"sources close to the inquiry, which will recommend where a new runway for London should be built, claimed Davies would set out three options for extra airport capacity in the south-east in the interim report: a third Heathrow runway, a four-runway Heathrow, and another runway at both Heathrow and Gatwick"
or maybe not
"Davies said it was "untrue" that all options he would recommend would involve a Heathrow runway"
"One source said Davies had been asked by No 10 to broaden the shortlist to avert any outcry about Heathrow. But this could not be verified."
Heathrow third runway being pushed ahead by government, says Goldsmith | Environment | The Guardian