UK: Heathrow Airport: ‘Urgent’ answers needed over new runway

The UK's aviation regulator says concerns over the cost and schedule of a new Heathrow runway must be answered "urgently and decisively". In a letter to the Department for Transport, the Civil Aviation Authority says it has concerns over Heathrow Airport Limited's "information flow". Airlines have tried and failed to get answers to their concerns, CAA CE Richard Moriarty writes. Answers are needed to retain confidence in the third runway project, he says. In his interim update to the DfT, Moriarty acknowledges the complexity of the project, but says there are two important areas of concern - "high quality information" about costs and a revised timetable. Airlines, worried about increased charges to use Britain's biggest airport, have been complaining for at least 18 months about a lack of information, he says. <br/>