News / Freight industry welcomes government green light for third Heathrow runway

25/10/2016

The UK government has finally greenlit the long-awaited expansion of Heathrow Airport with a third runway.

The Freight Transport Association was among industry bodies praising the decision, with deputy chief executive James Hookham “heartened” by a decision that indicates the government’s understanding of the role of logistics in ...

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Philip Vicary
October 25, 2016 at 3:01 pm
Need a dedicated updated Cargo Hub/Terminal/runway
Surely lower capacity ac caring passenger only (737 etc and no or limited belly cargo) should be directed to city airport or even RAF North-holt, thus freeing up slots for larger ac – increasing slots and better use of current capacity at LHR
Why not consider Military/Civil HUB – Brize Norton would be ideal (or is that to close to conservatives home land), similar to Frank-Furt
Why not use EMA during the day for CAO AC – DHL have Night time Flights only – day time goes to waste, I hope some bright spark in Government have thought of these ideas by now….OH and with HS2 why not open up Manchester / Birmingham, instead of a third runway at LHR – and swamping the UG and roads in/out of LHR

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