Games deputy lands in the Gatwick chair

edition comment 12/7/2012 File photo dated 30/5/2007 of planes landing at Gatwick Airport in Sussex as the Government is expected to publish an aviation policy framework document, but an eagerly-awaited consultation on south east England airport capacity needs has been postponed. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday July 12, 2012. It means today's announcement by Transport Secretary Justine Greening will not include the setting out of such options as extra runways at Heathrow, Gatwick or Stansted airports. And there will be no discussion, for the time being, on two Thames Estuary new-airport plans - the "Boris Island" scheme backed by London Mayor Boris Johnson and the £50 billion project put forward by architect Lord Foster. There may be some regional airport options in the policy document but Ms Greening is expected to confine herself to such aviation matters as noise levels, night flights and emissions. The postponement on the consultation on how the UK can best maintain a global hub airport has infuriated airlines and bus