LHR Airports Limited: Heathrow submits shovel-ready proposal for privately financed third runway within a decade (01.08.2025)
• Today Heathrow confirms it can deliver an operational third runway for £21bn within a decade, unlocking jobs and growth across the whole of the UK, if the Government moves at pace with necessary policy changes and an appropriate regulatory framework
• The 100% privately financed proposal promises more choice, better value, and global reach for passengers, airlines and exporters — unlocking at least 30 new destinations, serving up to 150 million passengers on up to 756,000 flights each year, and driving down fares through increased choice and competition
• Expanding Heathrow would add 0.43% to the UK’s GDP with 60% of the benefit felt outside London and the South-East, and grow the UK’s most valuable port by 50%
• Thanks to years of work, engagement and research already completed, Heathrow is uniquely placed to meet the Government’s timelines and see jobs and supply chain spend take off this year and planning permission granted by 2029
https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/pressrelease/detail/23454

FRONTIER-ECONOMICS: Heathrow expansion cost benefit analysis (01.08.2025)
Expansion at Heathrow has been discussed for over 50 years. It is a politically sensitive, emotive, and complex topic. It would have lots of impacts – many positive, many negative – on many different aspects of society.
Frontier was commissioned by Heathrow to carry out cost benefit analysis (CBA) of different expansion options. Our independent report recognises that this is a complex issue, and is clear on all aspects – the costs, the benefits, the overall impact, and uncertainties.
The starting point in our analysis was to review the CBA that was previously carried out for the government by the independent Airports Commission (AC) (2012-2015). The AC published thousands of pages of analysis, both quantitative and qualitative, which included two different types of CBA that both found a positive case for expansion. The AC’s conclusions were “clear and unanimous… We have concluded that the best answer is to expand Heathrow’s runway capacity”. The DfT subsequently updated the AC’s analysis in 2017/18 and also found a positive business case.
https://www.frontier-economics.com/uk/en/news-and-insights/news/news-article-i21788-heathrow-expansion-cost-benefit-analysis/

FRONTIER-ECONOMICS.: HEATHROW EXPANSION CBA (01.08.2025)
Executive summary
Heathrow has two runways and is limited to 480,000 flights per annum.1 Prior to the pandemic, it had been operating at virtually full capacity for over 20 years. And it has since returned back to pre-pandemic levels, with a record 83.9m passengers flying in 2024.
HEATHROW EXPANSION CBA
Looking forward, the DfT forecasts that ‘unconstrained’ aviation demand in the UK will continue to grow with the economy. But, with Heathrow full (and with other airports forecast to also become capacity constrained in the coming years), the DfT forecasts that much of this extra demand may not be met – with as many as 100 million passengers per annum in the UK not able to fly by 2050.3 This group of unserved demand will be made up of different segments: 
UK passengers flying abroad, foreign passengers flying to the UK, and passengers travelling for various purposes, including business, leisure, and visiting friends and relatives. Each one of this unserved trips would have its own unique story, representing missed social and leisure opportunities for individuals as well as missed opportunities for UK businesses.
https://www.frontier-economics.com/media/uelpl53a/heathrow-expansion-cost-benefit-analysis.pdf

International Air Transport Association (IATA): IATA Comment on Heathrow Development Proposals (01.08.2025)
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) issued the following comment with respect to proposals for the future development of London’s Heathrow Airport by Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) and by the Arora Group.
“There are clear economic arguments pointing to the benefits of expanding airport capacity in the Southeast of the UK. That includes UK’s only global hub, Heathrow Airport. We applaud the government’s decision to support the UK’s global aspirations by advancing plans to expand Heathrow. This must not, however, come at any cost or make any assumption that the current operator is best placed to deliver the value that the UK’s economy will critically need for growth.
HAL’s performance should give pause for concern and careful scrutiny. It regularly fails to meet agreed service level standards. The March closure of the airport was an embarrassment on the global stage that leaves little room for confidence in the airport’s management. HAL’s joy in being the world’s second most expensive airport proves that it cares little about its customers—be they airlines or travelers. And HAL’s self-promoting suggestion that its proposal is somehow superior from the get-go because it may have a head-start in the planning process willfully ignores the true priorities of the UK, airlines and travelers.
https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-08-01-01/

Stichwörter: Pressemitteilungen, Statements und Analysen zum Ausbau von Heathrow Airport, Heathrow, third runway, £21bn, Heathrow expansion, for over 50 years, cost benefit analysis (CBA), Airports Commission (AC), DfT, International Air Transport Association (IATA), FRONTIER-ECONOMICS.

Kategorie(n): Logistische Infrastruktur