Heathrow Airport is a major international airport located in London, United Kingdom. Owned by BAA Ltd, it is one of the largest airports in the world, and the busiest airport in Europe, and is possibly the most important hub in the world, with a high number of passengers who utilise Heathrow simply as a transit point between aircraft, in addition to large numbers of passengers destined or leaving London. Associated with these large volumes are environmental issues caused by the commensurate level of aircraft movements. BAA addresses these issues on its website, in an attempt to educate the public about the actions it takes as a company to compensate. Whilst some might criticise the measures BAA takes, they are important initiatives which go a long way to combat the environmental impacts of the operation of Heathrow. Nevertheless, there are additional measures that BAA could implement to further reduce the environmental footprint of the airport.
Crayston (1992) lists some of the environmental issues associated with aviation. These include aircraft noise, aircraft emissions, airport construction and land use problems, water and soil contamination, in addition to disposal of wastes and the environmental effects of aircraft accidents and incidents. Aircraft noise is a major annoyance to some people living in the vicinity of an aerodrome, whilst according to Vedantham and Oppenheimer (1998), aircraft emissions such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and mono-nitrogen oxides (NOX) contribute to the greenhouse effect and climate change, in addition to reacting with constituent gases of the atmosphere, producing acid rain, and affecting the production and destruction of ozone. Furthermore, aviation necessarily involves the use of large land areas f...
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We cannot dispute that automobiles, factories, and power plants, displace an unprecedented twenty tons of carbon monoxide - per person - per year. There needs to be a reduction in emissions, yet we cannot focus on this aspect of global warming alone. There are many indicators that climatic change is influencing the frequency and intensity of natural catastrophes. If scientific global climate models are accurate, the present problems will be magnified in the near future.
The biggest challenge for IT transformation of WestJet is the low-efficient communication, and it is difficult for CIO and IT staff to achieve a alignment. The objective of new IT transformation is IT-business alignment, which serves for the core competency (customer-centered services).
According to the International Air Transport Association, 2001 was only the second year in the history of civil aviation in which international traffic declined. Overall, it is believed that the IATA membership of airlines collectively lost more than US$12 billion during this time (Dixon, 2002).
Pollution is a major problem for all of us. People need to recognize this situation so we can start making a difference to this problem. In order to start making a difference, the federal government should increase gasoline tax by one dollar a gallon. Fifty percent of this dollar will go towards public transportation, since passenger cars and trucks are a major contribution towards air pollution, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, E.P.A (10/4, http://www.epa.gov/autoemissions/emsns.html). Due to the expected increase after this is put forth, the remaining fifty percent of the dollar will go towards safety on these transits. When public transportation increases, air pollution will decrease, which will lessen the harmful health risks towards the environment.
The Economist. 2013. Flying into more flak. [online] Available at: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2013/08/ryanair [Accessed: 26 Mar 2014].
British Airways has many responsibilities towards its stakeholders. The primary responsibility of British Airways towards the general public is to provide reliable, economical and sustainable mode transport throughout world. The company has the responsibility to perform well financially so as to provide value to the investors. It also has the moral responsibility to use sustainable modes of transport that make optimum use of the limite...
Demand for air transport is growing constantly and, if this demand is to be met with all the benefits associated, the community or society must also accept the costs like pollution, aircraft noise, environmental change, risk, and resource consumption, etc. ). Problems 1. What is the difference between a Aircraft Noise The noise of aircraft was historically a major environmental issue for the airline. It is still high on the agenda of public concern. Noise disturbance has a variety of difficult issues to assess because it is open to self-reaction.
London Heathrow Airport is one of the major airports owned and operated by privatized company formerly known as British Airport Authority (BAA plc), now Heathrow Airport Holdings. Heathrow Airport Holdings owns and operates four major airports in the UK, including London Heathrow, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton. However, in this case study, London Heathrow would be the writer’s main interest as to look at the effect of its privatization and find the possible impacts that it might have on the economy and society in general.
a. Environmental Analysis: The international war on terror, with its attendant rising cost of oil has created havoc in a number of ways (Lufthansa Annual Report, 2004). Rising costs have resulted from the increase in fuel prices. Customer check-in wait times and flight time delays have resulted from new regulations designed to ensure passenger and plane safety, including more rigorous bag searches, more extensive passenger screening, and the like. This has resulted in customers paying higher prices and a less enjoyable flight experience.
BA’s approach towards corporate social responsibility on social is that it has decided to enable up to 500 applicants in a year to realize their dreams through the London 2012 Great Britain program. It is also taking initiatives in helping vulnerable children around the world. On environmental, BA is planning to reduce CO2 emission by 50% by 2050. It is also trying to reduce the noise per flight by 15% by 2015. BA has plans to recycle its waste up to 50 percent by 2010 and aims to send zero waste to landfill by 2010 across Heathrow and Gatwick. Waste management – increase their overall level of recycling to 60% by 2015 (britishairways.com, 2009).
Relevance: Air pollution is something that everyone should be concern, especially if we’re advancing a lot in technology, especially in vehicles and the importance of our air or the environment.
Airports are vast facilities covering many acres of land where passenger beginning the flight portions of their travels. The first flight by the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk, NC in 1903 only required a runway. As the technology of flight advanced to offer passenger service, there was soon a need for a building to manage passenger needs. Airports of today provide many key services needed for the traveler whether they are beginning, transferring, or ending their journeys. The demand for air transportation rises each year, according to the Department of Transportation (United States Department of Transportation, 2013) 815.3 passengers traveled by airplanes in 2012. With the demand expected to rise, airports must be able to keep pace with services. There are many different services provided however, this report will discuss terminal design, baggage handling, and ground access.
Tourism is an industry, with air transport becoming an indispensable factor. One major growing trend in airline industry is market globalization. People travel to other countries for both business and leisure purposes, leading to 7% increment in air travel per year. As a market is globalized, those involved will evolve into global customers who go in search of suppliers running on global base. This leads to a growth in business travel due to the global involvement of companies in terms of investments, production chain, supply and customers. Thus, the participation of air transport in facilitating the world trade is prodigious. Aviation implements another economic benefit of the air transport by providing consumer welfare to individuals while considering the environmental brunt such as the air quality, congestion and noise in the proximity of airports. Air transport being highly demanding has doubled the passenger numbers since the 1980s and over the last decade, it has increased by 45%. The huge growth and development of the aviation field has benefitted in heaps regarding
Air pollution is a type of pollution that can severely damage our environment as well as the earth’s atmosphere. Air pollution occurs all the time when the air contains many substances ...
Human activities add to the levels of these gasses, causing more problems. “Automobiles, heat from homes and businesses, and factories are responsible for about 80% of today's carbon dioxide emissions, 25% of methane emissions, and 20% of the nitrous oxide emissions.” (3) The increase in agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production, and mining contribute a significant share of emissions also. These gases that are released into the atmosphere are tracked by emission inventories. An emission inventory counts the amount of air pollutants discharged into the atmosphere. These inventories are important in studying the affects of global warming on the Earth.