Heathrow: Yes - but we need a decision on future capacity now, says FTA

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Responding to Heathrow Airport’s release of ‘Heathrow – A new approach’ which details its plans for expansion published today (Wednesday 17 July), the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has said that “the third runway is badly needed but an ‘accelerated decision’ on enhanced airport capacity to meet existing and future air-freight requirements that serve our international trade needs to be made ‘sooner rather than later’ and stalling on that decision was detrimental to the UK economy.

Heathrow has submitted new runway proposals ...