Uk Airport Capacity
1.Introduction
Aviation sector has played a big role in UK economy. The sector provides £18.4 billion to the UK Gross National Product and currently employs over 234,000 workers across the nation (Prowse, 2012). Factors such as inexpensive price ticket and growth of low cost airlines play a big role in the increasing number of passengers in UK aviation sector.
Aviation sector provides international connectivity that UK needs in order to succeed in a competitive global economy. Heathrow as a major UK airport is not only act as a prime hub in UK aviation industry, they also act as a prime hub for the European countries.
Heathrow attracts many investments coming to the country, driving trade and tourism and thus boosting the UK aviation industry’s international reputation. However, the UK aviation sector can only continue to grow if the capacity and facilities at UK airports is growing too.
The current debate over capacity of UK airports has been going on for several periods, predominantly in the South-East of the country. The numbers of passengers are increasing significantly every year, and this growth will continue regardless of whether the capacity of the airport is sufficient or not.
There are many considerations that can be taken into account as potential solutions for this capacity constraints problem. Some of the possible solutions are; building a third runway at London Heathrow Airport, others are by directing passengers into London other airports such as Stansted, Gatwick and the new Thames Estuary airport. Another possible solution is by looking at UK regional airport such as Birmingham and Manchester, this in order to help UK to remain competitive as a global hub in the world. However, the improvement of UK airspace has to be taken into consideration in regard to improve the efficiency and to free up the capacity of UK airport.
In this report, there will be a discussion about the issues and debate surrounding the UK airport capacity and what
Aviation sector has played a big role in UK economy. The sector provides £18.4 billion to the UK Gross National Product and currently employs over 234,000 workers across the nation (Prowse, 2012). Factors such as inexpensive price ticket and growth of low cost airlines play a big role in the increasing number of passengers in UK aviation sector.
Aviation sector provides international connectivity that UK needs in order to succeed in a competitive global economy. Heathrow as a major UK airport is not only act as a prime hub in UK aviation industry, they also act as a prime hub for the European countries.
Heathrow attracts many investments coming to the country, driving trade and tourism and thus boosting the UK aviation industry’s international reputation. However, the UK aviation sector can only continue to grow if the capacity and facilities at UK airports is growing too.
The current debate over capacity of UK airports has been going on for several periods, predominantly in the South-East of the country. The numbers of passengers are increasing significantly every year, and this growth will continue regardless of whether the capacity of the airport is sufficient or not.
There are many considerations that can be taken into account as potential solutions for this capacity constraints problem. Some of the possible solutions are; building a third runway at London Heathrow Airport, others are by directing passengers into London other airports such as Stansted, Gatwick and the new Thames Estuary airport. Another possible solution is by looking at UK regional airport such as Birmingham and Manchester, this in order to help UK to remain competitive as a global hub in the world. However, the improvement of UK airspace has to be taken into consideration in regard to improve the efficiency and to free up the capacity of UK airport.
In this report, there will be a discussion about the issues and debate surrounding the UK airport capacity and what