News / A freight budget at last – Heathrow cargo chief draws up his wish list

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Heathrow has been given the green light to spend £43m on its cargo activities – but input from carriers could stretch the budget further.

Head of Heathrow Cargo Nick Platts has long campaigned for a freight budget, and now has a five-point plan for the cash.

But one item on hiss wish list – a “forecasting and insights workstream”, which would give the airport better information on its cargo activities – is actually data the airlines already have.

“It would give us a macro level forecast with ...