New owner does not plan second runway
08.02.10
Gatwick Airport's new owners have ruled out at a second runway for the foreseeable future. Its new chairman, Sir David Rowlands, told local conservationists the Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign (GACC) that he has ‘not a shred of interest’ in a second runway for the hub.
In a meeting with GACC, Sir David said that a new runway was not Government policy nor the policy of the airport's owners. He added that, even if the Government started to look more favourably at a second runway, the airport would have to ‘think very hard about spending £100 - £200 million on a planning application with an uncertain decision’.
GACC chairman Brendon Sewill said today: ‘This firm statement will kill off silly speculation, and remove a lot of uncertainty and anxiety. GACC will remain on guard. The Government and BAA previously ruled out new runways at Stansted and at Heathrow, only to announce them a few years later.’
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