BA owner chief executive Willie Walsh's claim that the airline "does not want" Heathrow expansion has been met by scepticism in the media.
Walsh said this week that "the costs associated with the third runway are outrageous" with Heathrow's boss John Holland-Kaye warning that the £17.6bn development could push up landing fees by 20%. He was quoted as predicting that he was "not sure the third runway will ever be built" given "airlines and consumers are looking for lower costs". The Economist asserts that BA has always backed a third runway and Walsh's intervention came to head off recommendations that were due from Heathrow on future charging levels.
The journal responds: "BA will have to pay a goodly sum towards the cost of a third runway, but expansion will also make the carrier money - and lots of it. With a 51% market share at the capacity-crunched hub, it has the most to gain from the creation of new landing slots." Walsh previously predicted that the Heathrow option would not fly.
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