Signing off in style
A Border Force official has quit his job at Stansted Airport with a resignation letter which really does put the icing on the cake.
Airport goes back to basics
Stansted Airport is going back in time by using Suffolk Punch Horses to help manage its ancient woodland just beyond the end of the runway.
£1.5 billion sale of Stansted to Manchester
The company formerly known as BAA is to sell Stansted airport to the Manchester Airports group for £1.5 billion.
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RAIL: CROSSCOUNTRY, ESSEX AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Delays possible on CrossCountry between Cambridge and Stansted Airport due to an earlier broken down train.
MPs reject plans for Essex island airport
Plans for a new island airport off the Essex coast have been rejected by MPs.
Members of the Parliamentary Transport Committee say the proposals, backed by London Mayor Boris Johnson, are unworkable without public investment and would also have an impact on wildlife.
The committee also recommended at least one new runway at Heathrow and better rail links to Stansted Airport.
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ROAD: A120, STANSTED AIRPORT, ESSEX
A120 partially blocked due to an accident, two vehicles involved at M11 J8a / Round Coppice Road (Stansted Airport).
Additional 1.5m could use Stansted Airport
Stansted Airport could attract an additional 1.5m passengers a year if transport links to the Essex airport was improved a report has claimed.
Research by the London Assembly says around 47% of Stansted airport's available runway take-off and landing slots were unused.
Around 5% of Luton airport's available slots were unused. The report says passengers could be encouraged to switch from Heathrow by improving transport access from central London.
Calls to end night flights at Stansted Airport
Campaigners are calling for night flights to and from Stansted Airport to be phased out. The Stop Stansted Expansion group has presented a 10,000 word submission to a government consultation on night flying at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports.
Airlines, freight carriers and the Royal Mail are also expected to make submissions during the consultation process.
Stansted to launch hi-tech boarding scanners
Stansted airport is to unveil new hi-tech scanners to screen passengers.
The airport is to launch a £1.2m scanners to replace manual boarding pass checks. The system works along similar lines to London's Oyster card.
It will automatically verify that passengers are travelling on the correct flight.
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Signing off in style
by Elodie Harper
A Border Force official has quit his job at Stansted Airport with a resignation letter which really does put the icing on the cake.
Read the full storyStansted wins top industry award
Stansted Airport has won an Air Cargo World Excellence Award for the way it deals with freight traffic.
The Essex airport received the prize in the European category of the awards.
Stansted is one of the largest air freight hubs in the UK. It sends more than 200,000 tonnes of cargo to destinations across the world every year.
Passenger numbers up at Stansted
Stansted Airport handled almost 4% more passengers last month, compared to the same time last year.
The Essex airport saw more than 1.34 million passengers pass through in March 2013.
This was 3.8% more than in March last year, with planes flying 79% full last month compared with 77% in March 2012.
Stansted handled more than 17.5 million passengers in the 12 months ending in March 2013 - a fall of 1.8% on the previous 12-month total.
– Stansted Airport spokesperson"The passenger figures for March 2013 reflect a good monthly operational performance and a solid winter schedule overall. It's encouraging to see monthly passenger numbers in growth."
TRAVEL: Disruption to Stansted Express service
There's disruption on the Stansted Express service between Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport due to emergency engineering works between Cheshunt and Broxbourne.
Passengers for Stansted Airport are advised to travel to Witham, where a replacement bus service will transfer them to the airport. There is no estimate for when a normal service will resume. The work is also affecting Greater Anglia services.
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