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| 11/06/2012 |
Aviation Body Criticises UK Government Over Failure To Act On Airports |
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Director general of the International Air Transport Association, Tony Tyler, has warned that the UK's leading role in aviation is being badly eroded by a government that will not take the tough political decisions needed to maintain capacity.
Adding that London's future as a pre-eminent financial centre will be put at risk by "withering connections”.
Speaking at the annual meeting of Iata in Beijing, he said the British economy was suffering the consequences of refusing to invest in infrastructure.
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A long-awaited air policy review and call for evidence on hub capacity is expected in the coming months. While the coalition is explicitly and formally opposed to any new runways being built in the south-east, large numbers of Tory MPs have called for the party to reconsider on Heathrow expansion.
Tyler said: "It is really up to the UK to take some tough political decisions which will benefit the UK in the long run. The problem is of course that there may be a short term political price to pay for what is undoubtedly necessary for the UK to be able to develop in the way it has in the past."
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