Aviation & The Environment

Aviation & The Environment

ARE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES LIKELY TO LIMIT YOUR GROWTH?
Airports seeking to expand are increasingly facing challenges between balancing the benefits of growth to customers and their bottom line with the detrimental impacts on local communities. We can help airports ensure that they are following best international practices in the management of their noise impacts and seek creative ways to improve the noise environment for nearby residents.

Investment

NEED HELP UNDERSTANDING WHICH AIRFIELD/ATM INVESTMENTS WILL REALLY BE BENEFICIAL?
There are many competing investments that airport and airport ANS provider can make, but which should be the priority and which are going to add the most to capacity, safety and the bottom line? Think Research can help simplify the complex. From our detailed understanding of concepts and technologies, to our ability to rigorously assess operational benefits together with a robust approach to investment appraisal we can help you to understand where to focus your investments to provide the best overall return.

Independent advice on a future European Airspace architecture Study

Independent advice on a future European Airspace architecture Study

The European Parliament requested the European Commission to conduct a study on the Single European Sky (SES) airspace architecture and more specifically, how changes to the existing airspace architecture could support implementation of the Single European Sky. The European Commission delegated the delivery of the airspace architecture study (AAS) to the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU).

Conceptual Safety Argument for Gatwick Airport

Conceptual Safety Argument for Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport is currently a large airport operating under High Intensity Runway Operations (HIRO) on a single runway. They wished to develop a concept to bring the existing Northern Runway into routine use. This required seeking permission through a Development Consent Order (DCO) to the planning inspectorate.

Remote Tower

Remote Tower

The technical feasibility of providing Air Traffic to a location other than the aerodrome had been proven as technically feasible in the late 2000s.  As part of the SESAR Development programme a consortium of European partners were tasked with creating a brand new operational concept and maturing it to a point where it could be implemented.