BIFA backs Airports Commission’s recommendations

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By LoadstarEditorial

18/12/2013

Following today’s interim report by the Airports Commission on airport capacity in the UK, the trade association for UK freight forwarders and logistics service providers has backed the report’s proposal that the UK must push ahead with expansion of capacity with new runways at Heathrow and Gatwick, as reflected in the report’s short list.

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