In a letter to the Chancellor in advance of the Pre Budget Report, AirportWatch has pointed out that those who travel by air have it easy compared to those who travel by car:- Continue reading “AIRLINES MUST TAKE FAIR SHARE OF FUEL TAX BURDEN”
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Heathrow Trials: A Briefing from HACAN
Heathrow Airport is to be given more freedom to land aircraft on both runways at the same time. Continue reading “Heathrow Trials: A Briefing from HACAN”
HACAN launches runway trials campaign
Blitz leafleting of rail and tube stations. Continue reading “HACAN launches runway trials campaign”
Anger at HACAN AGM at threat to runway alternation
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Minister Announces Consultation on Heathrow Night Flights Spring 2012
Aviation Minister Theresa Villiers has just announced that the Government will issue a detailed consultation on the current night flight regime at Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick “next spring.” Continue reading “Minister Announces Consultation on Heathrow Night Flights Spring 2012”
HACAN sets a Poser for Noise Action Week
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BAA compensation scheme more generous than before but ‘will still leave a lot of people disappointed’
BAA Consult on compensation scheme Continue reading “BAA compensation scheme more generous than before but ‘will still leave a lot of people disappointed’”
Secretary of State condemns Labour’s Aviation White Paper as Government starts to draw up new transport policy
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The Choice for the Chilterns
50,000 planes a year over the Chilterns if a third runway ever went ahead. Continue reading “The Choice for the Chilterns”
Major New Night Flight’s Report finds night flight ban at Heathrow could benefit the economy
A major report launched in the House of Commons on 27th January 2011 at a meeting hosted by Zac Goldsmith MP shows that a ban on night flights at Heathrow before 6am could be expected to have overall benefits for the wider economy.
The new report, commissioned by HACAN from the respected Dutch economists CE Delft, has found that a night flight ban before 6am could benefit the national economy by as much as £860 million over a 10 year period.
The big savings would be in the monetary costs associated with sleep deprivation. Because of the huge number of people living under the Heathrow night flight path, these savings could be expected to outweigh any loss of income to the aviation industry.
CE Delft argues that the national economy would only be harmed if none of the passengers who currently arrive on the flights before 6am failed to transfer to flights arriving at other times. If that were to take place, the national economy could lose up to £35 million over a 10 year period, but the report states that the chances of that happening are “highly unlikely”.
John Stewart, Chair of HACAN, said, “We commissioned this report to test out the claims that a night flight ban would damage the economy. Its dramatic findings destroy the last remaining argument for night flights”.
The launch of the report marks the start of a campaign by HACAN to get a ban on night flights between 11pm and 6am when the new night flight regime is introduced in 2014.
Later this year the Government is expected to consult on a new night flight regime at Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick. The current agreement with the airlines comes to an end in October 2014.
Read the full report : https://www.cedelft.eu/en/publications/1126/ban-on-night-flights-at-heathrow-airport