Loss of Heathrow flights hit businesses
10.11.11
Glasgow firms have lost business since BMI axed its flights between the city and Heathrow eight months ago, the Evening Times reports. Business leaders fear that more flights to Heathrow will be axed in favour of more profitable long-distance routes at the London airport.
A poll by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) found that investors attracted to Glasgow recognise the importance of direct flights to Heathrow, while 66% of firms said their business had suffered as a result of BMI axing the direct flights.
SCDI policy chief Gareth Williams has called on ministers to drop their opposition for a third runway at Heathrow and said there should be guaranteed landing slots to serve ‘regional economic centres’. He said: ‘The Government was fundamentally mistaken in its decisions on new capacity, above all at Heathrow. This must be reconsidered.’
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