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London airports: slots on sale

London, UK – The expansion strategy proposed by the government has been attacked by an influential research group

The expansion strategy for London's two main airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, has been hardly contested by a famous research group, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), which proposed the sale of take-off and landing slots in order to reduce the congestion of air traffic in the south-east of the country. Airlines operating in these airports opposed the plan because it would inevitably lead to...

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Rome, Italy, 08/13/2002 15:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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