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Climate Change Stops Third Runway
-The UK Appeal Court has ruled that Heathrow’s proposed third runway cannot go ahead because of climate change. The government…
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British Airways Flight Sets New Record
-Introduction When storm Ciara hit the UK over the weekend, torrential rain and wind gusts of up to 100mph caused…
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Another step towards pilotless flights
-Background On the 18th of December Airbus successfully completed the first automatic take-off using a vision-based technology instead of the…
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Planning Issues for Buildings – Aircraft Collision Risk
-Developing near airports It is very common for building developments to be proposed in the vicinity of airports. This is…
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Heathrow Third Runway Costs Reined In
-Background The planned new third runway at Heathrow is set to cost around £18 billion. This will be funded by…
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Carbon Offsetting for All Easyjet Flights
-Background Easyjet is offsetting carbon dioxide emissions from all of its flights by planting trees and funding solar PV generation…
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Flocking Green Aviation
-Introduction By flying in formation migrating birds fly more efficiently and expend less energy. Experiments with commercial aircraft have demonstrated…
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How Bad is Fuel Tankering?
-Background British Airways and other airlines have been suffering bad press lately because of an economic practice that results in…
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Changes to Public Safety Zones – London City Airport
-Background London City Airport has recently published a draft Masterplan which sets out its vision for the airport’s growth through…
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Airports going green
-Background Airports are energy hungry. Currently Airports’ energy demand worldwide is circa 23.26GWh. This is set to increase twofold by…
