{"id":4955,"date":"2019-01-08T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4955"},"modified":"2019-05-16T19:28:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T19:28:06","slug":"winners-losers-as-heathrow-plans-biggest-flight-path-changes-in-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=4955","title":{"rendered":"WINNERS & LOSERS AS HEATHROW PLANS BIGGEST FLIGHT PATH CHANGES IN 50 YEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Embargoed until 08.00 on \n8.1.19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WINNERS AND LOSERS AS HEATHROW PROPOSES \nBIGGEST CHANGES TO FLIGHT PATHS IN 50 \nYEARS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be winners and losers as Heathrow proposes the \nbiggest changes to its flight paths since the airport opened in 1946.  Although people in parts of West London will \nfind their period of respite cut, vast swathes of London and the Home Counties are set to enjoy a \npredicable break from the noise from the first \ntime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposals are part of a wide-ranging 12 week public consultation \nwhich Heathrow launched today (1).<\/strong>  Under the proposals people in West \nLondon, who currently enjoy a half day\u2019s break from the noise when planes switch \nrunways at 3pm, will find that cut to one third of the day if a third runway is \nbuilt.  But all-day flying will become a \nthing of the past for many places as the principle of respite is extended to \npeople living under departures routes and areas such as Windsor and South East \nLondon which at present do not get it (2).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The consultation also asks for views on night \nflights.  One condition Parliament laid \ndown when it gave Heathrow the go-ahead to work up proposals for a third runway \nis that the current 5 hour night break is extended to 6\u00bd hours.  Heathrow is asking for views on how this \nshould be implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heathrow is also proposing to bring in 25,000 more \nflights a year before any new runway opens.  \nThe plan is called Independent Parallel Approaches (IPA). It would \nrequire the lifting of the 480,000 annual cap on flights which was imposed as a \ncondition of Terminal 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heathrow will only ask for these flights until the third \nrunway is operational.  They would only \nstart once Heathrow\u2019s detailed plans for a third runway had been approved \u2013 \nexpected to be 2021.  Heathrow aims to \nopen a third runway in 2015 so it is likely IPA would be in place for about 4 \nyears.  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Stewart, chair of HACAN, the \norganisation which gives a voice to residents under the Heathrow flight \npaths, said, \u201cA lot of West London will be \nbadly hit by these proposals but there will be many other communities who will \nbe relieved at the prospect of all-day flying coming to an end.  It amounts to a near-revolution to Heathrow’s flight \npaths.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Notes \nfor Editors:

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(1).<\/strong> Heathrow proposals \nattached<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2).<\/strong> See page 23 of the attached \nproposals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

John Stewart on 0207 737 6641 or 07957385650 \n
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