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2008    
  22 July Govt Move on Stansted Application "Beggars Belief"
     
  21 July Second Stansted runway plans called in
     
  21 July Government 'calls in' runway plan
     
  17 July Stansted expansion decision delayed
     
  8 July Long wait goes on for airport inquiry result
     
  21 May Evidence supporting airport expansion is flawed, says government adviser
     
  21 May Put UK airport expansion on hold, demands green group
     
  21 May Air stack plans don't stack up
     
  15 May Stansted panel grounds flight path changes
     
  13 May SSE bid to reopen public inquiry
     
  12 May Flight path consultation is extended
     
  1 May Flight paths detrimental
     
  24 April BAA hit back at SSE claims
     
  23 April SSE welcomes report into BAA
     
  21 April Millions spent on Stansted's application for second runway
     
  18 April Video: Campaigners fight flight path changes
     
  17 April Anti-airport expansion organisation offers help
     
  12 April Putting on a show against expansion
     
  8 April STANSTED AIRPORT: Campaigners to target local councils
     
  3 April Fight to halt Stansted expansion hots up
     
  3 April STANSTED AIRPORT: Second runway would be
     
  28 March THE TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992 - STANSTED RAIL IMPROVEMENT ORDER
     
  28 March Roadshow maps out airport routes
     
  27 March Draft Compulsory Purchase Scheme - Airport Access from M11 and A120
     
  27 March United front over second runway
     
  20 March COUNCILS UNITE IN 2ND RUNWAY FIGHT
     
  20 March Councils unite to oppose runway plan
     
  18 March Ancient buildings body citicises Stansted second runway plans
     
  17 March Uttlesford District Council continues fight against a second runway
     
  17 March Stansted Airport Generation 2 applications submitted
     
  17 March 'No' to airport expansion
     
  14 March BAA Wants Second Stansted Runway, Terminal
     
  12 March Reaction to the runway proposal
     
  12 March Airport will be stagnant without second runway
     
  11 March Anti-Stansted expansion campaigners vow to fight on
     
  11 March Stansted Airport to unveil second runway plans
     
  11 March Govt denies 'collusion' over Stansted second runway
     
  11 March STANSTED AIRPORT GENERATION 2 AIRPORT ACCESS FROM M11 AND A120
     
  11 March Video: Uproar over second runway proposal
     
  2 March Kaiser Chiefs back the Stansted campaigners
     
  14 February Terry Waite to speak against Stansted airport expansion
     
  23 January BAA fine tuning application for second runway
     
  8 January Stansted to go ahead with second runway
2007    
  22 November Stansted runway plan scrapped in favour of Heathrow growth
     
