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Air Transport White Paper Progress Report 2006
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Foreword
- 1. Introduction and overview
- Introduction
- The global environmental challenge
- The local environmental challenge
- Economic benefits of air travel
- Progress since the 2003 White Paper
- 2. The global challenge of climate change
- Introduction
- Aviation and Kyoto - the international context
- Building an effective approach at EU level
- National work to reduce the impact of aviation on the climate
- Creating a clearer policy framework
- Supporting work by industry
- Energy efficiency and use of renewable sources at airports
- Taking a lead in offsetting existing climate change emissions
- A new emissions cost assessment
- Next steps
- 3. Local environmental challenges
- Introduction
- Strengthening powers to control noise
- Night flights
- Reducing air pollution from aircraft
- Technological and operational improvements in performance
- Airport master plans
- Next steps
- Further work on White Paper commitments:
- 4. Economic benefits of air travel
- Demand for air travel
- Development of demand since 2003
- How environmental costs are incorporated into forecasts
- Our new forecasts
- Why demand is forecast to rise
- International competitiveness
- International trade and travel
- Aviation's direct contribution to investment and employment
- Changing shape of the aviation industry since 2003
- Access to air travel and protection for passengers
- Next steps
- 5. Progress since 2003
- Introduction
- Developments in the South East
- Stansted
- Progress to date
- Next steps
- Heathrow
- Progress since 2003
- Next steps
- Developments at regional airports
- Establishing new direct links from regional airports
- Protecting regional air service links to London hubs
- Progress at airports across the UK
- Next steps
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