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Expanding the UK’s hub capacity through a new runway at Heathrow is the right decision to improve connectivity and competition.

The CBI has responded to the Department for Transport’s Consultation on the Draft Airports National Policy Statement: New runway capacity and infrastructure at airports in the South East of England.

Read the full Consultation response here

Our response argues that:

• The UK’s future prosperity depends on the delivery of additional airport capacity in the South East
• Expanding the UK’s hub capacity through a new runway at Heathrow is the right decision now in order to improve connectivity and competition and must be done in the most efficient and cost-effective way
• This will drive trade and investment, and boost growth right across the country
• Heathrow expansion must be the starting point for more strategic thinking on UK aviation, maximising existing capacity and ensuring long term needs can be met.