With COVID-19 causing a collapse in demand for air travel, does Great Britain still need a third runway at London Heathrow or a second one at London Gatwick?
Aviation Week’s London Bureau Chief Tony Osborne responds:
No matter how bad the downturn is now, the coronavirus pandemic is a blip—albeit a sizable one. If a government wanted to create jobs and investment to stave off the economic effects of the downturn, it could be argued that major infrastructure projects such as building runways would be one way of kick-starting the economy. And with Britain leaving the EU—regardless of whether you think that is a good thing or utterly disastrous—the UK needs to take a more global view. The nation will certainly need to build more international connections to its hub airport than what is possible with the capacity constraints of two-runway facilities...read here
