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Stansted jobs set to go
8:34am Thursday 10th April 2003
UP to 50 baggage handler and other ground staff jobs are under threat at Stansted Airport now that airport services company Aviance has announced it is facing difficulties in the wake of Ryan-air's takeover of Buzz.
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Airport night flights review
11:32am Friday 21st March 2003
UTTLESFORD Council is to make representations to the Government over issues relating to night flights at Stansted as part of the review of night flight regimes at UK airports.
| Consultation meetings over airport expansion
2:48pm Monday 17th March 2003
RESIDENTS in east Herts worried about the threat of an expanding Stansted Airport will get the chance to have their say on the Government's new consultation document at two public meetings in April.
| Buzz takeover sparks job losses
11:46am Thursday 27th February 2003
HUNDREDS of jobs at Stansted Airport are to be axed once low-budget airline Ryanair's £15m takeover of competitor Buzz is complete.
| Noise group to fight airport expansion
1:59pm Wednesday 12th February 2003
THE Stop Stansted Expansion has set up a noise working group to try to prove that the Government has "grossly underestimated" how the region would be affected by airport and air traffic noise if proposals for more runways at Stansted go ahead.
| Airport group targets noise
9:36am Saturday 8th February 2003
THE Stop Stansted Expansion has set up a Noise Working Group to try and prove that the Government has "grossly underestimated" how the region would be affected by airport and air traffic noise if proposals for more runways at Stansted go ahead.
| Questionnaire call over airport options
9:38am Thursday 23rd January 2003
CAMPAIGN group Stop Stansted Expansion has called on the Department for Transport to produce a new national consultation questionnaire on expanding airport capacity so that all residents in the UK can have their say.
| New airport planned
1:22pm Monday 20th January 2003
MAJOR plans for a £2billion off-shore international airport in the Severn estuary to divert pressure from Stansted, Gatwick and Heathrow have been delivered to Transport Secretary Alistair Darling, and have won the backing of a leading Stansted campaigner.
| Airport plan "act of vandalism"
11:32am Friday 17th January 2003
CAMPAIGNERS against further runways at Stansted Airport have made their formal response to the Government's consultation saying it would be an "act of vandalism" to increase activity at the west Essex airport.
| CBI backs Stansted expansion
9:27am Wednesday 8th January 2003
THE Confederation of British Industry is backing expansion at Stansted Airport ahead of developing a new off-shore airport in the Thames Estuary, a move that has been branded as a major snub to the UK's engineering industry by the Stop Stansted Expansion campaign group.
| Councils object to Stansted expansion
11:21am Tuesday 10th December 2002
OBJECTIONS have been lodged by parish councillors in North Weald, Moreton and surrounding areas over the Government's plans to expand Stansted Airport.o
| MP calls for coastal off-shore airport option
1:22pm Wednesday 20th November 2002
BUILDING a new hub airport in the Thames Gateway could bring major regeneration benefits to that part of the south east, according to Bishop's Stortford MP Mark Prisk.
| Campaigners to join capital rally
6:14pm Monday 18th November 2002
THOUSANDS of campaigners are expected to converge on Trafalgar Square on Saturday (November 23) for a massive rally opposing the Government's plans to expand air transport capacity in the south east.
| Legal challenge launched over airport expansion
12:17pm Wednesday 13th November 2002
THE Stop Stansted Expansion campaign group is today taking its fight to stop further development at Stansted Airport to the High Court today.
| Call for airport judicial review
9:52am Thursday 7th November 2002
CAMPAIGN group Stop Stansted Expansion has filed for a judicial review in a bid to quash the Government's consultation paper on expanding airport capacity in the South East.o
| Call for airport review
1:33pm Thursday 31st October 2002
CAMPAIGN group Stop Stansted Expansion has filed for a judicial review in a bid to quash the Government's consultation paper on expanding airport capacity in the South East.
| Council says no to expansion
12:46pm Tuesday 29th October 2002
HARLOW Council is to oppose further expansion at Stansted Airport.
| Long haul flights could be lured to Stansted
8:45am Tuesday 15th October 2002
FORTY per cent of long haul flights from Heathrow Airport could be lured to Stansted if expansion goes ahead, according to latest Government figures.
| 'Unthinkable' plans
3:56pm Monday 7th October 2002
THE prospect of Stansted Airport becoming double the size of Heathrow should the Government option of having three more runways be approved is "unthinkable", according to Ongar county councillor Gerard McEwen.
| Council fears "huge impact" of airport development
3:53pm Monday 7th October 2002
ESSEX county councillors have expressed their fears for the future of the county if mass development at Stansted Airport gets the green light.
| Blow to area
3:52pm Monday 7th October 2002
UTTLESFORD Council's decision to approve plans to expand Stansted Airport is an enormous blow to the community, according to Stansted councillor Alan Dean.
| Labour hits out at plans
3:51pm Monday 7th October 2002
ESSEX County Council's Labour group has spoken out against the Government's options for extra runways at Stansted Airport.
| Group's public inquiry call over Stansted passenger increase
3:50pm Monday 7th October 2002
A PUBLIC inquiry must be held into plans to increase Stansted Airport's capacity by ten million passengers a year to 25 million, the Council for the Protection of Rural Essex says.
| Kids look at airport plans
3:49pm Monday 7th October 2002
THE Stop Stansted Expansion group is asking schools in the area to create activities for their pupils connected with the changes that would take place locally if the Government's proposals for Stansted Airport go ahead.
| Call for public inquiry
3:47pm Monday 7th October 2002
A PUBLIC inquiry must be held into plans to increase Stansted Airport's capacity by ten million passengers a year to 25 million, the Council for the Protection of Rural Essex says.
| Anger over airport's passenger increase decision
3:46pm Monday 7th October 2002
TWO environmental groups have expressed disappointment over Uttlesford Council's decision to approve plans to increase capacity at Stansted Airport to 25m passengers a year.
| Groups slams government
3:43pm Monday 7th October 2002
THE Stop Stansted Expansion campaign has accused the Government of failing to comply with its own rules on consultation.
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