New talks on Robin Hood Airport night flight plans
08.01.10
New talks will be held next week over proposals to loosen restrictions on night flying at Robin Hood Airport, the Express & Star reports, after the airport re-submitted a consultation document to Doncaster Council’s planning department to modify the night flying restrictions imposed on them this week. Following discussions with the airport and consultation with interested parties and residents, Peel Airports has submitted revised consultation documents that replace the documents put forward in January last year.
Currently a ban exists on the noisier aircraft, known as QC4s, flying in and out of the airport at night. The consultation documents seek to amend the number and types of planes that may operate at night. The document proposes that the aircraft which make the most noise - QC8s and QC16s - will not be allowed to operate at night from the airport. The number of QC4 aircraft is proposed to be limited to 100 movements a year.
Robin Hood Airport director Mike Morton told the newspaper that the airport wants to ease the restrictions because it would give them more chance of attracting freight operators. He hopes it could lead to 440 jobs being created in airfreight by 2016. He said: ‘It would mean more revenue for the airport and for the local region there are huge job opportunities on the back of these businesses coming in.’
The consultation period closes on January 25, with the application set to go before the council’s planning committee early in February. Residents wishing to submit their views should do so in writing to Robin Hood Airport Consultation, Directorate of Development, Development and Planning, Colonnades, Duke Street, Doncaster, DN1 1ER.
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