The Davies Commission’s Interim Report on UK airports: the big loser remains UK competitiveness

The long awaited Interim Report into airport capacity and connectivity in the UK was published by the Airports (or Davies) Commission on 17-Dec-2013. The final report is due in 2015, at or around the time of the next (fixed) scheduled General Election - although there are rumours that it might be published a little earlier than first thought.

It is no understatement to describe the attempts to resolve the conundrum over UK airport infrastructure as a saga.

The Davies Commission alone has been debating it for two years but previous attempts to find a solution date back as far as the 1960s when the airports serving London hosted a mere handful of passengers compared to the present day.