Report on the consultation: Protection of regional air services to London
Table of contents
- Introduction
- General
- Peripheral region
- Proposed interpretation: An airport shall be considered as serving a peripheral region if the fastest journey time to London Zone 1 by public service transport from the main urban centre(s) it serves is more than 3 hours.
- Development Region Option 1 or 2
- Proposed definition: (Options 1 & 2)
- (Option 1) - Catchment area includes area(s) in receipt of EU Objective 1 or 2 Funding.
- (Option 2) - Main urban centre(s) in receipt of EU Objective 1 or 2 Funding.
- Thin Route
- Proposed definition: Fewer than 50,000 passengers use the route.
- Adequate Provision of Services
- Proposed definition: A minimum frequency of two return flights each day.
- Proving the Economic Case
- Proposed definition: The White Paper stated that it would be the responsibility of local bodies to demonstrate the importance of a service to the economic development of the region concerned in accordance with regulation 2408/92. The following types of information would be appropriate.
- Early Warning System
- Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment
- Government Comment
- List of Respondents of Protection of Regional Air Services to London Consultation
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