AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL: The tug-of-war over expanding London’s Heathrow Airport heated up after prime minister David Cameron said the government will examine capacity at the country’s crowded airports.
STACKED UP: Heathrow — Europe’s busiest airport — is at full capacity with 1,300 landings and takeoffs every day. Some businesses worry that an inability to add flights, particularly to China and other emerging markets, will dent Britain’s competitiveness.
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NOT IN MY BACKYARD: Britain’s previous Labor government approved a third runway for Heathrow in 2009 despite loud opposition from locals. Cameron canceled the project when he formed a coalition government in 2010.
