News / UK freight community welcomes Airports Commission axe for Thames Estuary plan

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The UK’s freight community has welcomed a decision by the Airports Commission to reject a proposal to close Heathrow and build a hub airport in the Thames estuary.

The commission, set up by the government to examine the UK’s future airport requirements, has decided on a shortlist of three options: to extend an existing runway at LHR, or build a new runway at either LHR or Gatwick.

Both the Freight Transport Association and British International Freight Association had dismissed the Thames estuary ...