Downturn in Business Flying

[Buster the Bear]

www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/15/corporate-jet-market-slumps

[Mike]

Latest Local News Paper report suggest TAG seeing an end to the down turn in business flying, also notice that concrete type machinery is back in place where new hanger space is going up suggesting that the build of same has re-commenced



Application for 50,000 flights at Farnborough Airport
By Nicola Hudson
June 16, 2009

THE owner of Farnborough Airport has submitted a controversial planning application to increase flights to 50,000 a year.

The proposal, which would see take-offs and landings at the facility go up by 79% from the current 28,000, was emailed to Rushmoor Borough Council last week.

Within the details are plans to increase weekend flights from 5,000 to 8,900, meaning a plane would take-off or land at the airport every 10 minutes on a Saturday and Sunday.

Only last year TAG won permission from the government to double weekend flights from the previous 2,500.

The application follows the recent publication of TAG Farnborough Airport’s Masterplan, which outlined plans to increase not only flights but allow more large private jets to be able to use the airport, in proportion with the overall increase in flights.

The changes could mean up to five times the number of large jets using the airport, compared to the number that took off or landed there in 2008.

Rushmoor Borough Council announced on Monday that it has 16 weeks to make a decision on the planning application.

To aid the process it will carry out an extensive consultation, which includes writing to 10,000 households in the borough, Hart and Surrey Heath, as well as their respective local authorities and statutory bodies.

Details of the application can be viewed at www.rushmoor.gov.uk or by visiting the council offices and local libraries.

The public can submit their comments until July 27.

[Buster the Bear]

The information that I have indicates that movements have increased over the last 6 weeks.

[Admin (Annette Andria)]

hi

they have look at the movements pages for june there well up . the only blip is still
SATURDAYS , TAG have 2 more New aircraft added to fleet as well . The RBC lot will
throw the increase in movements out you can bet on it SHEEP Looking at there seats
so here we go again another Public enquiry .

[Buster the Bear]

This kind of endorses reports from Luton and Farnborough about Exec movements increasing last month.

www.uk-airport-news.info/london-city-airport-news-160609.html