Government to look again at London airport capacity
30.11.11
Chancellor George Osborne hinted at possible Government support for a ‘Boris Island’ new airport for London, or new runways at other London airports excluding Heathrow, in his budget speech. He said: ‘We will explore all the options for maintaining the UK's aviation hub status, with the exception of a third runway at Heathrow.’
London Mayor Boris Johnson is keen on a Thames Estuary airport for the capital, while architect Lord Foster has also put forward plans for a four-runway estuary airport capable of handling 150 million passengers a year. The Government has already ruled out a third runway at Heathrow airport in west London, with a new runway at Gatwick blocked by a local agreement until at least 2019. Plans to link Heathrow and Gatwick to form a 'virtual hub' have also been raised.
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