Rethinking Aviation

The future of aviation and airport infrastructure in the UK is uncertain.

The new Coalition Government has ruled out any new runways at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports, yet demand for air travel is expected to continue rising.  How do we manage growing demand for air transport against the need to protect our environment? Can surface transport provide alternatives to domestic short-haul flights?

This report discusses these topics and highlights the tough choices that will need to be taken.

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Aviation 2040

Rethinking Aviation

ICE commissioned Arup’s Foresight and Innovation group to design an agenda for and facilitate a series of two workshops to build and test scenarios for the future of UK aviation and airport infrastructure to the year 2040.