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Should there be a third runway at Heathrow?
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Professor Colin Bamford, University of Huddersfield
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Airports, especially in the South East and Heathrow in particular, are vital for the country’s business well-being and competitiveness in the global economy.
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Airports and air travel generate a wide range of negative externalities, the most important being noise disturbance.
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There are also serious concerns about emissions from aircraft with around 6% of all CO2 emissions coming from aircraft.
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Introduction
But as the CBI has recently said: “The UK risks becoming a branch-line destination and will find it increasingly hard to compete in global export markets if it does not ... tackle constraints on capacity at Heathrow.”
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There are also positive externalities through additional employment created around Heathrow and throughout the economy as a whole.
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Air transport policy in the UK has been haphazard and lacking a clear strategic objective as far as London’s principal airport is concerned.
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Many would argue that this is due to the widely held view that Heathrow is in the wrong place.
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Far too many people are affected by the noise of aircraft taking off and landing and from road traffic in the vicinity of Heathrow.
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The lack of a clear policy
The Coalition government reversed its predecessor’s decision to approve a limited expansion through a third runway and sixth terminal.
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A new aviation review is about to take place, and this has reopened the political debate about building a third runway at Heathrow.
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The demand for air travel is a derived demand.• C
It is not demanded for its own sake but because it allows users to fulfil a purpose such as travelling for business or holidays.
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The demand for air travel
For air passenger services the annual rate of change has been remarkably steady until the 2008 recession began to affect passenger numbers.
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In 2011 UK airports handled 219m terminal passengers, 134m at London airports, which was an increase of 5% on 2010.
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Over 69m passengers passed through Heathrow, an all time high, and a growth of 6% on 2010.
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Heathrow is operating at 99.2% of capacity with Gatwick not far behind.
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If forecasts of demand are to be believed, by 2030 between 410m and 500m passengers will be using our airports.
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In the March 2012 Budget it was announced that the Government would conduct a review of aviation policy.
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According to the CBI this will be the eleventh such policy review over the past 60 years.
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Why we need moreairport capacity 1
The CBI argues that quick decisions need to be made on a new runway to serve the South East, and how to maximise capacity and improve access to other regional airports.
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The case for a third runway at Heathrow is being vigorously promoted by leading industry figures.
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In their view Heathrow has to be the hub solution for the short to medium term at least.
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Recent research by the British Chambers of Commerce has shown that business leaders in the emerging high growth economies such as China, India, Brazil and Russia put a high value on direct air links.
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Of those interviewed, 80% claimed that they would trade more with the UK if flight connections were improved to their countries.
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Why we need moreairport capacity 2
At present only three cities in China have direct links with Heathrow.
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The key business issue is that the UK is already losing out in terms of its competitiveness in the global economy.
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For many years the noise from aircraft arriving and taking off at Heathrow has been measured.
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The problem with aircraft noise is that above a certain level, it becomes an unwanted disturbance on our ears.
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But over the years, aircraft have become quieter, and despite an increase in traffic, less people in the vicinity of Heathrow have been adversely affected by aircraft noise.
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Environmentalconsiderations 1
The main cause of the improvement has been technical, with newer aircraft making less noise.
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A third runway at Heathrow would cause the village of Sipson to disappear and much of Harmondsworth to be demolished.
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In addition, it has been estimated that an additional one million people living under flight paths will suffer from noise disturbance.
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A second environmental issue is that of CO2 emissions.
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If the third runway operates at full capacity then an estimated 27m tonnes of CO2 will be generated from Heathrow’s operations, a 50% increase on current levels.
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Environmentalconsiderations 2
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The UK has a legal commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.
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It has been estimated that by 2050, with a third runway fully operational, Heathrow will generate between 20 and 25% of the UK’s entire emissions budget.
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A further cause for environmental concerns is the emission of nitrogen dioxide from aircraft movements.
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Further negative externalities come about because of the road congestion in the vicinity of Heathrow.
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Rail travel though has improved considerably with the Heathrow Express services from Paddington.
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Environmentalconsiderations 3
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Cost benefit analysis is a well tried method for assessing the desirability of a project like that of a third runway.
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It tries to estimate the respective benefits and costs over time and over a wide area.
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In 2009 a Department for Transport report stated that adding a third runway would generate net benefits of around £5bn.
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But in 2010 the New Economics Foundation concluded that there would be a net cost to society of between £5b and
£7.5bn, based on a Social Return on Investment approach.
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However, critics of this would say that the economic and business benefits are not given the same degree of prominence as measures designed to reduce environmental impact.
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Does cost-benefitanalysis help?
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Like many controversial topics in Economics there is no particular agreement amongst those concerned as to whether a new third runway should be built at Heathrow.
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We will have to await a decision until the consultation on airport strategy has been completed.
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Other possibilities include a completely new airport on the Thames Estuary popularly known as ‘Boris Island’ as it is supported by the London Mayor, Boris Johnson.
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There could also be a major expansion of Birmingham Airport, or the construction of a high speed rail link between Heathrow and Gatwick to create a better hub.
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Conclusions
Unless decisions are made soon, the UK really will be a branch-line destination for global air transport.
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