News / Forwarders call for a new approach to revive Heathrow expansion plan

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UK freight forwarders have urged the government to work with Heathrow Airport to get its planned expansion back on track, following yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling that the project was unlawful.

Robert Keen, director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) said: “The owners of Heathrow Airport have made it clear that while it will appeal to the Supreme Court on the one issue that was not dismissed – the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS), which approved the project in ...