«He will also share his thoughts and opinion on a number of key issues for WTM participants that he has previously been heavily involved in, including plans to
expand airport capacity in the south - east of England and the High Speed rail link.»
Take the current row over
expanding airport capacity, for example.
Not exact matches
Other options to increase
airport capacity in London and the South East include
expanding facilities at existing
airports, such as Manston and Southend, and building a completely new
airport.
Today's report also recommends Britain's
airports be
expanded, saying that even if prices went up to cover the full environmental costs of flights - something Sir Rod backs - «there will remain a strong economic case for additional runway
capacity».
A third runway at Heathrow is just one of many in this complex area of policy: extra
capacity at other
airports can be
expanded; an extra runway could be constructed elsewhere in the south - east; and the regional
airports are keen to have their say too.
«Instead of
expanding these
airports the government should introduce a frequent flyer levy to reduce the need for any new runway
capacity and invest the money raised in further measures to offer climate - friendly alternatives to air travel.
The biggest infrastructure decision that the next government will take will be on whether, and where, to
expand the UK's
airport capacity.
The Institute of Directors said: «Business leaders will be tearing their hair out at the news that, yet again, a decision on
expanding the UK's
airport capacity has been delayed.
These include the plans to
expand five of its domestic
airports to raise
capacity, opening up the Kingdom's domestic aviation sector to more airlines, and the latest visa scheme, which allows pilgrims to tour the Kingdom with a month's extension on their Umrah visas.
Frankfurt
Airport's new 2011/2012 Winter Timetable, which goes into effect on October 30, in tandem with the time change in Germany, features
expanded flight services from the airlines who are using the extra
capacity available following the recent inauguration of Frankfurt
Airport's new Runway Northwest.
On September 29th,
Airports of Thailand, the country's largest
airport operator, said it planned to
expand capacity at the main
airport.