  15 November Gardens threatened with closure
     
  20 October Stansted passenger claims rubbished
     
  20 October Airport inquiry comes to an end
     
  20 October The talking has now stopped but who won?
     
  19 October Stansted inquiry to end today - Cambridge Evening News
     
  18 October STANSTED: Public enquiry over runway comes to end
     
  1 October Cameron ditches 'barmy' plan to freeze airport expansion
     
  26 September Inquiry takes to the road
     
  20 September Planning inquiry: MP fears "devastating effect" of expansion
     
  20 September Inquiry will focus on airport access issues
     
  20 September Back airport
     
  14 September MP to give evidence at Stansted Airport inquiry
     
  30 August Stansted inquiry in town
     
  24 August Runway inquiry is set to resume
     
  14 August Stansted owner faces monopoly probe
     
  13 August Eskimo plea against airport expansion
     
  22 July Inuit chief slams airport plans
     
  10 July Grounded: Another victory in battle to curb airport growth
     
  9 July Trust takes on Stansted Airport
     
  9 July Trust joins anti-airport battle
     
  8 July Political party backs our campaign
     
  28 June Airport survey blasted by MP
     
  12 June Ancient forest threatened by airport expansion bid - The Independent
     
  7 June Cycling to stop expansion - Dunmow Broadcast
     
  7 June Noise, fumes and crash fears - The life of a Stansted resident - Herts and Essex Observer
     
  31 May Airport planning inquiry opens - Dunmow Broadcast and Recorder
     
  31 May The Key Issues - Herts and Essex Observer
     
  31 May Budget airlines and green activists unite to fight airport plan - The Guardian
     
  31 May We all have an interest in the outcome of this battle - The Independent
     
  31 May Inquiry to look at airport plans - East Herts Herald
     
  31 May Airport inquiry takes off - Herts and Essex Observer
     
  30 May Inuit leader: stop expansion of Stansted airport - The Independent
     
  30 May Stansted ACC participates in planning appeal against BAA - Easier Travel
     
  29 May Speaking out on the Stansted expansion - Cambridge Evening News
     
  10 May Stansted expansion to be weighed by inquiry - Cambridge Evening News
     
  9 April Airport inquiry resumes
     
  9 April Stansted inquiry restarts today
     
  8 April Stansted inquiry adjourns for summer
     
  27 March Airport offer 'will help focus inquiry' - Cambirdge Evening News
     
  9 March 'Open door' pledge at runway inquiry - Cambridge Evening News
     
  6 March Eyes turn to the sky - Evening Star 24
     
  2 March Runway inquiry site 'sends wrong signal' - Cambridge Evening News
     
  2 March Runway inquiry site 'sends wrong signal' - Cambridge Evening News
     
  1 March Protesters to fight airport on its land - Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder
     
  1 March Stansted plans under attack - East Herts Herald 24
     
  1 March Stansted airport transport expansion plans announced - World Travel Guide
     
  1 March Collision course as Stansted transport plans are revealed - Herts & Essex News
     
  28 February Stansted expansion plans anger campaigners - Environmental Transport Association
     
  28 February Flight attendant - Guardian Unlimited
     
  28 February Stansted transport vision unveiled - East Anglian Daily Times
     
  28 February Billion pounds for better airport links - Cambridge Evening News
     
  27 February New transport links to Stansted airport unveiled - 24Dash.com
     
  27 February Stansted upgrade plans launched - Harlow Herald 24
     
  27 February Plans for links to expanded airport - Cambridge Evening News
     
  27 February Stansted transport expansion plans announced - Guardian Unlimited
     
  27 February Inquiry announced over BAA's planning refusal - Saffron Walden Reporter 24
     
  22 February 'Biggest threat since the Second World War' - Herts & Essex News
     
  20 February Runway disaster? - The Argus
     
  19 February SSE writes to Gordon Brown - Saffron Walden Reporter 24
     
  15 February Storm clouds gather as BAA delays answers - Herts & Essex News
     
  15 February Stansted told: ‘tell us truth’- Saffron Walden Reporter 24
     
  14 February National Trust expresses concern over runway - Caravan News
     
  13 February Plan to cram skies with stacked planes 'frightful' - Cambridge Evening News
     
  12 February Close Air Passenger Tax Loopholes - Air Travel
     
  12 February Council wants answers over runway issue - Airport Parking
     
  10 February Cameron: No to second Stansted runway
     
  9 February BAA to face the flak again over Stansted expansion
     
  9 February 'Council wants answers over runway issue' - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Citizen
     
  8 February New housing and runway slammed - Saffron Walden Reporter 24
     
  8 February Protesters rally against airport - Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder
     
  8 February United front against second runway - East Herts Herald 24
     
  8 February Just how green is Stansted?
     
  7 February County bids to block airport expansion - The Welwyn and Hatfield Times
     
  5 February 500,000 homes plan for East Anglia gets thumbs-down - 24Dash.com
     
