The UK Government has appointed a General Aviation Champion to help identify a network of UK aerodromes that are most important for non-scheduled flying to flourish. Former Police Detective and Conservative politician Byron Davies has been given the newly created role which was announced by Minister for Aviation, Baroness Sugg at Elstree airfield. [read more]
International Airlines Group (IAG) thinks that companies should be allowed to build different terminals at Heathrow in a bid to provide better facilities. Currently, Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) has five terminals, all of which are operated by airport owners Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd. Under proposals set out by IAG in response [read more]
Aviation skills specialist, Aviation Skills Partnership (ASP), has spelt out its vision to create the next generation of aviation professionals. Speaking on the organisation’s fifth birthday at its annual Aviation Skills Manifesto update at the House of Commons, ASP founder and chief executive, Simon Witts, said stakeholders across the industry [read more]
London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK), the worlds busiest single runway airport, could have dual runway operations by 2019 according to the Airports Cheif Executive. Currently, the 2nd runway (08L/26R) is only used for contingency during runway maintenance work or if the main runway is closed however Stewart Wingate, Cheif Executive of Gatwick Airport Limited [read more]
London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) has launched a 10-week expansion consultation in order to get feedback about the three options that have been shortlisted. The new plans set out potential locations to expand terminal infrastructure to the east of Terminal 2, the west of Terminal 5, or a new satellite terminal [read more]
Innovate UK, the business funding agency arm of Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, is consulting with businesses about future investments in aviation and where they should be made to create efficiencies in the way we move people and goods. Inverness plays host to the final consultation workshop on [read more]
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