Heathrow expansion per Colin Matthews on BBC audio and video 25 June 2008
June 25, 2008 at 9:10 am | In Heathrow, Heathrow expansion | 3 CommentsTags: Audio, BAA, BBC, Heathrow airport, Heathrow expansion, Matthews, Video
BBC TODAY programme interview this morning, 25 June 2008, was with BAA’s chief executive:
Heathrow’s third runway ‘needed’
Colin Matthews says Heathrow’s capacity must be expanded to include a third runway if it is to continue to compete.
Also today there is a brief video clip on the same topic:
Heathrow ‘needs a third runway’
Britain’s busiest airport, Heathrow, is “jam-packed” and needs a third runway to remain competitive globally, the head of its operator, BAA, says.
Colin Matthews spoke to the BBC’s Tom Symonds ahead of an aviation conference speech.
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hello everyone … we are doing a topic on heatrow expansions at the moment, and would appreciate some information to put in the reasearch. what are your opinions on the expansion, and what environmental impacts will there be?
Comment by Sophie GB — November 11, 2008 #
Leisure travel agents and UK business remain positive about bookings regardless of the deprived economic outlook, as per a survey by Amadeus, a distribution system firm and travel technology.
Comment by heathrow — May 21, 2009 #
Without denying the fact that it is possible to remain blindly optimistic in the face of an abundance of indications to the contrary, I do wonder what part of the planet that Amadeus survey covered.
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Passenger numbers have fallen off dramatically, and as I write the latest front page headline breaking news in the Times Online is this article from its business section:
Comment by inel — May 22, 2009 #