  5 February New runway could make Stortford 'urbanised' - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Herald 24
     
  1 February Take off! - HEN News: Harlow Star
     
  31 January Stansted owner confirms plans for new runway - Guardian Unlimited
     
  31 January BAA's 'cut-price' Stansted runway flies into more flak - The Independent
     
  31 January BAA unveils cheaper Stansted development plan, LCCs remain unconvinced - ATWOnline - Silver Spring,MD,USA
     
  31 January Economic necessity or a £2.2bn Taj Mahal? - Cambridge Evening News
     
  31 January Second Stansted runway announced - Harlow and Bishop's Stortford Citizen
     
  30 January Expansion plans for Stansted revealed - Cheapflights.co.uk
     
  30 January BAA sheds Stansted development costs - Manchester.com
     
  30 January Stansted busier than Heathrow after £2.2bn expansion - This is London
     
  30 January Stansted runway proposal unveiled - BBC News
     
  30 January BAA to unveil plans for second runway and terminal at Stansted - Travelmole.com
     
  30 January Stansted expansion plans absolute folly - Rowen - Liberal Democrats
     
  30 January Stansted unveils runway proposal - Cambridge Evening News
     
  30 January Stansted ‘busier than Heathrow’ - Metro.co.uk
     
  30 January easyJet response to BAA's latest Stansted expansion - Resource for Aviation Industry
     
  30 January BAA to slash Stansted costs - Telegraph.co.uk
     
  30 January BAA unveils plans for less costly 2nd runway at Stansted; airlines remain opposed - International Herald Tribune - France
     
  30 January Ryanair slams Stansted expansion plan - Guardian Unlimited
     
  30 January Green lobby and Ryanair slam BAA plan for new Stansted runway, terminal UPDATE - ABCMoney.co.uk
     
  28 January BAA to air Stansted plans - The Sunday Times
     
  14 January Second runway is "just vandalism" - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Citizen
     
  1 January Anger over runway - Cambridge Evening News
2006    
  28 December 'Airport must grow to keep economy high' - Royston Mercury
     
  26 December Forcing runway 'an attack on democracy' - Cambridge Evening News
     
  22 December Britain can't save the planet on its own - Guardian Unlimited
     
  21 December Two-year delay for runway expansion - HEN News: Observer
     
  21 December Ministers want airport to grow - Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder
     
  21 December Aviation and climate change - European Business Guide - Brussels,Belgium
     
  21 December MP continues opposition to runway plans - HEN News: Harlow Star
     
  21 December Getting climate change off the ground - Guardian Unlimited
     
  20 December More homes? Show us the money first - Cambridge Evening News
     
  19 December Concern grows over pollution from jets - USA Today
     
  18 December A glaring emission - Guardian Unlimited
     
  17 December Prince demands action over climate change - Scotsman
     
  14 December Airport expansion plans confirmed - BBC News
     
  14 December Backing for new runways confirmed - Guardian Unlimited
     
  14 December Campaigners and airline back inquiry - Cambridge Evening News
     
  14 December Airport expansion plans reaffirmed - Guardian Unlimited
     
  11 December Airport expansion will not tackle climate change - Times Online
     
  11 December Blair hails firms for climate change action plan - Guardian Unlimited
     
  10 December That new airport: you can pick the colour - Telegraph.co.uk
     
  9 December Pressure group appeals for cash in battle for Stansted - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Citizen
     
  9 December BAA appeal against Stansted decision - Wildberry
     
  9 December SSE calls for BAA to pull out of appeal - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Citizen
     
  8 December Airport appeal brews up a storm - Saffron Walden Reporter
     
  8 December Government's green credentials under fire - Guardian Unlimited
     
  8 December Airport authority strikes out at council - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Citizen
     
  7 December Council fights Airport appeal - Saffron Walden Reporter
     
  7 December Stansted move ‘short-sighted’- Royston Mercury
     
  7 December BAA wastes no time to lodge appeal - HEN News: Observer
     
  6 December Essex economy benefits from Stansted growth - Business Weekly
     
  6 December No to more passengers - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Citizen
     
  6 December London's airports owner accuses watchdog of hampering expansion - Guardian Unlimited
     
  6 December EEDA gives backing to Stansted - Business Weekly
     
  5 December Stansted lodges appeal - Business Weekly
     
  5 December Airport growth vital for UK economy, says industry - Cheapflights.co.uk
     
  5 December Battle for control of runway - Cambridge Evening News
     
  4 December Airport congestion 'to cost £20bn by 2030' - The Daily Mail
     
  3 December BAA London airport monopoly may be referred to Competition Commission - Forbes - NY,USA
    ... BAA, bought earlier this year by Grupo Ferrovial SA, owns Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted - the three largest airports serving London. ...
     
