Davies speech means Thames airport option is still on cards, claims Boris

摘要

Infrastructure London mayor Boris Johnson's fight to win support for a new hub airport in the Thames estuary has received a major boost, his top aviation adviser has claimed. Daniel Moylan, chief adviser on aviation to the Mayor of London, hailed as a breakthrough a speech given by Howard Davies, head of the government's Airports Commission, at a conference on London's future airport capacity last week. During this, Davies acknowledged the commission's inquiry needed to look 'very hard at what the housing implications of a new major airport would be'.