News / Gatwick runway bid ignores air cargo and argues hub airports are now irrelevant

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London Gatwick Airport yesterday put its case for another runway, but failed to set out its air cargo credentials. It also accused the Airports Commission of using flawed figures in its research.

CFO Nick Dunn, speaking at Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum, claimed that a second, “cheaper”, runway at Gatwick would bring identical economic benefits to a third runway at Heathrow.

He claimed that the figures were ignored by the Airports Commission, due to flawed methodology revealed by a Freedom of Information ...