Criticism of ‘no expansion’ aviation policy continues to gather media momentum

Pro-business commentators’ criticism of the Government’s policies on the expansion of aviation capacity are becoming more and more strident. Rik Thomas reports

In terms of column inches, the aviation policies of the major political parties remained the dominant transport issue in the media as October drew to a close. On October 29, for example, Sunday Telegraph business editor Kamal Ahmed, who has long been a proponent of aviation expansion in the south-east of England, described the current government’s aviation policy as “a messy, illogical mess”. “Although there is a major review of aviation policy at present grinding its...

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