Articles & Papers

NZ Airports has made a submission to the Minister of Transport pointing out the significant downsides – for the flying public – of the alliance proposal.

Speech by Hon Nathan Guy
Speech by NZ Airports’ Chair, Steve Fitzgerald

The South African Civil Aviation Authority’s (SACAA) Accident and Incident Investigation (AIID) Division has, in a new report, released today, fingered a fog spray sealant applied to the runway at George airport in November last year for a planecrash in December. [read more....]

We don’t propose to develop a forum for ongoing debate in this area – there are enough of those -but here is a small snapshot of some current contributions

The Director general of Airports Council International (ACI), Angela Gittens, briefed the ICAO Council on the subject of Airports and Climate Change Adaptation on 16 April 2010. The presentation covered:

Mitigation – reducing, eliminating and off-setting greenhouse gas emissions
Adaptation – planning for the continued operation of airports with changed climate and business conditions
Expected climate impacts – [...]

The Privacy Commissioner has released a guide for businesses and organisations that use CCTV (surveillance camera systems).

New economic assessment considers the contribution of aviation to the UK economy, and the potential impacts of policy tools such as the Air Passenger Duty and restrictions on the growth of air transport.