Sentences with phrase «east runway capacity»
Let's legislate to end years of stalling over South East runway capacity, ensure the Northern Powerhouse burns bright and build homes for a million young people with new Garden Cities — at a scale never imagined before.
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While additional runway space is clearly needed, could more investment in technology innovation provide a more long - term answer to the South East's air travel capacity challenge?
Amongst them, London First, which represents leading employers in the capital, has said that if London is to remain globally competitive, «new runway capacity in London and the South East will be required.»
I represent a constituency with Manchester airport partially in it; I understand all about the local pressures — but you've got to as a nation be able to overcome those and make a sensible decision about where that extra runway capacity in the South East should go.»
The Chancellor, George Osborne, in an interview in September 2012, stated: «I'm firmly in the camp of we need more airport capacity in the south - east of England, we need more runway capacity in the south - east of England.»
Proposals to increase airport capacity in London and the South East have attracted huge controversy, particularly the plans for a third runway at Heathrow and a new airport in the Thames Estuary.
But he added: «As we haven't built a single runway in the south east of England capable of handling Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s for over 70 years, the difficulty of increasing capacity is obvious.»
A third runway at Heathrow is just one of many in this complex area of policy: extra capacity at other airports can be expanded; an extra runway could be constructed elsewhere in the south - east; and the regional airports are keen to have their say too.
The chancellor told the Andrew Marr Show on BBC1: «We need more runway capacity in the south east of England.
Ken O'Toole, London Stansted chief executive, said: «We're delighted that Emirates has recognised the strength of London Stansted's catchment and the opportunity that our available runway capacity gives them to continue growing in the South East of England over the next decade.
Lord Adonis will discuss the urgent transport challenges facing the UK, in particular the contentious issue of runway capacity in the south - east of England.
O'Toole, in his new role as chief executive, London Stansted Airport, will lead the airport as it plays a role in providing runway capacity in the south - east of England over the next ten - 15 years.