Third runway? We just need more airport staff: Prime Minister rules out Heathrow expansion until 2015

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Third runway? We just need more airport staff: Prime Minister rules out Heathrow expansion until 2015

July 27th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

David Cameron says he knows the situation is improving at the London airport because wife Samantha told him so

By
Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED:

20:07 EST, 26 July 2012

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UPDATED:

20:07 EST, 26 July 2012

The Prime Minister risked angering business leaders by firmly ruling out a third runway at Heathrow until 2015.

David Cameron claimed Britain could maintain its status as one of the world’s busiest aviation destinations simply by providing more officials at passport control.

And he said he knew the situation at airports was improving because his wife Samantha had told him so when she returned from a recent business trip to Italy.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaking at the Global Investment Conference yesterday, where he was challenged by business leaders

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron speaking at the Global Investment Conference yesterday, where he was challenged by business leaders

Mr Cameron said both Coalition parties would maintain their election pledges not to build a third runway at Heathrow.

But the decision was questioned by business leaders.

The president of Emirates airlines, Tim Clark, attacked the government at the Global Investment Conference event, saying: ‘We are just a little bit curious about the aviation policy of the coalition government in the UK.

‘I know there are a number of options that have been presented to you, whether it is the third runway at Heathrow or the expansion of the regional airports and of course there is the [Thames] estuary project.

‘Recently you decided to postpone the results of the review.

President of Emirates Airline, Tim Clark, pictured, questioned the Prime Minister's decision to delay expansion of Heathrow Airport until 2015

President of Emirates Airline, Tim Clark, pictured, questioned the Prime Minister’s decision to delay expansion of Heathrow Airport until 2015

‘As a foreign carrier, and Emirates is quite a big one into Heathrow and other points in the UK, it is interesting to see where the government is going on this.’

Mr Cameron replied: ‘We have discovered something in the last couple of weeks that business travellers and investors would welcome even more, which is if you really tool up and put the effort in running a good service at Heathrow you can reduce the border queues right down.’

And he also claimed he knew the situation was getting better at airports because his wife Samantha had told him.

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‘My wife said when she came in from a business trip from Italy she didn’t even have time to put her hand into her bag to get the passport out before it was being checked,’ he said.

‘So if you put the effort in, if you make sure there is a real customer service ethos at our major airports, we can improve the welcome we give people while having very important security checks.

‘We can deliver on making Britain have hub status, making it easy to get in and out of, to trade with the rest of the world.’

The Prime Minister said both coalition parties would maintain their election pledges not to build a third runway at Heathrow.

However, he added that the aviation review would be under way by the end of the year.

‘I do understand it is vitally important that we maintain the sort of hub status that Britain has.

David Cameron said he believes providing more officials at passport control could make Heathrow Airport, pictured, more efficient