In July 2002, the Secretary of State for Transport announced the start of a major UK Government consultation to examine and decide how the UK's air services and airports should develop over the next 30 years.

BAA published its responses to the consultations in the South East and East of England (SERAS) and Scotland. The responses evaluate the many options put forward by the Government on the basis of their operational aspects and their social, environmental and economic impacts.

Note: Since this response was submitted, BAA has sold Gatwick Airport Limited to an entity controlled by Global Infrastructure Partners (December 2009).

Responsible Growth: BAA's full SERAS response (5.45MB PDF)

Produced by BAA with technical input by AEA Technology, June 2003

BAA commissioned independent research to review the Government's air quality assessments, described in our submission Responsible Growth and in more detail within this report.

Introduction to the report (16KB PDF)

Appendices I and II (1,252KB PDF)

Appendix III (3,561KB PDF)

We asked a number of experts to undertake an independent assessment of the air quality modelling that informs our submission to the SERAS consultation.

View independent assessment (147KB PDF)

Eight-page summary (52KB PDF)

Two-page summary (35KB PDF)

Heathrow Airport plans (1.4MB PDF)

Gatwick Airport plans (1.65MB PDF)

Stansted Airport plans (1MB PDF)

Scottish consultation

Enabling Responsible Growth: BAA Scotland's response (4.2MB PDF)

The Government has been consulting on how aviation should meet its external costs by using economic instruments to tackle environmental impacts. BAA's response, Counting The Cost, sets out principles and range of instruments for dealing with aviation's environmental costs.

View Counting The Cost (255KB PDF)

Research by Volterra Consulting shows that aviation is the most heavily taxed form of public transport in Britain

The study is the first detailed assessment of the disparities in the tax and subsidy treatment of air, rail and bus travel. BAA commissioned the research to provide an authoritative independent examination of claims by pressure groups that aviation enjoys favoured tax treatment and is heavily subsidised.

Volterra Consulting: Fiscal Treatment of Public Transport (596KB PDF)

The Future of Hubbing in London (360KB PDF)

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