Sentences with phrase «runway capacity in»

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.

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.

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

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.»

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.»

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.»

Not exact matches

The airport, located to the west of London, operates at full capacity meaning it struggles to fit in its full schedule when weather conditions mean aircraft need to leave longer gaps on the runway.

While additional runway space is clearly needed, could more investment in technology innovation provide a more long - term answer to the South East's air travel capacity challenge?

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.

So far the Coalition has ruled out a third runway at Heathrow and a new airport in the Thames Estuary as options to increase airport capacity.

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.

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.

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.

Proposals to increase airport capacity in London and the South East have attracted huge controversy, particularly the plans for a third runway at Heathrow and a new airport in the Thames Estuary.

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.

But he added: «As we haven't built a single runway in the south east of England capable of handling Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s for over 70 years, the difficulty of increasing capacity is obvious.»

The Davies review is used as a figleaf to avoid talking about airport capacity in London, odd when Miliband's most high - profile contribution to the 2010 manifesto was the no third runway at Heathrow pledge.

The airport, located to the west of London, operates at full capacity meaning it struggles to fit in its full schedule when weather conditions mean aircraft need to leave longer gaps on the runway.

By the time it's completed, it will have the longest runway in Ghana and it will be able to take aircraft of all sizes and capacities because one of the intentions of that airport is to create a special cargo zone, so that agricultural products, horticultural products, vegetables and other things produced here, will be airlifted from here.

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.

Clegg's intervention comes in the wake of a furious row over plans to expand the capital's flight capacity after the chair of the Commons environment committee, Tim Yeo, challenged the prime minister on Tuesdayto perform a U-turn and start plans for a third runway at Heathrow, asking him whether he would be a «man or a mouse» about the decision.

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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.

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.

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.

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

«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.

«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.»