Welcome Agenda Welcome – Graham Lake, Facilitator 0930 0940 Gatwick Airport Overview and Proposed Action Plan, Charles Kirwan-Taylor, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director 1000 National Air Traffic Services (NATS), Ian Jopson, Head of Environmental and Community Affairs 1015 easyJet, Stuart MacDonald, Chief Flight Officer, Gatwick 1030 Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Stuart Lindsey, Manager, Airspace 1045 Questions and Answers 1130 Close
Charles Kirwan-Taylor Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Tuesday 26 th April 2016
Background • Gatwick Airport Independent Arrivals Review • Bo Redeborn and Graham Lake appointed by Gatwick Airport Board • Extensive engagement with all stakeholders through September 2015 – January 2016 Published 28 th January 2016 •
Aim To ensure: • Everything that can reasonably be done to alleviate the problems which local communities are raising is in fact being done, and; • The mechanisms which Gatwick has adopted for providing information to the local community and for handling complaints have been fully adequate for the task
Review Findings • 23 recommendations • Real opportunities to alleviate, significantly, the noise issues from Gatwick arrivals • Can only be realised fully if all the parties involved work together • Gatwick Airport, NATS, CAA, DfT, local air traffic control and airlines
Progress to date • Of 23 recommendations, one (number 19) required Gatwick to publish its response no later than 31 st March 2016 Gatwick published response on 31 st March 2016, available • www.gatwickairport.com/noise • Gatwick Arrivals Review, Overview and Proposed Action Plan • Gatwick accepts, or is minded to accept, all 23 recommendations
What does this mean? • Further community engagement is needed, together with closer work with stakeholders Subject to six week period of community engagement – 31 st March – 16 th • May • Ensures time for further analysis to understand full impact of implementation
Priorities • Recommendation 01 – Airbus 320 family, retro-fitting of modification • Recommendation 05 – Increasing the height of commencement of Continuous Descent Arrival (CDA) from 6,000 ft to 7,000 ft • Recommendation 10 – widening of arrivals swathe to the east and west of the airport • Recommendation 18 – Noise Management Board
Noise Management Board (NMB) • Proposed Independent Chairman – Bo Redeborn. Group no larger than 10- 12 members • Membership proposed – CAA, NATS, DfT, ANS, Airline, Chair of GATCOM, East and West Community Representatives, two County Council representatives • Invite sent out for County Council nominations, as well as nominations through Parish, Town and Borough councils for Community Representatives Planning meeting to be held 18 th May 2016, with first NMB scheduled for • 21 st June 2016
What Next? • ArrivalsReview@gatwickairport.com Tuesday 26 th April community engagement event • 31 st May publish Final Action Plan • • www.gatwickairport.com/noise
How to provide feedback By email: ArrivalsReview@gatwickairport.com By post: Please include your full name and address Gatwick Airport Arrivals Review (including email) so that we can contact you for clarification if necessary. FREEPOST RTRB-LUUJ-AGBY Your feedback will be collected and analysed by c/o PPS Group PPS (Local & Regional) Ltd on behalf of Gatwick Airport. PPS will provide a report summarising Sky Light City Tower feedback received. Your personal details will be 50 Basinghall Street held securely by PPS and Gatwick Airport, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2000, London and will be used solely in connection with the EC2V 5DE Arrivals Review and will not be passed to any third parties. Website: www.gatwickairport.com/noise
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