Masterplan would double jobs
10.12.06
A revised masterplan for East Midlands Airport, issued late last week, promises to double the number of jobs at the site to 15,000 by 2016. The plan, which also announced the renaming of the airport to 'East Midlands Airport - Nottingham Leicester and Derby', was released on Friday morning.
The plan predicts that passengers will be able to fly to twice as many destinations from the airport - 200 in total - in 10 years' time. It also includes measures that will eliminate emissions of CO² from ground operations or introduce alternative schemes by 2012. The plan promises to maintain night noise at 1996 levels up to 2016 despite a tenfold increase in cargo tonnage in same period and also promises not to build a second runway.
Other measures in the masterplan are tougher measures / penalties on night flights and noisy aircraft, no training flights on Saturdays (in addition to existing ban on Sundays and at night), substantial improvements in compensation grants for those living near to airport, increased routes, particularly long-haul, and investment in new technology to alleviate noise.
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