UK should demand cost pledge for new runway: airline bosses
A guarantee will incentivise Heathrow to stick to its spending plan, says Virgin Atlantic chief executive Craig Kreeger
London
BRITISH lawmakers should force Heathrow to promise not to raise passenger charges before they give the airport the green light to build a new runway, airline bosses said on Tuesday.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has said that the government aims to give the formal go-ahead to a new runway at Europe's busiest airport in the first half of 2018 subject to consultation work and securing the backing of Parliament.
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