Research Briefing
Aviation: pilots and crew
This note covers licensing and hours of work for both pilots and other cabin crew following changes to the rules at European level. It does not cover industrial disputes.
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Aviation: Manchester’s second runway, 1993-2001
This short note briefly explains the debate surrounding Manchester Airport's application to build a second runway in the late 1990s.
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Aviation: Concorde
This note describes the political and economic agreement between Britain and France to build and operate Concorde. It does not cover the technology.
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Aviation: disruptive passengers
There are a number of offences that can be committed by aircraft passengers under the Air Navigation Order 2009, such as: entering an aircraft while drunk; being drunk on an aircraft; using threatening language or engaging in threatening behaviour; interfering with an aircraft or its crew; endangering an aircraft; and refusing to obey an order from the aircraft commander. Various penalties are available for these offences, as set out in the following note.
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Aviation: Eurocontrol air navigation charges
This note explains the single air navigation service charge legislated for in 2006 and implemented in full in January 2010.
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Aviation: low cost airlines
This Note explains the legislative framework in which low cost airlines have flourished and looks at some of the issues associated with these airlines in recent years.
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Aviation: European liberalisation, 1986-2002
This note traces the developments in the liberalisation of the air transport market within the European Union between 1986 and 2002.
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Aviation: Open Skies
This note outlines the bilateral aviation agreements between the Uk and the United States and the Open Skies agreement between the EU and the US which superseded it.
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Research Briefing
Transport Policy in 2010: a rough guide
This paper gives an overview of transport policy in the UK in 2010. It examines a range of issues related to transport policy, including policy-makers, spending on and sources of funding for transport, the transport policy of the main political parties, and the challenges in formulating transport policy in 2010.
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Eddington Transport Study
This note sets out the conclusions of the 2006 Eddington study into transport and the economy and subsequent responses to it.
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Research Briefing
Expansion of Heathrow Airport
This paper gives an overview of both the transport and environmental policy background in which this decision has been taken; the planning aspects of the proposal; its anticipated environmental impacts; and relevant statistical issues.
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Research Briefing
Aviation and Climate Change
Aviation and Climate Change. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/08
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Civil Aviation Bill (Bill 12 2005-06)
Civil Aviation Bill (Bill 12 2005-06). House of Commons Library research Paper 05/51
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Transport (Wales) Bill (Bill 4 of 2005-06)
The Transport (Wales) Bill (Bill 4 of 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/36.
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Transport (Wales) Bill (Bill 15 of 2004/05)
The Transport (Wales) Bill (Bill 15 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/04.
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