Forum Brief: Airport consultations
Policy Consultation 29 November 2002
Plans for Britain's airport expansion will now be delayed until next autumn following the High Court's ruling that Gatwick had to be included, the transport secretary has told MPs.
Forum Brief: Airport capacity
Policy Consultation 5 November 2002
Airports operator BAA has advised the government against building a new airport at Cliffe in Kent, in favour of a further runway at Stanstead.
Britain presses US on open skies
News Article 15 August 2002
British and American negotiators have resumed decade-long talks on an "open skies" agreement aimed at liberalising transatlantic air services.
Forum Brief: Airport expansion plans
Policy Consultation 24 July 2002
With air travel forecast to double over the next 20 years, the transport secretary yesterday announced plans for a huge expansion in airport capacity.
Forum Brief: Transport survey
Policy Consultation 20 June 2002
A survey by the Institute of Directors has found that 70 per cent of business people would support traffic tolls if it was accompanied by investment in the roads.
Brown in Concorde engine scare
Press Review 22 April 2002
Forum Brief: Greenhouse gas emissions
Policy Consultation 2 April 2002
British Airways is due to receive more than £6 million from the government after becoming the world's first airline to take part in a new scheme which starts today to
Heathrow to face security shake-up
News Article 28 March 2002
New airport security measures were announced by the government on Thursday, following two high profile robberies at Heathrow Airport.
Forum Brief: European aviation figures
Policy Consultation 21 February 2002
European airlines have recorded the first year-on-year increase in passenger numbers, it was announced yesterday.
BA to cut more jobs
Press Review 14 February 2002
Forum Brief: Aviation industry
Policy Consultation 13 February 2002
There has been mixed news from Britain's aviation industry.
Forum Brief: DVT court ruling
Policy Consultation 1 February 2002
Airlines are bracing themselves for a multi-million pound lawsuit seeking compensation for victims of so-called "economy class syndrome". The High Court yesterday cleared the way for a "class action"
Forum Brief: Open skies
Policy Consultation 31 January 2002
The advocate general of the European Court of Justice has urged the court to declare that EU member states' bilateral "open skies" deals with the US are contrary to
Forum Brief: Economy Class Syndrome
Policy Consultation 28 January 2002
Reports in the press have suggested that Britain's airline industry will this week face a £100 million compensation claim for "economy class syndrome."
Forum Brief: Open skies
Policy Consultation 28 January 2002
British Airways and American Airlines have announced that they will not accept the conditions for approval of their proposed trans-Atlantic alliance imposed by the US Department of Transportation.
