Consultation on the status of Stansted airport

Closing date: 17 October 2007

Summary: The Secretary of State is consulting on whether Stansted airport meets the criteria that have been established for the designation and de-designation of airports.

Published date: 25 July 2007

Documents:


Consultation on the Status of Stansted Airport

The Secretary of State is consulting on whether Stansted airport meets the criteria that have been established for the designation and de-designation of airports.

Published:
25 July 2007

Annex A: The CAA's advice to the Secretary of State (3 Mb)

Published:
25 July 2007

Annex B: The Secretary of State's request for advice to the CAA (281 kb)

Published:
25 July 2007

Annex C: DfT's Draft Impact Assessment on the Regulatory Status of Stansted Airport (65 kb)

Published:
25 July 2007

Annex D: Stansted Airport's Public Interest and Accounts (29 kb)

Published:
25 July 2007

Annex E: Code of Practice on Consultation

Published:
25 July 2007

Annex F: List of Consultees

Published:
25 July 2007

Decision on the regulatory status of Stansted airport (225 kb)

This document sets out the Secretary of State for Transport’s (Secretary of State/ Department for Transport — DfT) decision about whether Stansted airport should continue to be designated under Section 40 of the Airports Act 1986.

Published:
15 January 2008

Analysis of the third criterion

This describes the advice from the CAA, respondents material and the analysis in relation to the third criterion. The decision document summarises the analysis and conclusions in this note.

Published:
25 February 2008

DfT modelling results

This describes how the DfT modelling facilities (NAPALM, also known as SPASM) were used to help inform views about i) passengers’ willingness to substitute between airports (including the size of the geographic markets surrounding Manchester and Stansted airports); and ii) shadow prices that might arise at Manchester and Stansted airports in the future (which might help to inform views about when the operators of these airports might acquire market power).

Published:
25 February 2008

Peer Review of the Analysis underlying the Decisions (32 kb)

Peer Review of the Analysis underlying the Decisions relating to the Designation Status of Manchester and Stansted Airports, taken by the Secretary of State for Transport in January 2008 (Martin Cave, Warwick Business School).

Published:
15 January 2008

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