 WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE THE WHITE PAPER |
ABTA
American Airlines
BAA
bmi (British Midland)
British Airways
East of England Regional Assembly
East of England Tourist Board
EasyJet
Guild of Business Travel Agents
Gwyneth Dunwoody MP
Joint Committee of National Amenity Societies
Luton Airport
National Trust
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
Sustainable Development Commission
Trades Union Congress (TUC)
Virgin Atlantic
ABTA
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"We suspect that the Government will opt for an extra runway at Stansted - ignoring Heathrow and Gatwick. This would be bad for the UK economy and tourism as Stansted is not popular with business or leisure travellers."
Frances Tuke - PR manager
10 December 2003 - Press Statement
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AMERICAN AIRLINES
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"We have no wish to subsidise the construction of runways at Stansted by means of the profits earned by BAA at London Heathrow."
Spokesperson
12 December 2003 - London Evening Standard
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BAA
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"We believe that one additional runway at Stansted would be financially viable... although the charges needed to remunerate the investment would need to be shared across users of the London system as a whole."
'Responsible Growth: BAA's response to the Government's consultation on the future of air transport'
12 May 2003
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bmi (BRITISH MIDLAND)
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"It's quite simply not acceptable for us to subsidise development at an airport we don't operate out of."
Spokesman
12 December 2003 - London Evening Standard
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BRITISH AIRWAYS
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"A runway at Stansted would not get built. Nobody wants it. Nobody would pay for it. The tarmac wouldn't even get laid."
Andrew Cahn - director of government affairs
16 November 2003 - The Independent on Sunday
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EAST OF ENGLAND REGIONAL ASSEMBLY
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"EERA opposes building more runways at Stansted."
Cllr John Reynolds - regional planning panel chair
12 December 2003 - Government Press Release
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EAST OF ENGLAND TOURIST BOARD
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"The scale of development proposed, for Stansted and Alconbury in particular, will have a very significant impact on the character of the surrounding areas."
SERAS Consultation response
November 2002
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EASYJET
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"EasyJet firmly believes that there should not be cross-subsidisation between users of Heathrow and Stansted airports."
Ray Webster - chief executive
4 December 2003 - Financial Times
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GUILD OF BUSINESS TRAVEL AGENTS
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"A Stansted runway is a squandered runway."
Philip Carlisle - chief executive
9 December 2003 - Financial Times
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GWYNETH DUNWOODY MP
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"The local people do not want it, the airlines do not want it and the passengers do not want it at Stansted. I am not sure who does want a new runway at Stansted or where the money will come from."
Gwyneth Dunwoody MP - chair of the House of Commons Transport Committee
4 December 2003 - House of Commons Debate on the Address
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JOINT COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL AMENITY SOCIETIES
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"The options of up to three extra runways at Stansted are hard to take seriously when the devastating impact on the historic environment is taken into account."
Philip Venning – deputy secretary
27 November 2002 - SERAS Response
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LUTON AIRPORT
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"We have to compete with Stansted. The cross-subsidy thing is exercising everyone. The airlines are crying foul and so are we."
Keith Brooks - chief executive of TBI, the operator of Luton airport
12 November 2003 - The Daily Telegraph
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NATIONAL TRUST
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"We believe expanding Stansted would be a disaster for the local area."
Peter Griffiths - regional director
15 October 2003 - Press Statement
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ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
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"Emissions from aircraft are likely to be a major contributor to global warming if the present increase in air traffic continues unabated."
Sir Tom Blundell - chairman
29 November 2002 - Press Statement
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
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"The Government's approach to air transport is stuck in the old mindset of 'predict and provide'."
Jonathan Porritt - chairman
28 November 2002 - Press Statement
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TRADES UNION CONGRESS
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"A new short runway at Heathrow can be expected to generate net economic benefits to the UK of £7.8 billion, which is significantly greater than any other options. No other airport in the UK can develop into an effective global hub to rival Heathrow and provide effective competition to our European rivals."
Brendan Barber - TUC general secretary
18 November 2003 - Press Statement
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VIRGIN ATLANTIC
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"Stansted will be something of a white elephant."
Sir Richard Branson - chief executive
8 December 2003 - BBC Television News 24
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