CBI head: third Heathrow runway a “no-brainer”

Posted on 22 Jul 2013

Sir Mike Rake, the new president of the CBI, urged the government to tackle the aviation capacity crisis immediately, saying that a third runway at Heathrow is a “no-brainer”.

“I’m not sure how much longer we can delay aviation capacity decisions, because we could have built a third runway the amount of time we’ve spent discussing it. It’s been going on, what, five, six years? But from my personal perspective, it’s a no-brainer,” he said. Sir Mike also called for a second runway to…

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