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Welcome

Agenda

0930 Welcome – Graham Lake, Facilitator 0940 Gatwick Airport Overview and Proposed Action Plan, Charles Kirwan-Taylor, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director 1000 National Air Traffic Services (NATS), Ian Jopson, Head of Environmental and Community Affairs 1015 easyJet, Stuart MacDonald, Chief Flight Officer, Gatwick 1030 Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Stuart Lindsey, Manager, Airspace 1045 Questions and Answers 1130 Close

Charles Kirwan-Taylor

Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability

Tuesday 26th April 2016

Background

• Gatwick Airport Independent Arrivals Review
• Bo Redeborn and Graham Lake appointed by Gatwick Airport Board
• Extensive engagement with all stakeholders through September 2015 –

January 2016

• Published 28th January 2016

Aim

To ensure:

• Everything that can reasonably be done to alleviate the problems which

local communities are raising is in fact being done, and;

• The mechanisms which Gatwick has adopted for providing information to

the local community and for handling complaints have been fully adequate for the task

Review Findings

• 23 recommendations
• Real opportunities to alleviate, significantly, the noise issues from Gatwick

arrivals

• Can only be realised fully if all the parties involved work together
• Gatwick Airport, NATS, CAA, DfT, local air traffic control and airlines

Progress to date

• Of 23 recommendations, one (number 19) required Gatwick to publish its

response no later than 31st March 2016

• Gatwick published response on 31st March 2016, available

www.gatwickairport.com/noise

• Gatwick Arrivals Review, Overview and Proposed Action Plan
• Gatwick accepts, or is minded to accept, all 23 recommendations

What does this mean?

• Further community engagement is needed, together with closer work with

stakeholders

• Subject to six week period of community engagement – 31st March – 16th

May

• Ensures time for further analysis to understand full impact of implementation

Priorities

• Recommendation 01 – Airbus 320 family, retro-fitting of modification
• Recommendation 05 – Increasing the height of commencement of

Continuous Descent Arrival (CDA) from 6,000 ft to 7,000 ft

• Recommendation 10 – widening of arrivals swathe to the east and west of

the airport

• Recommendation 18 – Noise Management Board

Noise Management Board (NMB)

• Proposed Independent Chairman – Bo Redeborn. Group no larger than 10-

12 members

• Membership proposed – CAA, NATS, DfT, ANS, Airline, Chair of GATCOM,

East and West Community Representatives, two County Council representatives

• Invite sent out for County Council nominations, as well as nominations

through Parish, Town and Borough councils for Community Representatives

• Planning meeting to be held 18th May 2016, with first NMB scheduled for

21st June 2016

What Next?

• ArrivalsReview@gatwickairport.com
• Tuesday 26th April community engagement event
• 31st May publish Final Action Plan
• www.gatwickairport.com/noise

How to provide feedback

By email:

ArrivalsReview@gatwickairport.com

By post:

Gatwick Airport Arrivals Review FREEPOST RTRB-LUUJ-AGBY c/o PPS Group Sky Light City Tower 50 Basinghall Street London EC2V 5DE

Website:

www.gatwickairport.com/noise

Please include your full name and address (including email) so that we can contact you for clarification if necessary. Your feedback will be collected and analysed by PPS (Local & Regional) Ltd on behalf of Gatwick

• Airport. PPS will provide a report summarising

feedback received. Your personal details will be held securely by PPS and Gatwick Airport, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2000, and will be used solely in connection with the Arrivals Review and will not be passed to any third parties.