logo

The HEATHROW Expansion Assignment

12 Pages3241 Words138 Views
   

Added on  2020-10-05

The HEATHROW Expansion Assignment

   Added on 2020-10-05

ShareRelated Documents
THE HEATHROW EXPANSION
The HEATHROW Expansion Assignment_1
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................1TASK 1...........................................................................................................................................1ENVIRONMENTAL.........................................................................................................................1ECONOMIC....................................................................................................................................4SOCIAL.........................................................................................................................................6CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................8REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................9
The HEATHROW Expansion Assignment_2
INTRODUCTIONLondon Heathrow Airport is one of the largest international airport in London withregarded to as 2nd busiest airport in Europe. It in 2017 is having record of handling about 78million passengers with increase of about 3.1% (Gillen and Starkie, 2015). Thus it is playingmajor role into upgrading and developing the economy of UK with providing 2.3 million jobshelping other sectors like creative industries and financial service as well. Into this particularreport discussion would be made upon factors which are against and for favour of expansion ofLondon Heathrow Airport by 3rd runway and 6th terminal. The factors which would be consideredwould be that of PESTLE focusing majorly on Environmental, Economic and Social so thatarguments could be set.TASK 1EnvironmentalFigure 1: London Heathrow – Third Runway[Source: Heathrow still front runner for expansion despite setback, 2018]As the decision to expand the airport was taken by government cabinet committee whichwas headed by PM Theresa May in 2018. This decision was regarded to be taken into nationinterest and benefitting whole country that would be completed by 2026. However there arecertain factors which need to be considered before deciding over whether to expand the airport ornot. One of which are Environmental factors that are affecting the surrounding and impactingecological aspects as well (Airport environmental impacts, 2018). Environmental ImpactAssessment (EIA) is that procedure which is used to apply of those projects which are taken overby individual companies and could have impact on ecosystem. So as per its concern it could beadded that expansion of the airport could be impacting soil, humans, flora and fauna, air, climate1
The HEATHROW Expansion Assignment_3
change, cultural heritage, water, material assets and landscape as well. So some of the factorsagainst and some in favour of this expansion are explained as under:Figure 2: Airport environmental impacts[Source: Airport environmental impacts, 2018]Arguments for:Use of technology- It could be noted that development into technology will be largelymitigating many of the negative impacts of airport. So to deal with this ever emerging problemcompany could be using latest and modern technology and design the planes to make them moreefficient. They could also be using another form of fuel for their planes like biofuels, hydrogen,solar panels and batteries (Griggs and Howarth, 2016). All these will be saving earth fromdegrading of environment by the engine of aircraft and planes could also run on kerosene. Sustainability leadership plan for London Heathrow Airport 2.0- As it was included intotheir sustainability program that they would strictly adhere to all environmental limits such asthat of carbon emission (Airport environmental impacts, 2018). Thus the plan include that theexpansion of airport is not only choice between economy and environment but rather it isconsidering positive impacts to both of these. Different from 2009- It was also included that Heathrow have learnt from their pastmistake as they expanded in the year 2009 as well. So this new expansion would be different andmore advance then took place previously. Into this new developed plan London Heathrow wouldconsider less number of people getting affected by noise, low number of residential propertiesdestroyed and then there would be more green space for all wildlife or people living in nearbyplaces. This is the reason as to why this project is named as Heathrow 2.0. As it was included2
The HEATHROW Expansion Assignment_4

End of preview

Want to access all the pages? Upload your documents or become a member.

Related Documents
London Heathrow Airport Expansion Plans
|15
|3727
|190

Managing Quality in Hospitality, Tourism and Events Assignment - London Heathrow
|11
|2973
|142

Airport Planning Toolkit
|14
|3477
|193

Analyzing Opportunities for Aviation Sector from Third Runway at Heathrow Airport, London
|11
|2548
|340

Airport Planning Toolkit
|13
|4032
|4

Impact of Heathrow Expansion: A Theoretical Analysis
|53
|16948
|444