Airports

Mayor warns regions over Heathrow expansion

London Mayor writes to leaders of cities and regions to warn that half the flights between Heathrow and the rest of the UK would be scrapped if a third runway was given the go ahead.

7 years 6 months ago
Video: Robbie Owen on Heathrow and the Infrastructure Commission

We are getting better at infrastructure delivery and a third runway could be built at Heathrow by 2020, Pinsent Masons’ senior partner Robbie Owen tells Antony Oliver.

7 years 6 months ago
Business chiefs ramp up pressure to fast track Heathrow runway

Joint letter calls for Government backing for Airports Commission recommendation and early Parliamentary vote.

7 years 6 months ago
Airport Industry needs ‘real world’ experiences with noise if expansion is to continue

Sticking to old fashion techniques for assessing the noise impacts of aircraft on local communities will only hold back public acceptance of vital airport development, says Temple Group's Dani Fiumicelli.

7 years 6 months ago
Video: CBI’s Katja Hall – UK needs “strong political leadership” over Heathrow

As government begins its assessment of the recent Davies recommendation for a third runway at Heathrow, CBI deputy director general Katja Hall underlines the £31bn price of delay and need for “diggers in the ground by 2020”.

7 years 6 months ago
Airports committee launch hints at serious effort to decide on new capacity

PM to chair high level committee to consider Davies commission recommendations.

7 years 6 months ago
UK air transport capacity - the Heathrow arithmetic just doesn't stack up

Our challenge is that the proposition we have from the Airports Commission of one additional runway at Heathrow airport will not deliver what everyone is rightly calling for, says Rod MacDonald

7 years 7 months ago
Video: Lord Adonis. Cameron must "eat his words" to deliver Heathrow expansion

Expansion at Heathrow is "deliverable but only with political will" - clear government leadership and decision is now needed, says former transport minister Adonis.

7 years 7 months ago
Video: Interview with Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye

Time for the infrastructure design and construction supply chain to engage with Heathrow ahead of a 2020 target start date to build the airport of the future, says Holland-Kaye.

7 years 7 months ago
Osborne promises action to tackle UK aviation congestion

Davies recommendations must be considered ahead of any plans being put before Parliament “in the autumn”, says Chancellor

7 years 7 months ago