Skip to main content

Heathrow Runway Takes Off

767 silhouette 1466701

Especially in light of the significant threat that a hard Brexit poses to the English and Welsh economy, it is crucial to remain internationally competitive in logistical aspects.

London Heathrow, Britain's leading airport, has two runways, which is simply underwhelming when compared with all rival airports: Paris's CDG, Frankfurt's Fraport, Amsterdam's Schiphol, Dublin's Shannon and Denmark's Kastrup.

So with immigration times for the average passenger going up following Brexit, Heathrow capabilities to process airplanes also need to enhance, otherwise the overall passenger experience is bound to decline despite the usually excellent service of both local airlines BA and Virgin.

Read the full article on the Henley Business School website

Published 31 October 2016

You might also like

'Experience wears the trousers': Gender and attitude to financial risk

7 December 2017
An unprecedented new study by academics at the Henley Business School into financial risk has shown that while women remain significantly more risk averse than men in the investment domain, the disparity is declining.

ICMA Centre graduate and senior research fellow publish article in The Moscow Times

17 May 2010
Ian Pryde, a graduate of the MSc International Securities, Investment and Banking in 2000, and Stephen Wells, Senior Research Fellow at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School have had their article 'Building a Global Finance Center' published in The Moscow Times - Russia's only English Language daily newspaper.

ICMA Centre academics collaborate with Climate Bonds Initiative on first Green Bond Investor Survey

28 November 2019
Dr Ivan Sangiori and Dr Lisa Schopohl supported the Climate Bond Initiative (CBI) with its Green Bond European Investor Survey, looking at how climate change could be addressed through investment decisions.
Research news