  2 December Strip ministers of power to approve transport projects, says Eddington - Guardian Unlimited, UK
     
  2 December Union angry at Stansted snub
     
  1 December Transport chief backs road pricing schemes - Guardian Unlimited - UK
    ... After the rejection of the lengthening of Stansted airport's runway by the local council, Sir Rod will also recommend a swifter planning process to ensure ...
     
  1 December Stansted decision wins green support
     
  1 December Another airport expansion setback - Airline Business, Flight International.com
     
  1 December Blair seeks climate change 'ingenuity' - ePolitix - UK
    "I believe strongly that just as human ingenuity has accidentally caused climate change, so the same ingenuity can help us undo the damage provided, of course ...
     
  1 December Major airport and nuclear projects 'must face public scrutiny' - 24dash.com, Hereford, UK
     
  1 December Stansted: Airport appeals decision - Evening Gazette
     
  1 December Road tolls 'best way to cut congestion' Politics.co.uk - London,UK
    ... There are also planning concerns – on Wednesday Stansted airport's application for a runway extension was rejected by the local council.
     
  30 November Council rejects Stansted airport expansion - Airwise News, USA
     
  30 November Stansted expansion rejected
     
  30 November Stansted expansion plan refused
     
  30 November A well-spoken revolution. Plans to expand Stansted airport have been rejected by the local council. In its very polite, English way, this is real 'people power'.
     
  30 November Airport’s expansion bid is turned down - Saffron Walden Reporter
     
  30 November In praise of ... Uttlesford district council - The Guardian, UK
     
  30 November Council right to refuse Stansted expansion - Carmichael - Liberal Democrats, UK
     
  30 November Stansted decision sparks business anger - East Anglian Daily Times, Suffolk
     
  30 November Uttlesford Council says will launch 'robust defence' to BAA Stansted appeal - Forbes NY, USA
     
  30 November Stansted expansion halted
     
  30 November Stansted expansion plans grounded - Harlow Star, Herts Essex News
     
  30 November Council votes no runway growth - Cambridge Evening News
     
  30 November No extra flights at Stansted - Mirror.co.uk
     
  30 November Stansted expansion bid turned down - Suffolk Evening Star, Ipswich
     
  30 November Airport bid is refused - Harlow & Bishop's Stortford Herald
     
  30 November EU fighting climate change with tough CO2 cut demand - Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
     
  30 November Stansted expansion plan rejected - Irish Times, Ireland
     
  30 November Stansted expansion plans rejected - Flightmapping (press release) - Coventry,W Mids,UK
    ... BAA has also faced fierce criticism over plans to build a second runway and new terminal at Stansted from a host of leading airlines who fear the cost of such ...
     
  30 November Stansted expansion fails to take off - Times Online, UK
    Plans to expand Stansted airport are likely to be delayed for several years after the local council ruled that increasing the number of flights contradicted ...
     
  30 November BAA: 'We'll appeal and we will win it' - Herts Essex News
     
  29 November Q&A: Stansted expansion - Channel 4 News, London
     
  29 November Council blocks Stansted runway plan - Guardian Unlimited, UK
     
  29 November Stansted expansion plans grounded - inthenews.co.uk
     
  29 November Stansted expansion plans rejected - Travelbite.co.uk, London
     
  29 November Councillors reject Stansted expansion - News Shopper
     
  29 November Council turns down plans to expand airport - The Evening Standard, thisislondon.co.uk
     
  29 November Uttlesford Council rejects BAA plan for Stansted Airport expansion - Forbes - NY,USA
    LONDON (AFX) - Uttlesford District Council, the local authority for Stansted, has turned down planning permission for BAA to double passenger numbers at London ...
     
