Pressed on Wednesday (12 February) by parliament’s transport committee on when he expected the first flights from the proposed new runway to take off, Kane said he expected “spades in the ground shortly” on works to enlarge Terminals 2 and 5 at Heathrow, but did not commit on the new runway.
“The chancellor says 2035 is the ambition," Kane told MPs. "Heathrow is aware of that ambition."
Building the third runway will involve moving part of the M25 underground and relocating an immigration centre and incinerator.
