The future development of air transport in the UK: South East
Table of contents
- Foreword
- Chapter 1
Executive Summary - A Sustainable Airports Policy
- Section 1 How Much Capacity should be Provided?
- Section 2 Where to Provide any Extra Capacity?
- Gatwick
- Section 3 Managing the Impacts of Airport Growth
- Chapter 2
Introduction - The Future of Aviation in the UK
- A Sustainable Airports Policy
- Why are we looking 30 Years Ahead?
- Why is Aviation Important to the UK?
- The Benefits of Hub Airports
- Why is the Government Deciding these Issues?
- Key Issues for this Consultation
- The SERAS Study
- Section 1
How much Capacity should be Provided? - Chapter 3
The Benefits of Growth in Air Travel - Introduction
- The Case for New Airport Capacity
- Large Economic Benefits
- Jobs
- Enabling more people in the South East to fly
- Costs of Failing to Build New Runway Capacity
- Direct Costs to Passengers
- Preventing People from Flying
- Use of regional airports
- Benefits to regional airports of South East constraints
- Disbenefits to regional travellers of South East constraints
- Indirect Costs to the Economy
- Foreign investment
- Tourism
- Route specific changes
- Chapter 4
A hub airport in the South East - Demand and capacity today at South East airports
- Comparison with Mainland Europe
- Does the UK need one or more large hub airports in the South East?
- Benefits of Hub Airports
- The case for a large airport in the South East
- Should we develop Heathrow further?
- Alternatives to Heathrow
- Two large airports in the South East?
- Chapter 5
Forecasts of demand for air travel - Meeting the costs of global warming
- A CO2 Tax
- Cost pressures on airlines
- Demand For Air Travel 1970-2000
- Air Traffic Forecasts to 2030
- The DfT Air Passenger Forecasting Model
- Section 2
Where to provide any extra runway capacity? - Chapter 6
Introduction to airport options - Description of Options
- Base Case
- Traffic Forecasts
- Appraisal of Options
- Impacts on Rail and Road Networks
- Impacts on People and the Environment
- Impacts on Regional Planning
- Quantifying Environmental Impacts
- Economic and Financial Appraisal
- Chapter 7
Heathrow - Current Situation
- Description of options
- Impacts on rail and road networks
- Impacts on people and the environment
- Impacts on regional planning
- Chapter 8
Gatwick - Chapter 9
Stansted - Current Situation
- Description of options
- Impacts on rail and road networks
- Impacts on people and the environment
- Impacts on regional planning
- Chapter 10
Luton - Current situation
- Description of Options
- Impacts on Rail and Road Networks
- Impacts on People and the Environment
- Impacts on Regional Planning
- Chapter 11
Cliffe - Description of Options
- Impacts on Rail and Road Networks
- Impacts on People and the Environment
- Impacts on Regional Planning
- Chapter 12
Other South East Airports - First Tier Airports
- Impact Appraisal
- Forecasts of passenger demand
- Second Tier Airports
- Business Aviation
- Alconbury
- Impact appraisal
- Planning Impacts
- Chapter 13
Freight - Current Situation
- Future Prospects
- Forecasts and Capacity Requirements
- Chapter 14
Airport Development up to 2030 - Possible Combinations of Airport Development
- Regional Airport Capacity up to 2030
- Base Case
- Growth with No Additional Runways (Maximum Use)
- Combinations with Runway Development
- Economic Appraisal
- Valuation of Environmental Costs
- Chapter 15
Funding Airport Development - Introduction
- The Regulatory Regime
- Funding Major Airport Developments
- Slot Allocation
- Heathrow
- Stansted and Cliffe
- Section 3
Managing the Impacts of Airport Growth - Chapter 16
Action to tackle environmental concerns - Action at International level
- Action at National level
- Noise at the main south east airports
- Questions on Control of Noise Impacts
- Existing Arrangements for Mitigation and Compensation
- Possible Further Measures
- Chapter 17
Access to airports by rail and road - New or Improved Rail Access to Airports
- Rail/Air Substitution
- New or Improved Roads to Airports
- Conclusion
- Chapter 18
Implications of growth for the safety of our airspace - Chapter 19
The next stage - Safeguarding
- Statutory Arrangements for Compensation
- During the Consultation Period
- After the White Paper is published
- Compulsory purchase of land
- Other compensation arrangements
- Annex B
The SERAS Study - 1985 White Paper
- RUCATSE
- The SERAS study
- The Appraisal Framework
- The Stages of SERAS
- How were Different Packages and Options Compared?
- Key Appraisal Assumptions
- Surface Access
- Environmental Impacts
- Appraisal of Packages
- Climate Change
- Noise
- Local Air Quality
- Annex C
Key documents - SERAS Tier 1 Documents
- SERAS Tier 2 Documents
- Other Useful Supporting Documents
- Annex D
SERAS packages - Annex E
CO2 appraisal - Approach
- Results
- Annex F
Gatwick - Current Situation
- Description of Options
- Maximum Use
- One Additional Runway
- Impacts on Rail and Road Networks
- Impacts on People and the Environment
- Impacts on Regional Planning
- Annex G
The consultation process - Introduction
- Documents
- Responses
- Disclosure of responses
- Annex H
Code of Practice