  21 November Urgency needed on climate change - Miliband - Green Consumer Guide
     
  21 November Stansted Planning Recommendation - Thatsnews
     
  21 November Ferrovial's BAA plans for Stansted expansion face local council refusal - Forbes, NY, USA
     
  18 November UN cancels future climate change meetings - Scrappleface
     
  15 November Row over Airport transport figures - East Anglian Daily Times
    CAMPAIGNERS opposed to expansion at Stansted Airport have accused its operator BAA of relying on the region's roads to cope with millions of customers. ...
     
  14 November This is a dazzling debunking of climate change science. It is also wildly wrong. The Guardian
    Deniers are cock-a-hoop at an aristocrat's claims that global warming is a UN hoax. But the physics is bafflingly bad
     
  14 November Green policies will hurt economy, says BA - Guardian Unlimited - UK
    The department for transport is expected to update plans to build extra runways at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports when it publishes a progress report ...
     
  11 November Trains and boats, not planes - Guardian Unlimited - UK
     
  11 November For richer, not for the poorer: the great budget airline myth - Times Online - UK
    ... The average income of passengers at Stansted, the main base for Ryanair, rose above £50,000 for the first time last year. Leisure ...
     
  10 November Stop Stansted rally - Harlow and Bishop's The Citizen - UK
    STOP Stansted Expansion supporters rallied and marched in central London when they were among 20,000 people calling for urgent action on climate change.
     
  9 November Village takes BAA to the European Court - Dunmow Broadcast - Stevenage,Herts,UK
    TAKELEY Parish Council is taking its claim for fairer treatment for residents blighted by Stansted Airport expansion plans to the European Court of Human Rights ...
     
  8 November Concern growing over flight increase - Suffolk Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK
    ... Campaigners believe plans to develop Stansted airport will worsen the situation, creating more noise for people living near the airport and its approaches, and ...
     
  7 November Record Profits for Ryanair - Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
    ... up of airports operator BAA, adding that he continued to oppose the "BAA airport monopoly plans to build a £4bn gold plated Taj Mahal at Stansted which we ...
     
  6 November British Airports in European Court of Human Rights - Airtravel
    It comes just weeks before Uttlesford District Council’s decision on BAA’s application for unlimited passenger use and more aircraft movements on the single runway, as well as the imminent announcement on BAA’s intentions ...
     
  5 November Low Cost Carriers Hit Back on Climate Change - The Observer
     
  5 November Stansted Crunch Time - The Sunday Times
    PLANS to expand Stansted face an early hurdle this month when local councillors vote on an application to increase the number of flights at the Essex airport. ...
     
  1 November Eco soundings - Trouble on Runway - Guardian Unlimited
     
  22 September Ware people lead protest over airport - Herts Essex News
    WARE residents accounted for half of all the objections lodged against the latest plans for Stansted Airport's expansion. Managers ...
     
  21 September Multiple crashes mean M11 chaos - Harlow Herald 24
    ... side, affecting both carriageways. The accident happened four miles south of junction eight (Stansted Airport). After falling on ...
     
  21 September Hi-tech meetings on airport - Saffron Walden Reporter
    A SERIES of internet-based meetings are to be held to discuss expansion at Stansted Airport during the party conference season. ...
     
  21 September Campaigners call for quick decision - Saffron Walden Reporter
     
  20 September Royal Society tells Exxon: stop funding climate change denial - Guardian Unlimited
    ... leading scientists have challenged the US oil company ExxonMobil to stop funding groups that attempt to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change. ...
     
  19 September Huhne: We are the real deal on climate change - Politics.co.uk
    The Lib Dem environment spokesman said that while the two parties had cooperated in backing plans for a new climate change bill, this partnership would be ...
     
  16 September East faces hotel and road challenges - East Anglian Daily Times
    Stansted Airport hosted a conference at which it reinforced the message that it was committed to “acting as a catalyst” for future growth in tourism and ...
     
  16 September Airport pushing region's tourism - Eastern Daily Press
    Stansted Airport has shown some of the region's leading business people the key role it is playing in developing tourism and inward investment in the east of ...
     
