Union makes fresh call for Heathrow third runway
12.01.12
The GMB union has called on the Government to re-look at building a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The call comes after the Government approved the High Speed 2 (HS2) train line, which will link London to Birmingham in 49 minutes, but will not be ready until 2026 at the earliest and will not have a link to Heathrow until at least 2032.
The union claims building an additional runway at Heathrow will be much less time consuming and expensive building an airport hub in north Kent or the Thames estuary. Mick Rix, GMB national officer for the civil aviation industry, said ‘We are calling on all political parties to reopen the issue of the third runway at Heathrow. The site for a third runway at Heathrow is adjacent to the existing runways at the airport. Those with expertise to operate an international hub already live in West London. The transport links are mostly there already.'
‘Heathrow’s worldwide destinations are already decreasing, due to capacity constraints, which have not been addressed by successive governments. New runways at many European hub airports are already taking Heathrow business.’
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