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THE WORLD’S
NUMBER ONE
AIRPORT MAGAZINE IN CIRCULATION AND READERSHIP
JAN/FEB 2016
VOL 49 NO 1
business airports
BIGGIN HILL
BIG ON BUSINESS
T E R M I N A L E XT E N S I O N
FARNBOROUGH
SAN JOSE
N E W F AC I L I T Y
A I R P O RT P RO P O S A L
S M A RT S E C U R I T Y
EUROPE 1
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CONTENTS
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
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BUSINESS AVIATION
8
Steve Thompson speaks to Biggin Hill
Airport Business Development Director
Robert Walters about competing for London’s
business aviation traffic.
BIG ON BUSINESS
12 SIGNATURE OPENS
SAN JOSÉ FBO
Capacity issues ease with a second FBO and
240,000 square feet of hangar space. Carroll
McCormick reports.
8
4
NEWS HEADLINES
SECURITY
18 SMART SUCCESS
16 FARNBOROUGH FACILITY
Airports International explores TAG
Farnborough’s extended terminal’s facilities
.
CARGO
34 ATLANTA’S CARGO MILESTONE
Best known for its record-breaking passenger
numbers, Atlanta set a ‘personal best’ for freight
handling in December. Tom Allett reports.
Emma Kelly reviews Melbourne Airport’s Smart
Security trials.
22 ARE YOU POURING MONEY
DOWN THE BOUNDARY DRAIN?
Stephen Munden, Verification Scheme Manager
for the Perimeter Security Suppliers Association,
points out the lack of comprehensive industry-wide
standards for airport perimeter defences.
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26 THE ‘TSA’ TABLE
The Jervis B Webb Company has introduced a mobile
inspection table for use in TSA checked baggage
resolution areas. Tom Allett reports.
34
DEVELOPMENT
36 EUROPE 1
Michel Foster puts the case for a new Italian airport.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
28 TIME OF TRANSITION
The editor visited Birmingham Airport’s fire service as
it prepares to handle the Airbus A380 on a daily basis.
32 NEW PANTHER ON THE LOOSE
The latest version of Rosenbauer’s Panther
firefighting vehicle has already attracted more than
50 orders. Tom Allett examines this achievement.
ATM
38 STILL USING PRE-
MILLENNIUM ATM SOFTWARE?
Plans to expand the number of flights in UK
commercial airspace could jeopardise passenger
safety unless resilience measures are added to
outdated air traffic control systems, argues Tony
Dyhouse, Knowledge Transfer Director at the
Trustworthy Software Initiative.
40 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
A review of industry announcements.
12,059 print & digital copies
Period: 1st Jan 2014 - 31st Dec 2014
28
43 APPOINTMENTS
Recent aviation industry appointments.
MAIN FRONT COVER IMAGE:
London Biggin Hill Airport. (LBHA)
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3
NEWS
HEADLINES
UK GOVERNMENT DEFERS RUNWAY DECISION AGAIN
Though the British Prime Minister,
David Cameron, had promised an
answer about the construction
of an extra runway for either
Heathrow or Gatwick by the
end of 2015, his government
announced on December 10 that
the decision would be further
delayed. This image shows the
proposed layout of a third runway
for Heathrow. (HAL)
The management of Gatwick airport,
unlike Britain’s business leaders,
were overjoyed at the government’s
postponement of a decision on
where London’s next runway should
be built.
Following the December 10
announcement, Gatwick’s Chief
Executive, Stewart Wingate, said the
delay could represent “a defining
moment in the expansion debate”.
He added: “We are now regarded as
the front runner.”
Heathrow Hub’s Jock Lowe also
welcomed the delay. “From our
perspective the debate has turned
very much in our favour,” he told
Airports International.
“Our scheme
is simple and requires much less land
take than the other two.”
Although the government insists
it needs to conduct further
environmental studies, some
sceptics suggested there was more
to the delay than that. It will, they
4
said, simply defer a decision on the
contentious proposal for a third
runway at Heathrow, picked from a
short-list of three proposals by the
government-appointed Airports
Commission, until after the London
mayoral election in May.
Conservative candidate, Zac
Goldsmith, is a local Member of
Parliament fiercely opposed to
Heathrow expansion, as is current
Mayor, Boris Johnson.
IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said:
“To further delay a decision shows
what we have repeatedly said – that
party politics takes precedence over
what is best for the economy.”
But, he added: “If a runway is built
at Heathrow there must be a
fundamental review of the costs.
Only around 1% of the £17.6bn is
for the actual runway and more than
£800m is for a new car park.”  
Transport Secretary Patrick
McLaughlin insisted the government
had, in fact, made a key decision by
accepting the need for more airport
capacity in the South East. He said:
“The case for aviation expansion
is clear – but it’s vitally important
we get the decision right so that it
will benefit generations to come.
We will undertake more work on
environmental impacts, including air
quality, noise and carbon.”
