Returning holidaymakers who have left their vehicles in the long-term parking area at Stansted Airport could be in for a rude awakening.
Drivers returning to the airport may wish they had remained on holiday when the discover that theirs may be one of 24 cars incinerated in a recent fire which swept through the long stay bay at the London transport hub.
A joint Police and Fire Service investigation has been launched to try and determine the exact cause of the blaze which saw the two dozen vehicles destroyed and an untold number of the travelling public affected.
Initial reports have suggested that [...]

The world’s largest hire car company, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, is set to open a new Stansted Airport office as it continues to expand its network.
The branch represents further enhancement to its UK operation whilst offering local residents and businesses access to the company’s extensive fleet of cars and light commercial vehicles.
The new office will bring the number of rental locations for Enterprise to well over 300, with the new branch being located in Car Park G in the Rental Returns area of Stansted Airport.
Managing Director of the South East Region for Enterprise, Khaled Shahbo, claimed: “The new Stansted Airport branch is [...]

Ryanair has just recently announced that it will be doing a 40 percent cutback in capacity to its Stansted services this winter. This means the number of operational aircraft will be down from 40 to 24.
The chief executive for Ryanair, Mr. Michael O’Leary, has cited Stansted’s high passenger fees as the main reason for the big reduction. He went on to say that the increase in the airport passenger duty from £10 to £11 in November, despite the current aviation downturn, plays a role in it as well.
Mr. O’Leary went on to say that, sadly, the UK traffic and tourism [...]

Concerns that the current economic crisis would mean that holidaymakers would stay at home during the Christmas season were confirmed when the British Airports Authority, the largest airport operator in Britain, reported that their passenger numbers dropped by 6.9% during the month of December in comparison to last year.
The Gatwick Airport saw the biggest fall in traffic, where it fell by 13.8%, which is partly due to the move of some of the airport’s transatlantic flights to the London Heathrow Airport, along with the collapse of Zoom Airlines, which dealt specifically with North American services. The Stansted Airport witnessed [...]

Gatwick Airport could possibly see a second runway expansion rather than Stansted Airport or Heathrow Airport with secret plans being created by the companies who are bidding to purchase the second biggest airport in Britain. On Wednesday of last week, the Competition Commission supported the idea effectively, calling on the government to change their aviation policy. Their statement threatens to reveal state policy during a period when the Cabinet is having a dispute over building a 3rd runway at the Heathrow Airport.
If Gatwick Airport is to have an expansion, as many as 300 homes would be destroyed. [...]

The Competition Commission said yesterday that the British Airports Authority should be made to sell two more of their airports in the United Kingdom, one in London along with Gatwick Airport and another in Scotland. Pending a final decision to occur in March, they believe that they should have to sell Gatwick Airport and Stansted Airport in London, as well as Edinburgh Airport in Scotland. They didn’t set a timetable for the sale of the properties as of yet.
Colin Matthews, the Chief Executive of the British Airports Authority, said that they will continue to fight the forced sale. [...]

The plan for a second Stansted Airport runway has been pushed back, not to be built for nearly another decade, according to reports on Tuesday. The Civil Aviation Authority has taken the Competition Commission’s recommendation to exclude the project, which is worth £2.3 billion, from the price regime over the next 5 years until March 2014.
This decision means that the British Airports Authority, the owner of Stansted Airport, won’t have any funding from increased fees in order to finance the development work until another price regime is initiated in 6 years. The watchdog questioned the expansion’s urgency last [...]

The British Airports Authority has been warned by the Civil Aviation Authority that they may face more fines if they fail to increase the level of customer service at the Stansted Airport in London. The Civil Aviation Authority said that they are acting on the finding by the Competition Commission that the service performance of the airport has been unacceptably low at times during the last 5 years.
The British Airports Authority has already been given nearly £8 million in fines during the year after missing targets set for service, as well as for landing fees, at the Gatwick Airport [...]