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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
An independent panel has recommended that a community charge of up to £800 a time be levied on flights breaching the night-time curfew at George Best Belfast City Airport.
The proposal was made in the report of a panel which convened an Examination in Public in June, details of which were published today by the Planning Service.
The key recommendations are:
Night-time curfew from 9.30pm to 6.30am to remain in force, but a community fund be set up to penalise delayed flights.
Cap on seats on offer per annum to be raised from 1.5 million to two million (inbound and outbound).
Restriction on aircraft movements to 45,000 in any 12-month period to remain unchanged.
Brian Ambrose, chief executive of City Airport, said they welcomed the findings of the panel, which were consistent with the Government White Paper of 2003.
"The findings provide a sound basis for moving towards a new planning agreement," he said.
"The challenge facing airports throughout the world is to manage the increased demand for air travel in an environmentally sensitive manner."
Environment Minister David Cairns said his officials would open discussions with the airport management following publication of the report.
No chance of a late BMI flight anymore!
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