Sir Howard Davies' recommendations underline the fundamental weaknesses of Heathrow Airport as a global hub and highlights the continued absence of a longer term UK aviation strategy, says Alistair Lenczner
Coping with a potential 11M population in the capital by 2030 means planning today, for the housing, transport, power required and moving Heathrow out of west London, says the Mayor's design advisor Daniel Moylan.
Politicians and engineers line up against Davies recommendation to expand Heathrow in favour of developing under-exploited Stansted – and Thames Estuary still the right solution, says Boris.
Long awaited decision to recommend new runway at Heathrow is welcomed by business leaders but must be embraced by government to ensure that capacity comes on line swiftly
Will it be Heathrow, will it be Gatwick? It has been confirmed that the results will be out on 1 July. So you are prepared, here are the costs and implications presented by commission in its last interim report in Novemer last year.