Cleared for take-off: Manston DCO is granted

18 Aug, 2022

After more than five long years of detailed scrutiny, RSP is delighted to confirm that it has finally received the redetermined Development Consent Order, from the Department for Transport, for its plans to invest up to £500 million in the potential of Manston Airport, in Kent.

NASA award-winning HyPoint to test Hydrogen Fuel Cell-equipped aircraft at Manston

27 Jul, 2022

HyPoint, the company developing zero carbon-emission turbo air-cooled hydrogen fuel cell systems for aviation and urban air mobility, today announced a partnership with RiverOak Strategic Partners which will enable HyPoint’s aviation customers to leverage the airport’s existing infrastructure, as well as planned new testing zones, at Manston to evaluate HyPoint’s hydrogen fuel cell system in their new or retrofitted aircraft. Both companies are committed to furthering the aviation decarbonisation efforts outlined in the UK’s Net Zero Strategy.

RAF Manston History Museum re-enactment event

2 Jun, 2022

We are delighted to have been sent these images from last week’s re-enactment event. What a great weekend! Find out more about the work of the museum by visiting its...

RSP responds to New Economics Foundation report

4 Feb, 2022

 It is not clear where the Manston emissions-cost calculations, quoted on Kent Live (“Taxpayers could foot £3.8 billion bill for Manston Airport carbon clean-up”), have come from – given that Manston was not even included in the report upon which the story is...