{"id":3918,"date":"2017-05-26T07:53:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T07:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3918"},"modified":"2017-05-26T07:53:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T07:53:14","slug":"heathrow-to-start-consultation-on-3rd-runway-flight-paths-in-late-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3918","title":{"rendered":"HEATHROW TO START CONSULTATION ON 3RD RUNWAY FLIGHT PATHS IN LATE SUMMER"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>26\/5\/17 for immediate use<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>HEATHROW TO START CONSULTATION ON 3RD<\/sup> RUNWAY FLIGHT PATHS IN LATE SUMMER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Heathrow is to start consulting on flight paths for a third runway later this summer.\u00a0 It told the Heathrow Community Forum (1)<\/strong> earlier this week that it will launch a 12 week consultation into the design principles people want to see the flight paths based on.\u00a0 It will be seeking views on things like whether people want the flight paths concentrated on a few communities or prefer to see the introduction of multiple flight paths so the noise is shared around more equally.<\/p>\n

Heathrow told the Community Noise Forum that it will be starting from \u2018a blank piece of paper\u2019 to put in place what would be the biggest change in flight paths since the airport opened in 1946.\u00a0 Flight paths will be radically altered even it Heathrow fails in its attempt to build a third runway and remains a two runway airport. The changes are part of a world-wide programme to alter flight paths driven by new technology. \u00a0Precision-Based Navigation (PBN) is being introduced.\u00a0 It enables planes to be guided more precisely saving the airlines fuel, cutting CO2 emissions, allowing air traffic control to run a slicker operation with fewer staff and giving airports more resilience, regarded critical at a busy airport like Heathrow.<\/p>\n

The technology allows aircraft to be concentrated along narrow corridors.\u00a0 This concentration has caused uproar in many America cities.\u00a0 It also resulted in a four-fold rise in complaints at London City Airport when it was introduced last year.\u00a0 Heathrow \u00a0favours multiple routes so as to give communities under the concentrated flight paths some relief from the noise.<\/p>\n

John Stewart, chair of HACAN, the campaign group which gives a voice to residents under the Heathrow flight paths said, \u201cWhether or not they get permission for a third runway, Heathrow know they have got to get the flight path changes right.\u00a0 With so many people affected by noise from the airport, if they get it wrong there could be major problems.\u00a0 We will be pressing Heathrow to create as many flight paths as it can so that the noise is shared around as fairly as possible.\u00a0 The alternative is noise ghettos.\u201d<\/p>\n

It will be summer 2018 before Heathrow provides a clearer idea of where the new flight paths will be when it will consult on noise envelopes. \u00a0These envelopes will show the broad swathes within which there will be flight paths.\u00a0 They will not include the exact alignment of the flight paths but those who will be outside the swathes will know they will not be under a flight path.\u00a0 There will be a further consultation on the detailed flight paths, probably late 2020, with a view to the new flight paths being in place by around 2025.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Notes for Editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>(1).<\/strong> The Community Noise Forum was set up by Heathrow a couple of years ago to discuss with community groups and local authorities all Heathrow noise-related issues and to involve the communities and local authorities in new initiatives at an early stage.<\/p>\n

For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Stewart on 0207 737 6641 or 07957385650<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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