BACA calls for a decision on UK runway capacity

Richard Mumford

BACA adds its voice to other industry leaders that are calling on the UK government to make a decision regarding a new runway in the South East.

At the end of 2015 BACA commissioned a survey of its members by WingX. Based on the survey, BACA estimates that a restriction of just 5% on the activities of its members will have an impact of €210 million per annum of potential lost revenue.

Another recent study published by the Centre for Economics and Business Research estimates that the Government’s continued failure to get on with building a new runway in the South East is preventing £9.5bn of international trade deals every year.

As the major political parties of the UK start their annual conferences BACA asks that there is no further delay in the decision on runway capacity in the UK and that this is given top priority on the return to parliament for the autumn session.

“It is now more than 15 months since Howard Davies delivered his report and the continued failure to make a decision is costing the UK economy a great deal of money.”

Richard Mumford, chairman of BACA said: “It is now more than 15 months since Howard Davies delivered his report and the continued failure to make a decision is costing the UK economy a great deal of money. Together with many companies from all industry sectors we strongly urge that a decision on runway capacity is made quickly. The lack of runway capacity in the UK is having a negative impact on the activities, not just of our members, but on many sectors of industry. BACA calls on the UK Government to make a decision on this issue to enable the economies of the UK and our international trading partners to flourish.”