Manchester Airports Group – Environmental Agenda
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) announced in 2006 that all ground operations within the Group - Manchester, East Midlands, Bournemouth and Humberside - would be carbon neutral by 2015. Considerable...
View ArticleTransforming the passenger experience
With a £6billion investment programme underway, BAA has a very clear goal: to transform its airports for its airline customers and passengers. Working over seven airports, the capital programme will...
View ArticleSupporting aviation during the global economic downturn
The transport industry has long been seen as a barometer of economic health. When times are good, we travel more and freight volumes grow. But when the economy weakens, transport is often among the...
View ArticleA visibly strong force at the UK border: UK Border Agency – a year of...
Immigration has been high on the political and media agenda for the last fifteen years. The government is committed to modernising and strengthening UK Border controls. On 1 April 2009 the UK Border...
View ArticleBAA’s collaborative approach
Heathrow is the world’s busiest international airport, handling approximately 471,000 air traffic movements annually and employing over 72,000 people, of which a large number are airside workers. The...
View ArticleTaxiway Resurfacing – A night in the life of Taxiway Alpha
The time, 21.45, the date, 19th October 2009. The project report forecast informs me that the team will take possession of the taxiway at 22.00, one hour ahead of plan. The weather, dry, 9-11 degrees...
View ArticleBritish Airways at T5 – minimising environmental impact
British Airways is the UK's largest international scheduled airline and the largest operator at Heathrow. As the UK's premier international hub airport, Heathrow plays a central - and unique - role in...
View ArticleDefence vehicle procurement: striking a balance
Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) is the name of the merged procurement and Support organisation within the UK Ministry of Defence. It came into being in early 2007, bringing together the...
View ArticleVolcanic ash… Minimising disruption without compromising passenger safety
Over the past thousand years, Icelandic volcanic ash has been deposited in the UK at least ten times, the last occasion being in 1947. In geological terms, the gap between 1947 and 2010 is an instant,...
View Article“Better, not bigger”
The aviation sector generates billions of pounds worth of economic output and tax revenue, provides large scale employment and enables the UK to compete in the globalised economy. It also delivers...
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