face it - the opposition to just about any new runway in the UK is so high that no politician can stand up for it and get re-elected
The latest "study" conveniently ignored the pollution issue
The airline business does not help itself - every time more slots are created at LHR the number of destinations served drops and the extar slots are allocated to trans atlantic flights. People outside London see their connectivity at LHR disapearing.......
It's not too bad - we can use larger aircraft for the available slots, make more use of regional airports, divert shorthual to teh Chunnel