Basil O’Fee of Northpoint presented on Improved Connectivity in Maritime and Peripheral Regions to the CPMR Policial Bureau, and focused his remarks on the catalytic impacts of aviation, the ACARE 2050 transport targets for EU citizens, and what EU state aid compliant tools are available to intervene positively to improve connectivity.
Paper accepted for presentation at the 2014 ATRS World Conference, Bordeaux, France, July 17-20.
Basil O’Fee, Dr Rico Merkert and Chris Cain are attending the first SPARA 2020 project gathering on 23rd September in Inverness Basil O’Fee is hosting a Tourism best practice site visits to Inverness and Orkney for Baltic Bird partners on 24th and 25th September connected with the Tourism Destination Development Guidelines Work packages Basil O’Fee […]
Smart Peripheral and Remote Airports 2020. The SPARA 2020 designation of a Northern Periphery Programme ‘preparatory programme’ concerns a new research initiative being prepared in collaboration with three public authorities concerned with transport and three academic institutions in Scotland, Norway and Sweden. Northpoint Aviation Services is providing specialist expert and coordinating support for this exciting […]
Northpoint Associate Basil O’Fee presented at this workshop in Bodø in Northern Norway on the subject of Challenges regarding air transport in remote and peripheral regions. The workshop was attached to a Baltic Region conference of peripheral and maritime regions (CPMR) meeting.
Northpoint consultant, Chris Cain has been a member of the London’s Mayor’s independent peer review group. The group has been asked to provide independent advice and expertise to the Mayor for the London airport capacity review, in a personal capacity. – See more at: http://www.london.gov.uk/media/mayor-press-releases/2013/07/mayor-of-london-sets-out-the-three-possible-locations-for-a-new#sthash.pGdMdOJP.dpuf
Basil O’Fee is presenting at an interesting meeting in Bodø entitled “Future Transport Solutions in a Northern Dimension Perspective” which is part of the CPMR Baltic Sea Commission General Assembly this week in Norway. Chris Cain is presenting at a Baltic Bird workshop meeting in Koli, Finland also this week, and some Northpoint associates plan to attend […]
Air freight is a key element of the supply chain in the advanced manufacturing sector. Goods worth £116 billion are shipped by air between the UK and non-EU countries, representing 35% of the UK’s extra-EU trade by value. …again from preamble to UK Aviation Policy Framework
“Globally, the aviation sector is responsible for about 1 to 2% of greenhouse gas emissions. In the UK, domestic and international aviationemissions account for about 6% of total greenhouse gas emissions or 22% of the transport sector’s greenhouse gas emissions. This compares to 40% of the transport sector’s greenhouse gas emissions that are emitted by […]
Northpoint Associate Dr Rico Merkert highlights an interesting aviation job in Australia. “This vacant position sounds extremely interesting…http://lnkd.in/vmtSDc“