AEF Reports and Briefings
Jun 25 2012
Filed in: AEF Reports and Briefings, Demand and capacity, News from the AEF
Since the Government announced its policy of opposition to new runways at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, the aviation industry has been working hard to put out the message that there is a crisis in airport capacity in the South East.
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Mar 9 2012
Filed in: AEF Reports and Briefings, Airports
Available UK airport capacity under a 2050 CO2 target for the aviation sector is a report written by AEF for WWF-UK in July 2011.
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Mar 12 2010
Filed in: AEF Reports and Briefings, Aircraft Noise, News from the AEF
Aircraft noise has long been a concern for people living near Heathrow airport. But more recently, problems with regular noise disturbance have been reported by people many miles from the airport.
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Feb 8 2010
Filed in: AEF Reports and Briefings, Aircraft Noise, News from the AEF, Publications
Airport ‘noise action plans’ will fail to tackle impacts on local communities, an AEF study has found.
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Mar 11 2009
Filed in: AEF Reports and Briefings, Jobs and employment, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE For immediate use A new study of the employment provided by airports and airlines from the economist Brendon Sewill concludes that the Government should stop giving people false hopes about the number of jobs which would be created …
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Feb 29 2008
Filed in: AEF Reports and Briefings, Air Pollution, Airports, Biodiversity, News from the AEF, Noise and Human Health, Planning, Third party safety around airports
Worried about an airport expansion? Wondering how to influence a planning decision? AEF has published an online handbook, Airports and Planning, which guides readers through all stages of the planning process and how to get involved.
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Dec 21 2007
Filed in: AEF Reports and Briefings, News from the AEF, Planning
The Government has published a consultation paper on options to increase capacity at Heathrow Airport, including “mixed-mode” operations and a third runway. This AEF briefing summarises the Department for Transport’s proposals and highlights the main environmental concerns. You can download …
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Mar 13 2006
Filed in: AEF Reports and Briefings, Air Pollution
An assessment of the noise and air pollution problems at Heathrow airport and the measures proposed to tackle them.
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Sep 13 2005
Filed in: AEF Reports and Briefings, Economics
The AEF has published a new booklet called Fly Now – Grieve Later. The author is Brendon Sewill, a former Treasury economist, who also wrote the The Hidden Cost Of Flying in 2003. The scope of this new booklet is …
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Dec 10 2004
Filed in: AEF Reports and Briefings, Climate Change, Economics
Published in February 2003, this booklet by Brendon Sewill contains important material. It gives the calculation that the tax concessions for aviation amount to £9 billion a year, a figure that has gained general acceptance. It also contains the results …
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