How on earthdid they not know this ?
Well it's the Conservatives who sold it off, let's not pretend they don't know this stuff. The Civil Service certainly does.
HeathrowHub does not own Heathrow Airport, bit of a misleading name. Hence the best option remains the preferred commission view of a new third runway. #dejavu
Heathrow investors snub Grayling call for Hub commitment
This was the double length runway that the commision dismissed. Grayling is scrabbling for "another way", something to fix in two weeks which no one in 70 years has managed?
However, insiders said on Tuesday that Mr Holland-Kaye had been told by his shareholders that acknowledging any support for the rival scheme would be a tactical error so close to an announcement by the Government.
Quite clearly!
"An extended runway will deliver all the economic benefits and new capacity of a third runway but at lower environmental, social and financial cost."
It really won't deliver the same benefits IMHO, which is why it was the, in their own words, "the rank outsider"...