Gatwick Airport have recently informed the Secretary of State of their intention to prepare an application for development consent for the increased use of their emergency runway.<\/p>
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The Department has not conducted a safety assessment on the basis that it will be for Gatwick Airport to prepare a safety, environmental, and economic case for the proposal which the Planning Inspectorate will examine through the development consent process.<\/p>
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The Department for Transport has made an estimate of the percentage change in real terms of the average financial cost to the individual of travelling by train and aircraft on journeys made in the UK. For travel by train, the Department publishes statistics on travel costs, based on data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in the Transport Statistics Great Britain compendium. This is available from Table TSGB1308 at the link below:<\/p>
Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total number of flights at Stansted where punctuality data was recorded<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Percentage of recorded flights delayed by more than an hour (%)<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number of recoded flights delayed by more than an hour<\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> 133,384<\/p><\/td> 2.9<\/p><\/td> 3,886<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> 144,341<\/p><\/td> 3.3<\/p><\/td> 4,763<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/p><\/td> 151,998<\/p><\/td> 4.6<\/p><\/td> 7,035<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/p><\/td> 161,270<\/p><\/td> 5.4<\/p><\/td> 8,657<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/p><\/td> 173,777<\/p><\/td> 10.0<\/p><\/td> 17,342<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Source: DfT Analysis of CAA Punctuality Data<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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