BAA calls for long runway at Heathrow - Dominic O'Connell
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article2459633...
BAA has begun lobbying for a full-length new runway at Heathrow ahead
of the expected launch next month of a consultation document on
expansion of the London airport.
The move represents a switch for BAA, which has in the past advocated
only a short extra runway, suitable for the small aircraft used on
short-haul flights.
A full-length strip - Heathrow's existing runways are full-size at
about 4,000 metres - would allow more flights by larger, long-haul
aircraft.
BAA declined to comment, but industry sources confirmed the change in
policy. "They are pushing hard on a full-length runway - which I find
difficult to understand. I think it is because they think, possibly
rightly, that getting any new runway at Heathrow is going to be a
monumental battle, so they may as well go the whole way," said one
executive.
