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Thames estuary airport

2 September 2014

  • An aircraft takes off from Heathrow airport in west London on 2 September 2014.

    The Guardian view on Britain’s aviation addiction, as Boris Johnson’s airport plan gets turned down

  • Boris Johnson silhouette

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Gatwick may be the least bad solution to Britain's airport crisis

  • Boris Johnson

    Boris Johnson: Heathrow third runway would be an error - video

  • Heathrow airport traffic

    Boris Johnson attacks 'myopic' Airports Commission as estuary plan is rejected

1 September 2014

  • Airport expansionor

    CBI appears to back Heathrow over Gatwick for airport expansion

    Report triggers controversy after press release appears to have been sent to Heathrow and back before being issued to rivals

August 2014

  • A British Airways passenger jet takes of at Heathrow airport

    Heathrow boss urges Boris Johnson to back third runway

    John Holland-Kaye appeals to London mayor, as Airports Commission prepares to decide fate of Thames estuary scheme
  • Boris Johnson

    Boris Johnson's Thames estuary airport hope could crash as early as next week

    Gwyn Topham: Mayor submits report claiming hub would create thousands of jobs but commission may ditch plan no politician or airline wants
  • Boris Johnson

    Thames estuary airport: Boris Johnson makes final case for jobs

    Mayor warns airport commission's Sir Howard Davies 'may feel daunted by ambition' of extra 67,000 jobs on Isle of Grain hub

May 2014

  • Boris Johnson about to board a plane

    UK airport expansion: Boris Johnson claims 'political fix around Gatwick'

    Thames estuary airport more efficient in long term, says London mayor, who described expanding Gatwick as 'a delusion'

December 2013

  • Simon Jenkins

    Whether or not it's Heathrow, airport expansion is just another glamorous project for the rich

    Simon Jenkins
  • Banner protesting against third runway

    Heathrow residents gag as third runway threatens to swallow up borough

July 2013

  • Boris Johnson

    Boris Johnson: Heathrow closure would allow building of new garden city

    London mayor outlines plans for £50bn, four-runway airport and transport hub in Thames estuary

January 2013

  • Boris Johnson, London mayor, told the Davos audience: 'We need investment in housing and transport'

    Boris Johnson urges Osborne to drop 'hair shirt' agenda for UK economy

    London mayor tells Davos audience that it is time for chancellor to 'junk rhetoric of austerity' and boost confidence and spending

2 November 2012

  • Boris Johnson

    Boris Johnson: airport expansion inquiry will be too slow

    London mayor says commission lead by Sir Howard Davies, due to report after 2015 election, represents 'policy of utter inertia'
  • Gensler's proposal for a floating airport in the Thames estuary, image by Vyonyx

    Architecture and design blog
    Battle of the airports: architects fly with rival visions

    Oliver Wainwright: With a new rendered image appearing every week, the competition for the future of the London-area airport hubs has descended into surreal farce

  • Plane lands at Heathrow

    UK airport expansion: Sir Howard Davies to set out plans for commission

    Former Financial Services Authority boss is tasked with making recommendations on airport expansion, reporting in 2015

October 2012

  • London Mayor Boris Johnson

    Boris Johnson criticises government over slow airport decision – video

  • B.O.A.C. Boeing 747 Jumbo jet takes off at Heathrow Airport, London, 7th April 1971

    From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 4 October 1971: Wrangle over Thames Estuary airport for London

August 2012

  • Heathrow plane over west London houses

    A third runway, Boris Island, better rail? Please, just decide

    Jackie Ashley

    Jackie Ashley: Indecisiveness over aviation policy breeds a dangerous mistrust. The cabinet must adopt a clear policy

June 2012

  • Sipson, near Heathrow

    Airline chiefs slam government for blocking Heathrow expansion

    Aviation industry says stopping third runway was an 'easy, populist' decision and came at worst time for the economy
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