  15 September UK given only four years to combat climate change - People & the Planet
    ... report, launched by The Co-operative Bank and Friends of the Earth, is based upon research commissioned from The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at ...
     
  15 September Climate change - Politics.co.uk
    The government-funded Tyndall Centre says the public have been misled over the urgency of beating climate change, blaming past administrations for failing to ...
     
  14 September Delay for airport expansion plan - Saffron Walden Reporter
    BAA, highways and rail agencies have been accused by Uttlesford District Council (UDC) of preventing a recommendation being made on the application to expand ...
     
  14 September 'Lack of response' delays Stansted expansion decision - Observer
    A DECISION by planners on Stansted Airport's bid to expand to about 35m passengers a year has been delayed to the surprise of key players. ...
     
  14 September Defra, UK - Environmental Protection - Climate Change
    Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. ... The UK is acting now to adapt to climate change and to reduce the risk by ...
     
  13 September BAA accused of holding up runway ruling - Cambridge Evening News
    Uttlesford District Council says it has been forced to delay making a decision on a planning application from airport operator BAA. ...
     
  8 August ATWOnline - Silver Spring, MD, USA
     
  8 August Public transport must improve to help combat climate change - eGov monitor - London
     
  7 August Stansted uses more local firms - East Anglian Daily Times - Suffolk
     
  7 August AEF: Passengers must pay - Politics.co.uk - London
     
  7 August Labour risks pricing people off the roads - Telegraph.co.uk
    ... an attempt to do just this, Essex County Council has asked the Government to fund research into the effects of imposing tolls on the roads to Stansted Airport..
     
  7 August Tax gas-guzzlers, say MPs - Which?, London
     
  4 August Airport road toll 'another tax on drivers' - Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
    PROPOSALS to make drivers pay for using their cars to get to Stansted Airport have been slammed by a Cambridgeshire business chief. ...
     
  3 August Council unveils radical plans for Stansted Airport road tolls - 24dash.com
     
  3 August Toll plan in £2.5m airport gateway bid - Observer - UK
    MOTORISTS could end up paying tolls to use the M11 and other roads in the Stansted Airport area. Essex County Council, in partnership ...
     
  3 August Livingstone joins Clinton in fight against climate change - 24dash.com - Hereford
    The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, joined former USA President Bill Clinton in launching an initiative in the fight against climate change in practical and ...
     
  3 August Protestors force a night flights U-turn - Star - UK
    PLANS to scrap restrictions on the number of night flights in and out of Stansted Airport have been reversed in the face of massive local opposition. ...
     
  3 August Floods hit town - Herts 24 - United Kingdom
    ... Stansted Airport was also affected as 18 flights were diverted to Luton and Birmingham airports, 22 Ryanair and easyjet departing flights were cancelled as ...
     
  2 August Murphy's law rules on motorway - Harlow and Bishop's The Citizen
    AN overturned lorry spilled almost 40 tonnes of potatoes and two tanks of diesel across the southbound M11 between Stansted Airport and Harlow last Wednesday ...
     
  1 August New Essex coach service at Stansted Airport - Cheapflights.co.uk
    Stansted Airport has introduced a new coach service that will link to towns across Essex. The Stansted Flyer is available from Ilford ...
     
  1 August Ryanair reports record profits - Guardian Unlimited - UK
    ... Ryanair said it anticipated that a review of the cost of building a second runway at Stansted would confirm that it could be built "at a more realistic cost of ...
     
  1 August Ryanair chills with a warning of loss - This is Money - UK
    ... O'Leary welcomed the £10bn takeover of BAA by Spain's Ferrovial, saying it meant a second terminal and runway could be built at Stansted for just £1bn rather ...
     
  1 August Bill Clinton, global mayors form alliance on climate change - San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
    LOS ANGELES - Former President Bill Clinton and big-city mayors from around the globe have joined in an initiative to combat climate change and increase energy ...
     
