"Inadequate" aviation links to cost London £14 billion
10:06, Thursday, September 22, 2024
- Heathrow provides fewer daily flights to emerging markets compared to Frankfurt and Paris- No flights from Heathrow to China's main manufacturing centre Transport DeskThe coalition Government is under fire again over its aviation strategy with a report by Frontier Economics claiming that London's "inadequate" aviation links are depriving the UK economy of £14 billion in trade, with France and Germany benefitting with bett...

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Another headache for the EU, Cyprus eyeballs Ankara in war of words
12:48, Monday, September 19, 2024
EditorialWith dismal economic growth figures in the European Union, the last thing Europe needs is conflict on its hands, and that is what may happen if the war of words escalates over the Republic of Cyprus intentions to drill for natural gas in the exclusive economic zone in the eastern Mediterranean, to the annoyance of Turkey.In London the President of the Republic of Cyprus Dimitris Christofias said “We have decided to continue to work exercising our self-evident sovereign rights, inc...