Stansted residents urged to take part in public consulation
Residents living under Stansted Airport’s easterly and southerly departure routes are being urged to give their feedback on proposed changes.
There are just four weeks to go until the NATS consultation closes on September 8, following its launch on 16 June.
The proposal concerns a change to the use of the existing routes for departures to the east and south of Stansted. No new routes are proposed, only different usage of the existing routes.
The proposal aims to direct the majority of daytime flights from Stansted that currently fly on a route heading south from the airport onto the existing route heading to the east. This is in order to avoid Heathrow traffic congestion, which currently keeps Stansted’s southbound aircraft low, often below 7,000 feet until the Thames Estuary and sometimes well into Kent.
Switching daytime traffic from the south to the east departure route will allow the flights to climb continuously, reducing CO2 emissions and overall noise.
It will eliminate regular daytime departures for a large area to the south of the airport, but in doing so would double the number of flights on the existing route to the east.
The consultation is being supported by Stansted Airport.
NATS is urging the public to have their say and respond via www.nats.aero/lampstansted.
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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