  1 August Schwarzenegger, Blair Sign Historic Agreement to Collaborate on climate change - One Bakersfield Online - CA, United States
    Recognizing the immediate need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the adverse consequences of climate change ...
     
  31 July Fear of flying - Guardian Unlimited - UK airports currently process 200 million passengers every year, and that
    ... It could impose an immediate moratorium on airport expansion and encourage greener ...
     
  30 July BA calls for cut in airports cash - The Sunday Times - UK
    The call comes in a report submitted by BA to the Civil Aviation Authority, the ... A Ferrovial-led consortium bought the UK airports company earlier this year for ...
     
  29 July A bad week for climate change skeptics - Houston Chronicle - United States
    First up came an essay from University of Illinois climate scientist Peter Doran, who claims that his research has been perverted by climate change skeptics. ...
     
  27 July Potato lorry spill closes motorway - Herts Essex News
     
  27 July Ryanair calls for Stansted meeting - Cheapflights.co.uk
    ... boss Michael O'Leary wants to meet with the new owner of airport operator BAA, Ferrovial, to discuss reducing the cost of a new runway at Stansted Airport
     
  27 July US rejects weapon flight concerns - BBC News
     
  27 July Council to foot five figure evacuee bill - Saffron Walden Reporter
    BRITISH nationals who flew in to Stansted Airport from Lebanon at the weekend may have to be housed by Uttlesford District Council if they cannot find other ...
     
  27 July Ready for take-off - Herts Essex News http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/business/news/2006/07/27/ready%20for%20take%20off.lpf
     
  27 July District comes to aid of Lebanon evacuees - Herts Essex News
    WITH nearly 800 evacuees from Lebanon arriving at Stansted Airport this week, Uttlesford District Council has borne the brunt of providing help. ...
     
  27 July David Miliband hosts screening of Al Gore's climate change film - 24dash.com - Hereford
    Opinion formers from across England today attended a preview screening of AlGore's new climate change film. Mr Miliband said the ...
     
  27 July Lebanon's refugees seek new home - BBC News
    ... Some 600 or so evacuees were flown into Stansted airport from Cyprus, where they had been evacuated by the Royal Navy from Beirut. ...
     
  27 July COUNCILS surrounding Stansted Airport are leading the way to help British Citizens returning from the Lebanon crisis. Around 600 ...
    http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.850928.0.councils_rally_round_lebanon_crisis.php
     
  27 July M11 closed after crash - Herts 24
     
  26 July Government in night flight U-turn - BBC News - UK
    It follows two defeats on the issue in the House of Lords as well as local campaigns against more night flights at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. ...
     
  26 July Ryanair CEO: Prepared To Help Finance Stansted Runway - Easy Bourse (Communiqués de presse) - Paris, France
    LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Ryanair Holdings PLC (RYAAY) is prepared to help finance the development of a second runway at Stansted Airport in the UK in concert with ...
     
  26 July Third runway passes pollution test - Times Online
    ... Lord Soley said that emissions could also be reduced near the airport by moving most ... to remove the cap on the number of night flights at Stansted, Gatwick and ...
     
  26 July Action pack to tackle climate change - eGov monitor - London,UK
    ... the Nottingham Declaration Action Pack marks significant progress in helping local authorities develop a coherent response to the challenge of climate change. ...
     
  26 July DRIVERS heading to Stansted airport are facing long delays this morning after a lorry jack-knifed on the M11. The accident happened ...
    http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=znews&itemid=IPED26%20Jul%202006%2008%3A04%3A43%3A170
     
  25 July Airport hosts chamber visit - East Anglian Daily Times - Suffolk
    ONE of the UK's top business leaders joined members of the Essex business community at Stansted Airport to receive an update on its plans for future ...
     
  24 July Author Of Climate Change Report Says Her Conclusions ... New West - Missoula, MT,USA
    One by one, the arguments made by climate change skeptics and lawmakers on Capitol Hill—that climate change is somehow part of an elaborate hoax—are …
     
  24 July My Turn: The Business of Climate Change - BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
    More and more state treasurers, pension fund managers, and other investors believe that climate change is now a major economic issue to which all US companies ...
     
