News / IAG chief slams Heathrow over lack of detail on third runway plans

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IAG chief executive Willie Walsh has slammed Heathrow’s chances of getting a new runway built on time and to budget despite the fact that the economic case for it has been there for “decades”.

Mr Walsh was speaking during a Transport Select Committee witness hearing on the Airports National Policy Statement for rolling out the third runway that was stamped last year.

“History does not demonstrate nor suggest Heathrow is in anyway capable of delivering on time or on budget,” Mr Walsh ...