La commissione parlamentare boccia piano Johnson, avanti con terza pista a Heathrow


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Ascent bodes ill for Heathrow and well for manufacturing

The Financial Times and the Daily Mail report that Theresa May's ascent makes it increasingly likely that plans for a third runway at Heathrow could be scrapped, although she has never publicly ruled out the expansion. The Daily Mail notes that she is expected to give a senior cabinet role to Justine Greening, who has previously said she would resign if Heathrow expansion were to go ahead. The Sun's Trevor Kavanagh reports that David Cameron made a mistake in his failure to build the crucial third runway at Heathrow, while wasting money on HS2, while The Sun Says comments that Theresa May must look at this issue without a delay.
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Direi che e' sempre piu' probabile che il Toro vinca lo scudetto che LHR abbia un'altra pista.
 
Heathrow Airport shareholders ready to invest $21bn in new runway

Shareholders in London's Heathrow Airport are ready to invest 16 billion pounds ($21 billion) if the government chooses it as the site for airport expansion, one of the investors said in a letter to Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May.

Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, has been campaigning for years to build an extra runway but a decision has been delayed by successive governments worried about pollution and local opposition. Other airports say they should expand instead.

Appointed last week, Transport Minister Chris Grayling said in a BBC radio interview on Sunday he wanted to "move rapidly" with making a decision about where to build a new runway, and would be looking at the matter in the coming weeks.

Britain-based Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), which owns a 10 percent stake in Heathrow, said in a letter to May on Tuesday that the airport's shareholders were prepared to put up the money to pay for a new runway - the first time the investors have publicly confirmed their readiness to fund it.

"Alongside our investment partners from Canada, China, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, and the USA, we stand ready to invest 16 billion pounds of private money into expanding Heathrow," USS CEO Bill Galvin said in the letter.

USS owns Heathrow alongside Spanish infrastructure company Ferrovial, which has 25 percent, Qatar Holding with 20 percent, plus other investors Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, Alinda Capital Partners and China Investment Corporation.
Some media reported the government's decision over whether to expand Heathrow or London rival Gatwick, Britain's No. 2 airport, could come as soon as September.

Grayling on Sunday declined to comment on which option he preferred. May has in the past raised concerns about expanding Heathrow.
Heathrow puts the cost of building a new runway at 16 billion pounds, slightly lower than the 18 billion pounds estimated by the government-appointed Airports Commission, which recommended expanding Heathrow.

A different Heathrow expansion option to extend an existing runway is forecast to cost 14 billion pounds, while a second runway for Gatwick would cost an estimated 7 billion.

Gatwick's Chairman Roy McNulty wrote to May on July 13 to tell her its shareholders, led by Global Infrastructure Partners and also including the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the California Public Employees Retirement System amongst others, were committed to financing its expansion project.

Abu Dhabi and Qatar interest in UK’s largest airports
Heathrow Airport is owned and operated by Heathrow Holdings, which was formed by the privatisation of the British Airports Authority as BAA plc.
Spanish infrastructure firm Ferrovial, the company’s largest shareholder, sold a 20 percent in Heathrow Holdings to Qatar Holdingin 2012 a deal worth $1.41 billion.
Heathrow Holdings also owned Gatwick Airport before it was sold to a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), multinational private equity firm headquartered in New York.

GIP, majority shareholder in Gatwick Airport, sold a 15 percent stake in London’s second largest airport to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in February 2010 for $196.4 million.

Reuters
 
londonfog ha detto:
Battuto sul tempo! :)

Secondo me e' un sogno (saro' cinico, ma...)
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Per me e' fantascienza. I due piu' importanti al governo sono Theresa May e Boris, e nessuno dei due vuole LHR ingrandito. Dall'altro lato c'e' il vuoto pneumatico, per cui non vinceranno un'elezione nemmeno dipinti, e anche se lo facessero non decideranno mai. Sono pronto a scommettere che gli unici sviluppi futuri saranno un taglio dell'APD per Scozia e nord, e se va di lusso HS2 via Heathrow. Per il resto non succedera' nulla per altri dieci anni, e per quell'epoca Londra sara' molto meno importante, dal punto di vista aeroportuale, di quanto non sia ora.
 
