Heathrow launches fresh bid to build third runway as it presses ahead with £2.3bn upgrade
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Heathrow is in talks with the Government about controversial plans for a third runway and has announced a £2.3billion upgrade. Europe’s busiest airport is in fresh discussions with ministers and airlines in its latest push in a long battle to expand.
Chief executive Thomas Woldbye wants to boost existing infrastructure -while drumming up support for a third runway. Negotiations have been given a shot in the arm after Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and a French investment giant took control of the airport this week.
Uncertainty over its ownership after Ferrovial announced its intention to sell led to a lull in lobbying efforts. Woldbye is now seeking a ‘clear steer’ that the Government will back a third runway. In 2018 Heathrow was given the green light for a runway enabling an extra 260,000 flights a year, after more than a decade of debate.
Third runway: Heathrow, which is already Europe's busiest airport, is in fresh discussions with ministers and airlines in its latest push in a long-running battle to expand capacity. But plans, that would see much of the villages of Harmondsworth, Sipson and Longford destroyed, stalled amid staunch opposition from green groups and local campaigners And the cabinet is reportedly split over whether to back expansion.
