The aviation crisis in the south east of England is so bad that all three London airports will need extending, according to a report by Conservative MPs.
“Creating new runways at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted could probably meet aviation demand for the next few decades,” the study says.
The report is part of a series of papers by Tory MPs for the economic ‘Growth Factory’ and suggests that at least one new runway is required by 2020.
It also suggests that London's three main airports may all need new runways to meet demand in future decades.
Local Heathrow MP Kwasi Kwarteng, the report’s author, told the Standard newspaper in London: “We can’t stick our head in the sand. In the future the richest countries are going to be flying more.....
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