13900 ha detto:
Per me e' fantascienza. I due piu' importanti al governo sono Theresa May e Boris, e nessuno dei due vuole LHR ingrandito. Dall'altro lato c'e' il vuoto pneumatico, per cui non vinceranno un'elezione nemmeno dipinti, e anche se lo facessero non decideranno mai. Sono pronto a scommettere che gli unici sviluppi futuri saranno un taglio dell'APD per Scozia e nord, e se va di lusso HS2 via Heathrow. Per il resto non succedera' nulla per altri dieci anni, e per quell'epoca Londra sara' molto meno importante, dal punto di vista aeroportuale, di quanto non sia ora.
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Sono d'accordo, credo anche io che sia piú wishful thinking che altro.
Ritengo tu abbia ragione anche sull'ultimo punto in merito alla centralità di Londra fra dieci anni.
 
Rumours abbastanza insistenti da ieri sulla stampa danno il nuovo governo May vicino a dare l'ok alla terza pista. Pare che il nuovo esecutivo abbia una forte maggioranza a favore della terza pista con una notevole ridimensionata ai costi sul progetto iniziale (no al nuovo treno ed al nuovo terminal ecc.)
Staremo a vedere.
 
AZ209 ha detto:
Rumours abbastanza insistenti da ieri sulla stampa danno il nuovo governo May vicino a dare l'ok alla terza pista. Pare che il nuovo esecutivo abbia una forte maggioranza a favore della terza pista con una notevole ridimensionata ai costi sul progetto iniziale (no al nuovo treno ed al nuovo terminal ecc.)
Staremo a vedere.
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Sarebbe una buona cosa, specie la faccenda del nuovo terminal. Gli slot della terza pista sarebbero, per come la vedo io, da lasciare per meta' vuoti (dando a LHR quel buffer di capacita' che ora non ha, e che costringe un centinaio di cancellazioni a ogni giornata di vento) e, dell'altra meta', li darei per lo piu' a compagnie nuove, che ancora non volano qui o che lo fanno poco. Gente tipo LAN, U2, varie cinesi, JetBlue... sarebbe piu' dura per BA e VS ma - a differenza di altre parti d'Europa - confermerebbe l'apertura dell'UK nel settore dell'aviazione.

Lasciando da parte i miei vagheggi e parlando di cose serie, mail appena arrivata da HAL:
To the Heathrow airport community
Current situation
The environmental group Reclaim the Power are planning to protest against airport expansion this Saturday 1 October at Heathrow. We expect the height of protest activity to be between 12:00 and 15:00.

The protest is likely to include:
• A group 'die in' protest in one of our terminals in which protesters lie down on the floor at the same time, creating a visual effect and potentially an obstruction
• An unspecified group action at one of our landside 'passenger process' locations such as check-in or security, creating a visual effect and potentially an obstruction
• A cycling protest departing Sipson at 12:30, riding in a red convoy along an unknown route, led by marshals in high-vis jackets. This may disrupt traffic in the airport perimeter or one of our surrounding roads
• Potential for other direct action protests within the airport perimeter by other affiliated groups

Operational update
The following additional measures are being implemented tomorrow:
• A joint Heathrow and Metropolitan Police command and control structure will be in place tomorrow to respond to any protest action
• Silver and Bronze incident response and incident management teams will be active throughout Saturday
• Additional Police and Security resources are being deployed to key locations across the airport
• Extra Heathrow Passenger Ambassadors and 'Here to Help' colleagues will be present in all terminals

Protest guidance - what to do if confronted by a protester
We take the safety and security of our airport colleagues, partners and passengers very seriously. Please remember to follow this guidance if you find yourself confronted by protesters:
• Try to remain calm
• Call our operations centre APOC on XXXX from a Heathrow landline or XXX to report the protest. Save the APOC number to your mobile phone now
• Do not touch or tackle the protesters or attempt to remove anything in their possession
• Do not make comments or engage them in conversation
• If you are in a vehicle, close all windows and lock the doors. If your vehicle is blocked do not try to move it if there is a possibility of injuring people - stay inside the locked vehicle and wait for the Police
• Protesters may place themselves at risk by climbing on or attaching themselves to structures. Do not follow protesters into a dangerous situation
• Try to ensure your valuables and any company related documentation are secured - but do not put yourself at risk in order to do so
Remember: you may be being filmed by the protesters and any abusive language or actions may be used against you.


