Airport owners and operators need to plan for the delivery and storage of hydrogen now if they are to be ready to fuel hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2035, according to research by Jacobs.
Jacobs' Airports as Catalysts for Decarbonisation report provides a roadmap for airports to implement hydrogen fuelling technologies. The company…
A High Court judge has thrown out a legal challenge mounted against the expansion of Southampton Airport.
Justice Holgate has ruled that Eastleigh Borough Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a runway extension at Southampton Airport was not unlawful and therefore will not undergo judicial review. The airport planned for…
A group of NGOs has written to aviation minister Robert Courts calling on the government to withdraw its policy support for airport expansion.
The group - made up of the Aviation Environment Federation, AirportWatch, Friends of the Earth, Green Alliance, Greenpeace, Possible and Transport & Environment - wants the government to…
Campaigners against the expansion of Bristol Airport have been granted a hearing in the High Court later this year.
It’s the latest in a tug-of-war about the expansion, which would increase the airport’s capacity from 10M to 12M annual passengers. North Somerset Council rejected the scheme in February 2020, but this…
A High Court ruling on whether the decision to grant planning permission for the extension of the runway at Southampton Airport was unlawful is expected in the coming days.
The airport is looking to extend the northern end of its runway by 164m, which remains within its current boundaries, saying it…
The Transport Committee has told the government that it must review the powers granted to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to facilitate the introduction of more environment-related mandates for the sector, but experts warn it is likely to fall on deaf ears.
In its new report, UK aviation: reform for take-off,…
Decisions on proposed rail links to Heathrow are needed sooner rather than later, with airport passenger numbers at a two-year high.
Earlier this week, Heathrow Airport Ltd announced that passenger numbers were at the highest levels since the pandemic began. The London hub said it was used by 4.2M passengers in…
Local councils will continue to make planning decisions which contradict one another, are at odds with their own “climate emergency” declarations, and which undermine the government’s net zero ambitions, unless they are given clear guidance on what should and should not be built in the UK during the coming years.…
Luton Airport’s expansion plans are in doubt after the government announced that it would hold an inquiry into the proposal.
It comes after plans to increase passengers at the airport from 18M per year to 19M were approved by the local council in December. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and…
Network Rail has released images showing further progress on the new Inverness Airport station.
Since the start of work in October 2021, the new £14M station at Inverness Airport has seen extensive site clearance, the creation of embankments and the installation of the foundations for what will be one of the…
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