Report Findings Show Heathrow Expansion Best Option For Regions

Heathrow Hub, the independent proposal to expand Heathrow by extending the northern runway, welcomes the findings of the National Connectivity Task Force report, published yesterday.

Jock Lowe, Heathrow Hub director, commented: “The National Connectivity Task Force has found that a new runway at Heathrow is the best option for the UK’s regions and nations. The report has also found that whilst the decision to expand runway capacity in the UK has been delayed, Britain’s regions have been forced to rely on overseas hubs for international connectivity.  The report’s findings fully support our own research that only Heathrow can support the economic aspirations of all the regions and nations of the UK. Gatwick doesn’t have the transport connections or geographic advantages that make Heathrow so accessible to the whole country. Heathrow expansion will result in huge economic benefits that will spread across the UK, over and above that which would result from expansion at Gatwick. Heathrow is where airlines and passengers want expansion to take place.”