Media guidance - what to do if approached my the media
If you are approached the media, always politely refer them to the Heathrow Press Office by calling 0208 745 7224.
• Do not speak to media, even ‘off the record’
• Never speak on behalf of Heathrow or our airlines
• Do not agree to an interview or to be photographed
• Do not answer ‘can you just confirm / deny’ type questions
• Do not put your hand in front of the camera or say ‘no comment’
Be aware that members of the public may also pass on any comments made. Always consider the questions you are being asked carefully.


Travelling to Heathrow tomorrow
If you are rostered on shift tomorrow please plan ahead to make sure you’re able to come to work as normal. Rail and tube services are not expected to be affected but there may be disruption to local roads or the tunnel.
Keeping you and our passengers informed
We will keep you informed by email throughout the day about any significant protest or developments.

The Heathrow Twitter feed will keep passengers informed of any significant disruption to ther journey and FID screens will display the message below throughout the day:





Thanks for working with us to help keep Heathrow running for passengers.
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londonfog ha detto:
Il governo ha finalmente approvato la terza pista. Adesso iniziano le cause, la richiesta di permessi, ecc. chissa' se riusciremo a vederla fra dieci anni.
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C'e' ancora la consultazione pubblica, un'altra decisione, un voto in parlamento... campa caval!
 
Mi sono perso un passaggio: perché espandere Heathrow e non Gatwick?
 
Notizia da non crederci. Walsh ha scoperto solo ieri che per costruire la terza pista dovranno demolire anche il loro HQ a Waterside.
Robe da comiche.
BA boss shocked to find out that third Heathrow runway will raze his HQ

Airline chief Wille Walsh furious about not being told of demolition – and about fact he will ‘end up paying for the destruction’

The boss of Heathrow’s biggest customer, British Airways, only discovered that building the airport’s planned third runway would require the demolition of his airline’s head office after looking at a map.
Willie Walsh, the chief executive of BA’s parent company IAG, claimed that despite the group being responsible for about half of all flights at the London hub, he received no formal warning of the proposed demolition.
He said: “We were never actually informed or advised by Heathrow that they intended to knock down our headquarters.”

The challenges Heathrow airport must face over third runway

Both IAG and British Airways are based at Waterside in Harmondsworth, which opened in 1998 at a cost of £200m and sits in a 115-hectare (280-acre) manmade park. Walsh said the HQ was “a fantastic environmental achievement on our part”.
However, it looks unlikely to stay that way. “The first I saw of it was when the Airport Commission report came out and I saw a map and I thought, that looks very close to Waterside,” Walsh said. “Then I discovered it actually went right through Waterside.”
Walsh’s grievance over his doomed HQ has been compounded by the prospect of being effectively charged for the compensation bill.
While all properties in the path of the runway will be compulsorily purchased at 25% over the market price, the way Heathrow’s charges are set by the Civil Aviation Authority means that airlines are likely to pay more to operate from the airport as expansion costs grow.
Walsh said: “That compensation goes into the regulatory asset base and we end up paying 56% of that.
“We can’t have a situation where I end up paying for the destruction of my own head office.”

Local residents on Heathrow's third runway: 'I would lose my house, community and friends'

The Waterside affair may have contributed to apparent rising antipathy from Walsh towards Heathrow, which he lambasted as “fat, dumb and happy” at the Airport Operators Association conference in London.
The IAG boss accused Heathrow of failing to hold proper discussions with airlines about creating a cost-effective airport and expansion plan.
He said: “I don’t think they have the capacity to engage. They’ve never had to go out there and encourage airlines to operate from [Heathrow], unlike every other airport … Heathrow sits there fat, dumb and happy, waiting for the queue to build up.”
In approving Heathrow’s expansion plans last month, the government said that increased domestic flights from around the UK would be a precondition.
But Walsh stated that his airlines would not operate routes to airports such as Newquay in Cornwall, “even if [Heathrow chief executive] John Holland-Kaye got down and begged me”.
A Heathrow spokesperson said: “British Airways has been consulted on the detail of our expansion plans throughout, including options for the relocation of Waterside ahead of the submission to the Airports Commission.
“We are optimising our plans and are determined to work with our airlines to deliver them as cost efficiently as possible, which in turn will keep our airline charges as close to flat with today’s charges as possible.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/travel/...t-that-third-heathrow-runway-will-raze-his-hq
 
Non mi sembra possibile che non lo sapesse, i progetti sono disponibili anche su internet da anni
 
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