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UK: London Mayor wants a new airport on an artificial island

London, United Kingdom - Goodbye Heathrow?

London Mayor Boris Johnson was announced he would consider the construction of a new airport to relieve the pressure on Heathrow Airport, it has been reported. The proposed site of the new hub would be on an artificial island in the Thames estuary just North of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, which would be created by huge amounts of landfill, like Chek Lap Kok of Hong Kong and Kansai of Osaka. Earlier...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1094562
Rome, Italy, 09/22/2008 18:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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