IAG chief executive Willie Walsh wants an independent study commissioned to ensure any expansion at Heathrow is “cost effective” and consumers are not “taken for a ride”.
The airline group, which currently holds around 55% of Heathrow’s slots, is especially concerned about “hundreds of millions of pounds of airline customers’ money” being spent on early construction costs before full planning permission is granted.
The CAA is due to announce this week how much Heathrow can spend on these planning and early construction costs. IAG said estimates of these costs have increased from £650 million in April 2018 to £2.8 billion.
