Bristol Airport's expansion plans have been given the green light following a planning appeal.
Plans to expand the airport to cater for an additional 2M passengers a year were knocked back by North Somerset Council in February 2020. The airport then appealed to the Planning Inspectorate to overturn the decision, with…
Emission clean up costs from departing flights at the eight airport expansions underway across the UK have more than doubled to £73.6bn, according to research from the New Economics Foundation (NEF).
The increase is due to the government’s September update of its carbon values – the cost of cleaning up each…
Plans to expand Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) have been cast into doubt following a city council meeting in which councillors agreed to review all policies regarding future extensions.
The airport’s £100M masterplan, which included expansion of the terminal building and extension of the runway, was given the green light in…
New low-emission aviation technologies do not necessarily mean airport expansions should move forward, according to Aviation Environment Federation director Tim Johnson.
Earlier this month the government revealed the concept for an aircraft powered by liquid hydrogen, but Johnson said that when it comes to expansions and emissions, "the key issue is…
Plans to extend the runway at Southampton Airport will be subject to a judicial review, it has been announced.
Campaigners have won the right to appeal Eastleigh Borough Council’s planning approval. The case is likely to be heard in the High Court next year although a date has yet to be…
Plans to expand London Luton Airport have been approved by the local council.
Under the plans, 1M more passengers will make their way through the UK's fifth busiest airport each year. It means London Luton Airport would be able to handle 19M people a year, up from 18M. A second phase…
Sir Peter Hendy has concluded his review of cross border connections in the UK.
As part of his final report he has outlined 11 recommendations which he believes should be prioritised to provide better transport connections between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In the report’s forward, the Network Rail chair…
The proposal to expand Luton Airport has taken another step forward as the council’s overview and scrutiny board has agreed to adopt the masterplan put forward byt London Luton Airport Limited (LLAL) and Luton Rising.
The master plan details LLAL’s intention to increase the airport’s annual passengers from 18M to 19M…
An aviation climate declaration launched at COP26 yesterday has failed to place any firm limits on future airport expansions.
As part of the International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition (IACAC), member states have committed to working together to reduce aviation CO2 emissions in line with the aim to limit the global average temperature increase…
Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial has decided it will no longer invest in Heathrow Airport following a decision by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to block a major increase in landing charges.
With Ferrovial being Heathrow’s largest shareholder, owning 25%, this decision places airport’s long-running plans for a third runway into serious…
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