North Somerset Council has backed plans to expand Bristol International Airport but has referred the decision to the Secretary of State. The airport... continue

The Government is to sit down with the airport and aviation industries to formulate a new airport policy based on a presumption of no new... continue

Andrew Forster
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond this week indicated that London’s Crossrail project would go ahead but warned that other major transport... continue

BAA (SP), the group which owns Heathrow and Stansted, has estimated that the closure of the airports due to volcanic ash will cost it £28m.... continue

The closure of UK airspace for several days due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland unsurprisingly attracted saturation coverage in the media but very... continue

A High Court ruling that the Government must review all of the policy issues surrounding the development of a third runway at Heathrow Airport was... continue

High-speed rail emits lower levels of carbon dioxide emissions than aviation but the difference is not as great as some studies have claimed,... continue

A High-speed rail station serving Manchester Airport would deliver major benefits for the airport and the region, according to a new... continue

The DfT this week rejected claims that the opponents of Heathrow Airport expansion had won a significant victory in last week’s Judicial Review... continue

Rik Thomas
The current bookmaker odds on no single party having overall control of Parliament following the upcoming General Election are 10/3 or 4/1 (depending... continue

Councillors have approved an expansion to Lydd Airport south of Ashford which would enable commercial services to be handled. Shepway District... continue

A final decision on plans to build a second runway at Stansted Airport may not be made for another five years, after BAA conceded that a public... continue

The Government has kicked the idea of serving Heathrow Airport directly by high-speed rail into the long grass. Instead, ministers favour linking the... continue

Train travel at speeds of 225mph between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds could become the norm if the Government’s plans published... continue

Peter Fuller, Morpeth
Greengauge 21 makes a persuasive case for serving Heathrow directly by high-speed rail and avoiding an interchange. But in a map in their report... continue

General Election campaigns usually offer politicians the chance to make bold pledges about ‘big ticket’ transport projects. But things... continue

BAA could retain ownership of Stansted, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports after the Competition Appeals Tribunal last week ruled in favour of the... continue

The Government has asked BAA if it wants to continue with its planning application for a second runway and associated development at Stansted... continue

Ministers must connect Heathrow Airport directly into a high-speed rail network rather than relying on an interchange station in west London or a new... continue

The London Assembly’s environment committee has voiced “grave concerns” about the environmental conditions attached by ministers to... continue