  22 July Homes plan for Lebanon evacuees - BBC News - UK
    ... Council workers in areas around Luton, Stansted, Gatwick and Birmingham airports are on standby to help Britons evacuated from the conflict zone. ...
     
  21 July Cash compromise in airport policing row - East Anglian Daily Times - Suffolk
    A COMPROMISE has been reached in the row between the police and the owners of Stansted Airport over increased costs of securing the country's major departure ...
     
  19 July Stansted: Airport 'could handle 50m passengers' - This Is Essex - UK
    If the limit on annual passenger numbers at Stansted is lifted its existing runway could eventually handle 50 million people, it has been claimed. …
     
  14 July Hadham to get bypass, Standon could follow - Mercury - UK
    ... Cllr Bernard Engel (Con, Bishop's Stortford East) queried figures indi cating that Stansted Airport accounts for only 3.5 per cent of trips on this section of ...
     
  13 July Uttlesford District Council sees strong take-up for new Stansted ... - PublicTechnology.net - UK
    Uttlesford District Council’s new Stansted-dedicated website has met a warm welcome, according to an analysis of early statistics on visitor numbers and ...
     
  13 July Stansted reports good eco performance - Cheapflights.co.uk - London,UK
    Using public transport is becoming an increasingly popular way for passengers to travel to and from Stansted Airport, spelling good news for the environment. …
     
  13 July 'We will build a second runway' - Observer - UK
    THE new owner of BAA has confirmed it will continue with plans for a second runway at Stansted Airport. However, ADI, the consortium ...
     
  7 July ADI confirms commitment to Stansted second runway - WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
     
  7 July Ryanair backs cheaper Stansted runway - Cheapflights.co.uk
     
  6 July ... "gold-plated" airport that will impose high user fees on carriers. It also called on UK authorities "to force BAA to properly consult with [Stansted] users and ... ATW Daily News ATWOnline - Silver Spring,MD,USA
     
  6 July EU Climate Change: Measures to reduce climate change impact of civil aviation - European Business Guide - Brussels,Belgium
     
  6 July New BAA owners back second runway for Stansted airport - 24dash.com
     
  6 July New owner commits to second Stansted runway - Business Weekly
     
  5 July Ferrovial could be forced to sell assets - This is Money
     
  5 July Bad Fare: We Love You to the Max - Jaunted - USA Who wants to drop that much cash on a ticket only to arrive in Stansted instead of Heathrow?
     
  5 July Airlines reject Stansted growth plans - East Anglian Daily Times
     
  5 July BAA 'inflating figures' to justify extra runway - The Independent
     
  5 July The stratospheric cost of cheap flights - Guardian Unlimited - UK ... a restraint on growth or a limit on the expansion of aviation ... that the average passenger salary at low-fare airline airport Stansted in the UK was £46,000 ...
     
  4 July CO2 emissions from aviation set to rise rapidly - fona - Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit - Bonn,Germany
     
  3 July Brown in drive to streamline planning - FT.com
     
  1 July OFT launches inquiry on airport supremacy - Telegraph.co.uk
     
  30 June OFT investigation expected to challenge the dominance of BAA - Guardian Unlimited - UK
     
  30 June OFT set to study UK airports market - Flightmapping (press release) - Coventry, W Mids
    ... The news comes as many airlines, including Easyjet and Ryanair, continue to voice fears over the predicted cost of a new runway at BAA’s Stansted airport. ...
     
  28 June Airline taking it to the Max with more jets - Business Weekly - UK
     
  28 June Counting the hidden costs of no-frills flying - Irish Post - London
     
  27 June Tory peers set once again to defeat Government proposals to increase night flights - Conservatives.com
     
  27 June Environmental Chiefs join forces to fight growth in air travel - The Independent Online
     
  23 June New Airport Pack for Homebuyers – Royston Mercury
     
  22 June Airport Protesters Unite – Hounslow Guardian
     
  22 June Climate Change Bill progress praised – Green Consumer Guide

 

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