Airlines rubbish Gatwick proposals to take winter flights from Heathrow

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Proposals by Gatwick Airport that flight restrictions should be placed on Heathrow during the winter and excess services switched to Gatwick instead to reduce weather-related delays and cancellations have been opposed by airlines.


Dale Keller, chief executive of the Board of Airline Representatives UK, said it should not be for airports or the Government to decide where airlines and passengers fly.


"The major cost of delays and cancellations are borne by the airlines and their customers," he said. ""It is simply not cost effective for airlines to split operations over different airports for short periods and it is unlikely their customers would want this either."
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