Cornwall - Newquay Airport Expansion - The Case Examined - Elizabeth Baines - Contents

The Case Examined (Revised Edition)

A report by Elizabeth Baines

Commissioned by Groundswell Cornwall

© Groundswell Cornwall 2007

www.groundswellcornwall.org

Contents

Foreword

Executive summary

Chapter 1: Newquay Airport: Background

Chapter Summary

1.1 The operating deficit

1.2 The CAA license

1.3 Passenger numbers

1.4 Building works at the airport

1.5 Expenditure and funding

1.6 Consultation on expansion plans

Chapter 2: Is There a Case for Expansion?

Chapter Summary

2.1 The rate of growth in air transport

2.2 Government policy

2.3 Is there a demand for aviation growth in Cornwall?

2.4 Public opinion towards Newquay Airport expansion

2.5 Airport expansion elsewhere in the UK

Chapter 3: Flying in the Face of Resource Depletion:

Peak Oil and the Aviation Industry

Chapter Summary

3.1 What is Peak Oil?

3.2 Oil supply

3.3 How could Peak Oil have already passed?

3.4 When will oil extraction peak?

3.5 Our dependence on oil

3.6 What are the implications for air travel?

Chapter 4: The Environmental Case

Chapter Summary

The national scene:

4.1 The UK Government’s emissions targets

4.2 Achieving UK emissions targets

4.3 The impact of air travel on the atmosphere

4.4 The Radiative Forcing Index

Newquay Airport:

4.5 The local environment

4.6 Local air quality

4.7 Noise pollution

4.8 Action by the aviation industry to tackle climate change

Climate change in Cornwall:

4.9 Cornwall County Council’s commitment to tackling climate change

4.10 Mitigating the environmental impacts of expansion

4.11 Low altitude flying

Transport alternatives:

4.12 The carbon footprint of air travel

4.13 The ‘social damage’ costs of carbon emitted by aviation

4.14 The impact of increased congestion around the airport

4.15 Access to the airport

4.16 Possibilities for investment in other means of transport in Cornwall

4.17 Hidden costs for the taxpayer

Decarbonisation measures in the aviation industry:

4.18 The role of a European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)

4.19 Will the costs of air travel increase as a result of

environmental measures?

Chapter 5: Potential Economic Impacts of

Newquay Airport Expansion

Chapter Summary

Newquay airport and the Cornish economy

5.1 Newquay Airport’s air passenger profile

5.2 Newquay Airport’s running deficit

5.3 Passenger growth scenarios

5.4 Aviation subsidies

5.5 The impact of ‘no expansion’

5.6 The additional costs of climate change and peak oil

5.7 The importance of airports to local and regional economies

Aviation’s relationship to employment

5.8 Aviation and employment in the UK

5.9 Aviation and employment in Cornwall

5.10 Employment creation in the aviation sector

Tourism

5.11 Tourism in the UK and Cornwall

5.12 Newquay Airport’s contribution to Cornwall’s tourism sector

5.13 What will be the effect of climate change on the aviation industry?

5.14 The UK’s growing tourism deficit

5.15 Outbound tourism from Newquay Airport

5.16 Socio-economic impact

5.17 Case study: the aftermath of 9/11

References/Reports/Statistics

NewsArticles

Web Site Resources

Cornwall Council Documents