Sentences with phrase «runway capacity»

We welcome the recommendations in today's report for immediate action to improve the use of existing runway capacity and we urge Government to act on these.

The upgrade is designed to allow it to make serve more passengers in its terminals and make fuller use of its current runway capacity.

O'Toole, in his new role as chief executive, London Stansted Airport, will lead the airport as it plays a role in providing runway capacity in the south - east of England over the next ten - 15 years.

Supporters of an alternative plan to increase runway capacity at Heathrow have submitted a revised cost estimate to Government

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».

Amongst them, London First, which represents leading employers in the capital, has said that if London is to remain globally competitive, «new runway capacity in London and the South East will be required.»

Charlie Cornish, MAG chief executive, said: «MAG operates the country's two biggest airports with spare runway capacity.

Supporters of an alternative plan to increase runway capacity at Heathrow have submitted a revised cost estimate to Government ahead of a likely decision on airports expansion this autumn.

A new flight had been planned to launch on November 2nd, but limited runway capacity at Soekarno - Hatta Airport has forced a change of plan.

Lord Adonis will discuss the urgent transport challenges facing the UK, in particular the contentious issue of runway capacity in the south - east of England.

I represent a constituency with Manchester airport partially in it; I understand all about the local pressures — but you've got to as a nation be able to overcome those and make a sensible decision about where that extra runway capacity in the South East should go.»

The Chancellor, George Osborne, in an interview in September 2012, stated: «I'm firmly in the camp of we need more airport capacity in the south - east of England, we need more runway capacity in the south - east of England.»

According to him, absence of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, meant lack of excess runway capacity to temporarily close down the only runway for repair.

«Another major advantage of our scheme over Heathrow Airport's is that construction can be phased, meaning that costs can be spread and runway capacity released only as

Heathrow was also becoming increasingly uncompetitive in relation to other major European airports; although it handled more passengers per year than any other European airport, it had less runway capacity than competing major European hub airports.

He added that early priorities for Chris Grayling are likely to include making progress on key decisions such as runway capacity, the Stonehenge tunnel and the Lower Thames Crossing.

Let's legislate to end years of stalling over South East runway capacity, ensure the Northern Powerhouse burns bright and build homes for a million young people with new Garden Cities — at a scale never imagined before.

Every extra second an aircraft remains on the runway (because of bad weather, waiting for a plane to pass on a crossing runway, or slowing to make a sharp turn) reduces runway capacity.

Ken O'Toole, London Stansted chief executive, said: «We're delighted that Emirates has recognised the strength of London Stansted's catchment and the opportunity that our available runway capacity gives them to continue growing in the South East of England over the next decade.

The report concluded that Heathrow's route network had become «largely static» and predicted that without additional runway capacity, Heathrow's competitive position would diminish «to the disadvantage of the UK economy and to the advantage of continental hub airports» which were continuing to grow.

What we're going to get... is a decision that we need new runway capacity and then we're going to seek to achieve a political agreement across the parties on where that should be.»

MAG, which operates the UK's two largest airports with spare runway capacity, Manchester and London Stansted, is calling for improvements in road and rail access to its airports to enable them to offer passengers better global connections.

«This type of aircraft is the best in its class to serve short distance routes between the islands and cities in Indonesia that have a limited runway capacity,» added Satar.

Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said the Government had been clear in its opposition to additional runways at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, so the challenge now was to make better use of existing runway capacity.

But he added: «You've got, as a nation, [to] be able to overcome those and make a sensible decision about where that extra runway capacity in the south east should be.

The chancellor told the Andrew Marr Show on BBC1: «We need more runway capacity in the south east of England.

«In the short term airport operators, airlines and the Government can make better use of existing capacity at London's airports e.g. encourage larger aircraft and higher load factors; incentivise the use of existing «off - peak» runway capacity; and increase hourly runway throughput through more efficient management.

At Heathrow, demand by 2006 was far in excess of runway capacity and over the previous five years passenger growth had been just over 5 per cent compared to 27 per cent at UK airports overall.

The Heathrow - Gatwick hub's main competitors - Amsterdam's Schipol, Paris» Charles de Gaulle, and Frankfurt Am Main - are all actively developing additional runway capacity, which could deprive London of its pre-eminent position in European aviation, to the massive detriment of the UK economy.

Co-leaders Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley spoke out this morning, with Lucas calling on ministers to consider other options to reduce the need for any new runway capacity.

«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.

«As a forward thinking and innovative airport we have the ambition and runway capacity to enable us to offer more flights to more destinations across North America, the Middle East and further afield and satisfy the growing demand from businesses and passengers across the region to fly long - haul from their local airport.»

Gatwick, the second busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow and which has the world's busiest single - use runway, announced it installed new technology that will allow it to significantly increase its runway capacity.

Sir Terry will offer specialist advice to the airport in support of its proposal for additional runway capacity and its vision for a «constellation of three London Airports with two runways each» — Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted.

«In addition, the transformational projects at both Manchester and Stansted will deliver the larger terminal facilities needed for us to make better use of our spare runway capacity.»

MAG believes that the government's industrial strategy and forthcoming aviation strategy should take full advantage of Manchester's runway capacity and the benefits of promoting international connections through the airport, as the country needs to make best use of the limited runway capacity it has over the next decade.

«We now need the government to prioritise through its industrial and aviation strategies the question of how we are going to make best use of the runway capacity we have in this country, by improving access to airports with capacity which are now growing significantly.

«With Manchester Airport having spare runway capacity we can offer those customers and airlines an alternative to travelling via a congested London airport.

«I know that Ken and Andrew will successfully develop their airports further as they play an even bigger role providing the global connectivity and runway capacity that this country needs in the coming years.

The airlines have plenty of detail on how their aircraft need to fly in order to burn the minimum amount of fuel, especially on the arrival segment, but traditionally this has been balanced by an air traffic control imperative, driven primarily by on - time performance and runway capacity.»