Airport boss welcomes Conservative Heathrow stance
07.10.09
The chief executive of Birmingham Airport has said the hub could act as an alternative to Heathrow’s third runway, the Post reports. Paul Kehoe said the Conservative's plans to scrap the third runway would help the city claw back passengers who leave the region to fly from London airports.
Mr Kehoe made his comments to the newspaper after Teresa Villiers, shadow secretary of state for transport, said expanding Birmingham Airport would be a greener option at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester yesterday. She also said that the planned high-speed rail link from London to Birmingham would enable the airport to attract more passengers.
Mr Kehoe told the newspaper: ‘Birmingham is ready to respond to any current or future Government initiatives. We already attract passengers from the home-counties who choose the convenience, choice and accessibility of Birmingham. We have plenty of capacity and, linked to high-speed rail, we are uniquely positioned to not only claw back people from our own region but to attract passengers from the overheated South-east.'
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