International Airport Review
Gabriel Higgins
15 October 2026
AirportsUK chair Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith said business rates are holding back airport investment, as Heidi Alexander highlighted expansion approvals, SAF policy and airspace modernisation.
The chair of AirportsUK, Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, has called on the UK Government to match its rhetoric on driving economic growth with action on airport business rates.
Speaking in her opening remarks at the AirportsUK Annual Conference: Airports in a Changing World on 14 October, Baroness McGregor-Smith said the government must:
“Ensure that we have a tax and regulatory framework that delivers a world-class aviation sector by encouraging and rewarding investment in the UK particularly business rates, which are proving such a brake on investment.”..
