Mayor calls for new London area airport
- Latest News
- Thursday, 20 January 2011
"The capital's airports are full, our runways are jammed and we risk losing jobs to Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Madrid or other European cities should we fail to act," Johnson said.
"We need to start planning for a brand new airport that can help meet the ever-increasing demand for aviation and act as a hub, particularly to the rest of the UK."
A recent report claims Heathrow has slipped to seventh place in terms of destinations served.
The number of destinations that can be directly accessed from Heathrow now stands at 157 compared to 235 from Frankfurt and 224 for Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport.
The report also said that Heathrow handles around 75,000 more passengers a day than it was built for.
