PSDH Update

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PSDH Update

• Markus Kaps, Senior Strategy Manager
• Simon Baugh, Head of Government Affairs

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Presentation objectives

• This is what we have learned
• This is what is going on
• This is what we need from you
• Contents
• ATWP progress report
• Programme and next steps
• Environmental Assessment
• Air Quality
• Air Noise
• Surface Access
• Promotion

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Aviation Transport White Paper progress report
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What is the ATWP Progress Report?

• Reports on progress on the policies and proposals
  set out in the Air Transport White Paper
  (December 2003)

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What did the 2003 White Paper say?

• Conclusions
• Maintain Heathrows status as UKs leading hub
• Make best use of current infrastructure
• Additional runway capacity provided stringent
  environmental limits can be met

The further development of Heathrow is
supported, including a further new runway
additional terminal capacity to be delivered as
soon as possible (within the 2015-2020 period)
after the new runway at Stansted, but only if
stringent environmental limits can be met.
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Progress Report Heathrow policy position

• The Progress Report reaffirms the Governments
  support for further expansion of Heathrow

The Government continues to support the
development of a third runway at Heathrow, as
soon as it is possible to meet the stringent
environmental limits set in the White Paper,
taking account of the mitigation measures needed
to allow this to happen.
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What the Progress Report covers

• The global environmental challenge (climate
  change)
• The local environmental challenge (noise, air
  quality, airport master plans)
• Economic benefits of air travel
• Progress since 2003

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Progress Report - Third runway

• Work since 2003 has confirmed that a new runway
  would have to be supported by a new passenger
  terminal, as well as changes to nearby roads
• With a third runway the airport could eventually
  support up to 720,000 movements (around 128
  million passengers a year)
• The PSDH environmental assessments will not be
  finalised before spring 2007

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Progress Report - Mixed Mode

• The DfTs provisional environmental assessment
  for mixed mode operation suggests that the noise
  contour limit could be met if extra movements
  were phased in gradually as noisier aircraft were
  retired
• However, it would require ending of the Cranford
  Agreement and some loss of runway alternation
• The Government is committed to reviewing the
  current practice of 'westerly preference'
• The impacts of all these factors will be the
  subject of public consultation

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Progress Report - Mixed Mode

• Following a policy decision, BAA would need to
  prepare proposals for mixed mode operation within
  current traffic levels, helping to reduce delays
  and improve schedules
• But a planning application would be necessary to
  increase the current 480,000 limit on annual
  movements as well as provide additional
  facilities for the extra passengers and aircraft

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Programme and next steps
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Programme
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Environmental Assessment
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Air Quality

• first outputs from the modelling work
• what we know
• large twin engine aircraft have an exponential
  impact
• engine and aircraft technology improvements
• aircraft replacement programmes
• road borne emissions
• next steps
• fleet mix and forecast
• operational and technology
• non aviation

40µg/m3 NO2
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Air Noise

• improvements made to the ANCON model
• what we know
• MDA operations favour Air Noise, MAD better for
  Air Quality
• engine and aircraft technology improvements
• aircraft replacement programmes
• next steps
• understand the inter dependence between Air Noise
  and Air Quality
• model hybrid solutions

127km² (57dBA)
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Surface Access

• primary objectives
• model future road usage to inform air quality
  modelling
• establish mitigation options to reduce road borne
  emissions
• progress
• modelling work complete with a few weeks
• mitigation options under discussion with DfT

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Promotion
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2003 White Paper conclusions

• Maintain Heathrows status as UKs leading hub
• Make best use of current infrastructure
• Additional runway capacity provided stringent
  environmental limits can be met

The further development of Heathrow is
supported, including a further new runway
additional terminal capacity to be delivered as
soon as possible (within the 2015-2020 period)
after the new runway at Stansted, but only if
stringent environmental limits can be met.
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Progress Report Heathrow policy position

• The Progress Report reaffirms the Governments
  support for further expansion of Heathrow

The Government continues to support the
development of a third runway at Heathrow, as
soon as it is possible to meet the stringent
environmental limits set in the White Paper,
taking account of the mitigation measures needed
to allow this to happen.
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Options for runway capacity growth
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Steps to planning permission (MM)
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Decision Makers / Influencers
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Communications - next 12 months
Pre-consultation
Consultation
Decision
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Key Messages

• We are fixing security
• Heathrow transformation
• Progress on the environment
• Regional economic benefits
• UK competitiveness

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Evidence We are fixing security

• We are steadily driving out queues while
  maintaining high standards
• 500 new security officers
• 13 new security lanes
• 25 increase in capacity
• Mi-sense and ESP body scanners
• 95 within 5 minutes

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Evidence Heathrow transformation

• Terminal 5
• Heathrow East
• T3 Futures
• T4 refurbishment
• In 2012 most passengers will travel through
  terminals not even open today

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Evidence progress on the environment

• Climate Change EU ETS
• Noise Insulation schemes, noise fines, quieter
  aircraft
• Air Quality Ground operations, clean vehicles
  programme, FEGP/PCA
• Surface Access AirTrack, PRT, Heathrow Express
  and Connect

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Evidence Regional economic benefits

• 70,000 on-airport jobs, 100,000 indirect
• 1 in 10 people from some local boroughs work at
  the airport
• 90 of local businesses rate the airport as
  vital or very important
• 52 of senior directors say that international
  transport links are an essential factor in
  inward investment

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Evidence UK competitiveness

• 85 of all UK long-haul flights, and the UKs
  only direct air links with Shanghai, Beijing,
  Mumbai, Sao Paulo
• More than half of all UK air freight
• 2 runways are operating at 98 of permitted
  capacity. Frankfurt has 3 runways, Paris has 4,
  Amsterdam has 5, all at less than 75
• Number of destinations served has dropped from
  227 in 1990 to 180 today

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How you can help

• Future Heathrow
• Events
• Use key messages
• Ideas