The commission’s air quality
analysis will be tested using
the latest projected future
concentrations of nitrogen dioxide.
The Department for Transport said
it will also “continue to develop the
best possible package of measures
to mitigate the impacts on local
people and the environment.” It
added: “The government expects the
airports to put forward ambitious
solutions.”
Heathrow Chief Executive, John
Holland-Kaye, said he was confident
the airport could “meet tough
environmental standards”. He
added: “We have support locally and
nationally from politicians, business,
trade unions and the aviation
industry.”
But there was uncertainty about
how long the review process will
take. Mr McLaughlin told the BBC’s
Today
radio programme he “hoped”
the government would be able to
make its decision by the summer.
Pressed to amplify this he said: “The
summer [of 2016] would still allow
us to get the extra capacity we need
by 2030.”
The British Chambers of Commerce
called the postponement “gutless”,
while Darren Caplan, Chief Executive
of the Airport Operators Association,
called on the government “to
maintain momentum, remove
uncertainty and ensure the UK
gets the additional capacity it so
vitally needs as soon as possible.”
(Bruce Hales-Dutton)
Airports International
January/February 2016
NEWS
HEADLINES
NEW CONTROL TOWER FOR BOGOTA
EL DORADO AIRPORT
The President of Colombia, Juan
Manuel Santos, has opened
and declared pre-operational
the new Control Tower and the
Management and Control Building
of the Civil Aviation of El Dorado
International Airport (IATA: BOG).
It stands at 295ft (90m) and is the
tallest ATC tower in Latin America.
The works were constructed by
FCC, the Spanish environmental
services, infrastructure and water
group, in Bogota, 10 miles (16km)
to the west of the Colombian
capital city.
In his speech, President Santos
noted this new aviation
infrastructure was an accurate
reflection of the country’s
transformation process. He said
it is also a symbol of modernity
that will “bring peace, equality and
education to all Colombians,” which
is the main aim of the current
government.
President Santos went on to say
the new management centre will
respond to the growth in airport
operations, increasing from 58
to 90 flights every hour. He
added this was an example of the
competitive edge that Colombia
needs as a country.
He also celebrated the recent
elimination of visa requirements
for Colombian citizens travelling
to Europe.
El Dorado International Airport
received an investment of more
than US$50 million during the
40-month programme and now
has a surface area of 172,222sq ft
(16,000m²). FCC has completed an
infrastructure that will service the
rise in air traffic volume at BOG,
which is the busiest cargo airport
in Latin America (648,000 tonnes
per year) and the third busiest
passenger airport (20.4 million per
year).
independent of any decision
on the Airports Commission’s
recommendations on airport capacity
in the South East, would bring the
advantages of additional runway
capacity to serve UK passengers in the
immediate term and without requiring
any taxpayer funding.
According to Flybe: “The failure
to back Northolt undermines the
delivery of the Government’s vision
for the Northern Powerhouse by
limiting access to London and onward
global connections. This proposal
would provide immediate regional
connectivity, whereas [the high-speed
rail service] HS2 is not expected to
reach the North West until 2032.”
It added: “This proposal would
immediately give many of the
domestic benefits of additional runway
capacity in west London, at no cost to
the Exchequer, pending any opening of
a third runway at Heathrow.”
It concluded that a “lack of proper
consideration for this proposal also
means that the Ministry of Defence’s
decision is walking away from
substantial benefits”. The airline
estimated these would amount to
an estimated £3 million in income
to the RAF and a further £4 million
in Air Passenger Duty revenue to the
Treasury.
Flybe also said it would plan to
investigate, with Heathrow Airport,
a direct bus shuttle link between
the two airports for connecting
passengers.
Heathrow responded by stating:
“Using Northolt would be an interim
solution to the capacity constraints
at Heathrow, which have existed for
over a decade. The fact that Flybe
wants to bring more UK passengers
to Heathrow is a vote of confidence in
the hub model and in the strength of
domestic demand.
“We are committed to improving
domestic connectivity and we want
airlines like Flybe to fly straight into
an expanded Heathrow.”
5
FLYBE PUSHES TO USE RAF NORTHOLT
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline,
has called on the British Government
to review the Ministry of Defence’s
refusal to give consideration to
opening RAF Northolt to a limited
number of new Flybe domestic routes,
linking underserved regions to London.
RAF Northolt, currently used by
private executive jets, VIP’s and RAF
transports, is 15 miles (24km) from the
centre of London and 10 miles (16km)
from Heathrow Airport.
The airline stated the recent
Government Spending Review did not
include Flybe’s proposal to operate
twice-daily return services to an initial
five UK regional destinations from
Northolt. This, it said, was: “Despite the
opportunity this afforded to provide
improved regional connectivity to
London, regional access to Heathrow
Airport and much-needed additional
contribution to Government finances.”
It added the proposal, which is
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