SOUTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (Constituted Under Section 35 of the Civil Aviation Act, 1982)
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SOUTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (Constituted under Section 35 of the Civil Aviation Act, 1982) A. R. Ward Civic Offices, Leigh Road Solicitor EASTLEIGH, Hants SO50 9YN Hon Secretary to the Committee TELEPHONE EASTLEIGH (023) 8068 8113 DATE: 1 February 2008 Thursday, 14 February 2008 AGENDA 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. 1. Apologies for absence 2. Minutes of meeting Thursday, 11 October 2007 (Pages 1 - 6) 3. Airport Managing Director's report (Pages 7 - 20) 4. Noise management brochure - Tony Wright, Eastleigh Borough Council and Dave Lees, Southampton Airport 5. Breeze through campaign - Presentation by Karen O'Gorman and Mark Knox, Southampton Airport 6. Airport Developments - Dave Lees, Southampton Airport 7. Monitoring of the Flying Controls Agreement - report by Tony Wright, Eastleigh Borough Council (Pages 21 - 26) 8. Noise Model - The Way Forward Verbal update by David Ralph, Eastleigh Environmental Health Unit, on legislative changes to date. 9. Annual Liaison Meeting to be held at Heathrow on 11 and 12 June 2008 - attendance of Chairman and Hon Secretary 10. Date of Next meeting:- 5 June 2008 This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 2 1 SOUTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE Thursday, 11 October 2007 (2:00 pm – 3:50 pm) Mr T Balcombe (Chairman) Councillor Godfrey G Olson OBE (Vice-Chair) Richard Ward (Hon Secretary) Members Present: Councillor David Airey Eastleigh Borough Council Chris Butler Southampton International Airport Mike Culver National Air Traffic Services County Councillor C Davidovitz Hampshire County Council Peter Dean Hampshire Economic Partnership Mrs M Finch Bitterne Park Residents' Association Mr M J Howard Townhill Park Residents' Association Mr A Jones Eastleigh Trades Council Ms L M Luland Winchester & District Trades Union Council Councillor A Milton Southampton City Council Councillor Sue Toher Bishopstoke Parish Council Deputies Present: Councillor J N S Anderdon Test Valley Borough Council Denise Barlow Southampton and Fareham Chamber of Commerce Mrs Sylvia Percy Townhill Park Residents' Association Mrs J Smith Bitterne Park Residents' Association In Attendance: Sue Blazdell Winchester City Council Gayle Callaway Southampton International Airport Les Coupe Hampshire County Council Phil Dominey South West Trains Mark Gibb Southampton International Airport Jan Halliday Southampton International Airport Karin James Eastleigh Borough Council Dave Lees Southampton International Airport Philip Riley Farnborough Aerodrome Consultative Committee Tony Wright Eastleigh Borough Council Apologies: Councillor Anne Winstanley MA Eastleigh Borough Council (Cantab) Jimmy Chestnutt Southampton and Fareham Chamber of Commerce Councillor Glynn Davies-Dear Eastleigh Borough Council 1 2 Mrs Amanda Hames Hampshire Coalition of Disabled People Councillor M Kendal Hampshire County Council Councillor J S Neal Test Valley Borough Council Councillor Frank Pearson Winchester City Council Councillor Royston Smith Southampton City Council Mr G Wilkinson Co-opted member John Denham MP Sandra Gidley MP Chris Huhne MP Mark Oaten MP Alan Whitehead MP David Ralph 12. MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 28 JUNE 2007 RESOLVED That the minutes of the meeting held on 28 June be signed by the Chairman as a correct record. 13. AIRPORT MANAGING DIRECTOR'S REPORT Chris Butler presented his report previously circulated with the agenda. Mr Butler then took questions arising from his report: Councillor Sue Toher noted the significant decrease in noise complaints but asked if in future the numbers of households could be quoted for all years to aid comparison year on year. Councillor David Airey commented on the success of the German routes as well as the strong growth in the Amsterdam route but asked whether this was due to Scot Air going or general growth. Mr Butler clarified that the volume of passengers on the Scot Air flights had been low and Flybe had substantially increased the numbers of new passengers. Mr Jack Howard pointed out problems incurred when Flybe did not have the requisite number of aircraft available and had to bring in substitute aircraft which he experienced to be noise and intrusive. Mr Butler explained that Flybe have to procure aircraft at short notice on such occasions, and these were sometimes noisier. However they were considering possibility of ‘spare’ aircraft, and he would be meeting with the Chief Operating Officer of Flybe to look at better performance. Councillor Davidovitz congratulated the Airport on their