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London Heathrow Airport third runway U-turn ahead? [video]
Pressure from both inside and outside government is growing for a rethink on aviation policy which opposes a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport.
Goldsmith in runway quit threat
Zac Goldsmith says he will not stand as a Tory MP at the next election if the party backs a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
Benefits of HS2 were exaggerated, secret report reveals
Research which torpedoes HS2 business case was suppressed for three years, writes Andrew Gilligan.
Birmingham Airport campaign will see posters emblazoned across London Underground
BIRMINGHAM Airport is throwing down the gauntlet to Heathrow in its own backyard – to persuade London policymakers to back Brum’s bid for 36 million passengers a year.
Monday, 11 June 2012
BBC News
- London Heathrow Airport third runway U-turn ahead? [video]Pressure from both inside and outside government is growing for a rethink on aviation policy which opposes a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport.
- VIDEO: Estuary airport 'would close Heathrow'Former BMI airline boss Michael Bishop, now Conservative peer Lord Glendonbrook, said a new 'Boris Island' airport would be in the wrong area and lead to Heathrow closing to pay for it.
- Goldsmith in runway quit threatZac Goldsmith says he will not stand as a Tory MP at the next election if the party backs a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
Financial Times
- Jordan picks easyJet as Olympics carrierThe UK airline, the first to sponsor a foreign sports team, will fly its athletes and support staff between Amman and London this summer
The Guardian
- BAA's third Heathrow runway plans back on the agenda Heathrow expansion proposals can be submitted and upcoming government policy revamp could head off BAA legal action
The Telegraph
- Interview: Declan Collier, chief executive of London City Airport London must feel like an oasis of calm for Declan Collier. After the abuse he's endured in his home country of Ireland, it would have been a blessed relief to leave the Emerald Isle far behind.
- Birmingham Airport 'answer' to Heathrow capacity crisis Birmingham Airport is setting out to quash the Government’s “infatuation” with Heathrow and the South East and stake its claim as an alternative gateway that can help alleviate London’s aviation crisis.
Birmingham Mail
- Birmingham Airport campaign will see posters emblazoned across London UndergroundBIRMINGHAM Airport is throwing down the gauntlet to Heathrow in its own backyard – to persuade London policymakers to back Brum’s bid for 36 million passengers a year.
Other Regional Press
- Charles Dickens' relative hits out at airport plansHe says an airport in the Thames Estuary would destroy the area made famous by his great-great grandfather.
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