News from the AEF
Major national and international news items are shown here. The latest items are at the top and an archive is maintained. Many of these items are also put into the ‘A-Z’. For more news, snippets and local items, see the Airport Watch web site.
Sep 1
2010
Change of policies from Labour and ConLibs?
There are hints of changes in aviation policy from both Labour and the ConLib coalition.
Aug 24
2010
Banning noisy aircraft – Australia leads the way
Australia is set to ban the noisiest aircraft from landing at its airports.
Jul 29
2010
Latest falling objects report includes a door, a fuselage panel and other aircraft parts
The latest report for AEF from the CAA lists the following as having fallen from aircraft between 1st January and 30th June 2010.
Jul 22
2010
No look-in for environment in government’s economic regulation of airports
The government has announced its plans for reform the framework for the ‘economic regulation of airports’.
Jun 30
2010
AEF seminar with the New Economics Foundation
About 20 AEF members and associates recently attended a very interesting seminar with the New Economics Foundation (NEF).
Jun 25
2010
Osborne postpones action on per-plane tax till the autumn
The UK government has postponed a decision on the new per-plane tax.
Jun 17
2010
AEF invited to join new Government South East airports task force
Following the coalition government’s early announcement that, as set out in both Conservative and Liberal Democrat manifestos, new runways at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted will be refused, it has set up a group to consider how to make the best use of existing airport capacity in the South East.
May 27
2010
AEF to defend EU climate policy against legal challenge
AEF, together with a trans-Atlantic grouping of environmental organisations, will join a court action to defend Europe’s right to tackle carbon emissions from foreign aircraft that visit Europe.
May 21
2010
Coalition statement confirms position on runways and taxes
The Conservatives and LibDems published ‘the Coalition: our programme for government’ on 20th May. We report on what they say about aviation.