‘Boris Island’ or an expanded Heathrow?: making sense of UK airport policy

Roger Vickerman argues that there is a potential constraint on the wider economy of London which might provide a block to growth if there is no added runway capacity. There are two other options besides Heathrow, which in many ways is the easiest option: build a new airport to modern hub standards with four runways, or develop a network of regional airports in the South East as a distributed hub.