoa.org.uk options for maintaining the UK’s held our annual specialist aviation hub status have been environment conference at the delayed from March and are now Compass Centre at Heathrow. anticipated before the end of July. In the meantime, the UK’s Following discussion at the aviation policy and the coalition AOA Security Group, and at the Government’s general attitude specialist security conference The Airport Operator is produced to aviation is still uncertain in May, we have expressed our by PPS Publications Ltd. at a time when the economy opposition to the proposed is officially in recession and change, in April 2013, to the Daniel Coleman desperately needs the boost existing rules relating to the Publisher that a thriving aviation sector carriage in hand baggage of Ross Falconer can provide. The AOA’s position Liquids, Aerosols and Gels. Editor is very clear: we wish to see In our view, the trials that excellent aviation connectivity have taken place do not Ryan Ghee right across the UK, ensuring provide sufficient confidence Assistant Editor that we have both vibrant point- to support such a change. to-point airports and sufficient Richard Jende world-class hub capacity. We will We continue to campaign Head Designer be lobbying hard for the policy against increases in Air to provide a positive framework Passenger Duty and, along with Victoria Wilkinson that will enable all airports the rest of our industry, we are Designer to thrive and will continue to appalled by the ‘double inflation’ James Nixon press Government to stick increases introduced in April. PPS Publication & to its timetable for finalising The industry is being double Exhibition Manager the policy by March 2013. taxed, with the introduction of EU ETS, and we will continue to Paul J. Hogan AOA continues to be active press the Government to phase Managing Director on the environmental front. out APD in line with EU ETS The Sustainable Aviation revenues increasing. We will be coalition recently published working closely with the ‘Fair PPS Publications Ltd its updated carbon roadmap, Tax on Flying’ consortium in the 3a Gatwick Metro Centre Balcombe Road which shows how the industry coming months to highlight the Horley, Surrey can accommodate significant harm that is being done by APD. RH6 9GA growth in the period to 2050, Please encourage all your staff United Kingdom without a substantial increase in to go to the website Tel: 01293 783851 its carbon emissions. Sustainable www.afairtaxonflying.org and Fax: 01293 782959 Aviation is an excellent example follow the link to email their MP. Email: [email protected] www.pps-publications.com ©PPS Publications Ltd 2012 Please ensure all press releases are sent to PPS Publications directly, not to AOA head office. AOA IS plEASED TO WORK WITH Its CORPORATE AND SILVER spONSORS Corporate sponsors Silver sponsors p.5 WWW.AOA.ORG.UK THE Airport Operator SUMMER 2012 A FAIR TAX ON FLYING – pleAse Help! AN APPEAL FROM DARREN CAPLAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE AOA We all talk about Air action too, and give a bounce to Passenger Duty (APD) and this campaign. All you need to bemoan its inexorable rise but do is go to the following website: we rarely do anything practical about it. Last year saw 17,500 http://www.afairtaxonflying.org/ (mainly) air passengers participate in the ‘Hands off our Simply enter your postcode holiday’ initiative. Well this year, and send an automatically- we ask Airport Operator readers formatted email to your MP – it to take a lead in a new campaign will take you a mere 15 seconds. being conducted by the Fair Tax Whether you are the CEO or on Flying coalition, of which the office cleaner, please go AOA is a leading player. The to the website yourself and campaign is designed to raise sign, and then send the web the profile of APD and its address to every one of your eye-wateringly high levels in organisation’s employees. If MPs postbags, so that they in you can’t circulate it yourself, turn feel empowered to lobby then send it to your internal the Chancellor. comms manager or equivalent, and get him or her to send it to At the time of writing, 75,000 everyone. The FTOF campaign people have sent an email seeks 100,000 people to email message to their MP. their MP – and with so many What’s more, we cannot expect and other friends of AOA – people work in aviation-related people putting so much effort the travelling public to lobby circulate this web address far jobs. Surely the aviation sector The AOA asks you and into making this campaign against APD if we don’t do it and wide, and let’s get maximum alone should be able to generate colleagues – your employees, a success, the least we can ourselves. So please – Airport aviation input into this campaign. 100,000 supportive emails, customers, suppliers, all do is spend 15 seconds Members, Corporate and Silver We claim – via Oxford Economic let alone those we are seeking contractors – to take direct ourselves helping it out. sponsors, Associate Members, Forecasting – that almost 1m to get from air passengers. THE AVIATION HOUSE OF COMMONS RECEPTION 2012 By Luke Law, Campaigns Manager Once again the AOA will be Rt. Hon. Dr Vince Cable MP. hosting its successful The Reception – originally annual Summer Reception for scheduled to take place on 13 members, Parliamentarians and June, the same day that England stakeholders. This year the event played France in the European is being held in conjunction with Championships! – will take place the British Air Transport on Tuesday 4 September, and is Association. Hosted by Stewart open to all AOA members. For Jackson MP on the House of more information, or to register, Commons Terrace, the please contact AOA Campaigns Reception will be addressed by Manager, Luke Law via the Secretary of State for [email protected] or Business, Innovation and Skills, call 020 740 0992. p.6 THE Airport Operator WWW.AOA.ORG.UK SUMMER 2012 AOA AnnuAL DInner On 5 March, the AOA Annual Dinner was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, where the Rt Hon Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State for Transport, outlined the government’s stance on the UK aviation industry. Ryan Ghee was in attendance. Hundreds of industry are starting to flow, APD should With two major events in the executives attended the be phased out,” he stated. shape of the Queen’s Diamond fully subscribed Annual Dinner, Jubilee and the London which also included an address Secondly, Anderson outlined Olympic and Paralympic Games from AOA Chairman Ed that the UK needs a “planning attracting worldwide attention, Anderson, as well as and regulatory regime that Greening also highlighted entertainment from comedian helps, not hinders, all of our the importance of 2012 as an Jason Manford. Once again, a airports around the country”. opportunity to “showcase our prize draw was held in aid of the He continued: “Airports are airports and our country”. charity ORBIS, which operates a crucial to the success of UK Flying Eye Hospital, and plc, its regions, and its ability She added: “I very much donations on the night totalled to compete and trade with hope that one of the Olympic over £12,000. existing and emerging markets.” legacies is that people will want to come back to Britain. Considering the context of A YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY This is a challenging time, but a double inflation increase Following Anderson’s address, I truly believe that if there’s in Air Passenger Duty (APD) Greening reassured the industry an industry that can meet and the forthcoming aviation that “we share a common these challenges, it’s yours.” policy framework, each of cause” and that the coalition the speeches were highly government appreciates While the industry waits for anticipated. Addressing that “we do need a positive the policy framework to be attendees at the start of the policy framework” in order to revealed, Anderson also used evening, Anderson put into support and promote growth. his speech as an opportunity to perspective the economic call for unity in order to secure importance of the industry.

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