community work but commented that most work appears to be with youngsters and not other businesses and questioned why this was the case. Jan Halliday replied that BAA had a Communities Trust which considered projects involving education, environment and economics, a new project for the following year with Peter Symonds College regarding preparing the next 2 3 generation of leaders. If other suitable projects could be identified BAA would be happy to look at them. Peter Dean observed that the German routes had proved to be a catalyst for business and he was aware of companies looking here due to links and this in turn would provide jobs in the local economy. Lucy Luland noted that Winchester and District Trades Union Council were impressed with the work being undertaken with young people and charities. (NOTE additional noise complaints statistics are attached to these minutes). 14. SOUTH WEST TRAINS UPDATE ON SOUTHAMPTON PARKWAY STATION Phil Dominey of South West Trains gave a presentation updating members on the recently agreed new franchise agreement which would include the Island line being part of the new franchise, an increase in seating capacities, new smart ticketing and fares flexibility, improvements to train services and timetables, a £40m budget for station enhancements, improvements to personal safety, and passenger performance measures. Part of the franchising obligation had been to invest £12.4m enhancing 14 stations, Southampton Airport Parkway had been identified as a key station. Improvements planned included a DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) approved footbridge with expected completion by the beginning of 2009, car park improvements to include identifying temporary car parking sites, taking the proposed Chickenhall link into account in any future plans, and maintaining a dialogue with Hampshire County and Eastleigh Borough councils. Improvements to services in the Southampton Airport area were also planned and from December 2007 the hourly Waterloo to Southampton service would be extended to Poole, The hourly Waterloo to Poole service would be extended to Weymouth and a new through service from Salisbury to Southampton (via Romsey and Chandler’s Ford) would be introduced. A new service formed of 2-3 car 158/9s as well as class 444s was to be introduced to improve capacity and on train quality. For fares and ticketing investment in smartcard technology to purchase tickets, as well as promotion of internet purchasing and telesales. Megatrain would be extended and flexible ticket options (time dependent) would be available. Rail information available at the main terminal at the Airport would include the aspiration to provide real time train departure information in the airport terminal, a summary screen advising engineering works etc, promotion of connectivity between rail and air, promotion of the close and obvious link at Southampton Airport Parkway station, promoting the rail link as the preferred choice of onward travel from the airport. Mr Dominey also advised the meeting that there had been a 19% improvement on Moving Annual Averages over the past five years, as well as 3 4 increased partnership working including developer contributions , local authority liaison, 3 rivers rail partnership, BAA Southampton, DfT, meet the manager sessions and passenger transport groups. The Chair thanked Mr Dominey for his presentation and extended an invitation from the Committee to attend again in the future with further updates. 15. AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT - DAVE LEES Dave Lees, Airport Planning and Development Director gave a presentation updating the Committee on developments at the Airport. New check in desks as well as upgraded baggage screening and new flight make up areas were planned. The car rental desks would be moved and situated in a dedicated building en route to the car rental parking bays. It was felt this would lead to improved passenger facilities and improvements to the environment in the terminal. These works planned for completion in January 2008. Large posters were to be available within the terminal giving information of surface provision as well as real time travel information. Rail and bus working groups were to continue which included Southampton City Council, Eastleigh Borough Council and Portsmouth City Council. 16. INVESTORS IN PEOPLE - GAYLE CALLAWAY Gayle Callaway advised the Committee that Airport’s Investors in People award had been re-recognised. The Airport now employs 1270 people in total (211 BAA, 223 Flybe and 185 Aviance). Recruitment was from the local market where possible, and opportunities were offered in security, Fire Service, safety, Information desk, retail, customer services, cleaning and airside operations.