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How to fund Heathrow's expansion

How to fund Heathrow's expansion

The airport should be allowed to sell the slots it creates

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The government has all but announced that Heathrow and Gatwick will each be allowed to build an additional runway. This is sensible.1 Heathrow, our only hub airport and our principal business airport, has been constrained for a generation. No wonder our living standards are stagnating.

The Gatwick proposal is straightfo…

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