Plans to build a £900M western rail link to Heathrow Airport have been brought to a “controlled pause” by Network Rail as a result of the impact of Covid-19 on the aviation industry and raising concerns that the project may never be put into place.
Councillors have refused plans to extend Southampton Airport’s runway following an extended two day meeting.
“Few could have imagined a world where holidays would be illegal” was one of the opening statements at a recent Transport select committee evidence session on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the aviation sector.
A joint venture between Arup and HOK has been handed a three-year “on-call agreement” with Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), the owner and operator of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Van Nuys Airport (VNY).
As expected, Covid impact and recovery took centre stage in chancellor Rishi Sunak’s second Budget statement yesterday but there was plenty of reason for the civil engineering industry to be positive about in the announcements, particularly with confirmation of the UK Infrastructure Bank.
Bristol Airport bosses are still fully committed to expansion plans despite withdrawing the application to join the UK's list of "coordinated airports".
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Lawyers fighting plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria have written to communities secretary Robert Jenrick asking him to stop the proposed expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA).
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has thrown its weight behind plans to expand Bristol Airport, as the airport owner attempts to overturn the council’s decision to block expansion.
A High Court judge has blocked the planned reopening of Manston Airport, in Kent.
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