The Government"™s forthcoming aviation strategy should not focus solely on expansion at Heathrow, a major airport group has said.
Charlie Cornish, chief executive of Manchester Airports Group, said he had been engaged in talks with ministers for the past 18 months ahead of the publication of the country"™s airport strategy later this year.
Mr Cornish said Stansted airport, which his company owns, was capped by law at 35m passengers at present but had the capacity to deal with 44.5m, while Manchester"™s 26m passengers could grow to 55m using its two existing runways…
