Plans for a third runway at Heathrow have been scrapped as was promised by the new Government. Yesterday was an excellent day for campaigners who have been fighting against the airport expansion.
BAA gave in to the inevitable, and made a formal statement stating that they had ruled out any plans for a third runway. Expansion at Gatwick and Stansted has also been ruled out at present.
But as leading anti-aviation expansion activists admit, this now causes problems as expansion plans at other regional Airports are still viable.
Plans for an extended terminal and extra passenger numbers have been approved at Bristol Airport, Liverpool Airport is undergoing expansion work at the moment and there are major plans for Manchester Airport, which are being considered at the moment.
Passenger numbers fell last year by 7.3 percent, which will have an effect on government decisions, and the recent ash cloud saga and BA strikes have impacted heavily on passenger numbers.
But the fact remains that the public at large are still flying, and many will take several foreign holidays a year.