Papers suggest Thames Estuary airport is no longer just Boris’ fantasy island

Long dismissed as a ‘pie in the sky’ concept, the idea of a new hub airport in the Thames Estuary has become a serious policy option for the Government, at least if the papers are to be believed.

“The idea of a new hub airport on reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary has been attacked as far-fetched: but it is being taken increasingly seriously by senior figures in the coalition,” The Financial Times said on November 18, two weeks after LTT reported on this possibility (LTT 4 Nov). “An estuary scheme would help the Government fill a glaring gap in its evolving aviation strategy: how to tackle an impending lack of airport capacity in the economically critical south-east...

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