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Former minister for London Nick Raynsford (LAB) and former Transport Secretary Bernard Jenkin (CON) have added their names to the growing list of supporters for a new airport to be built on the Thames Estuary, with a letter in The Times today."
A Thames airport could provide four runways to compete directly with Frankfurt, Charles de Gaulle and Schipol".
Refuting the claims that train travel times to the proposed airport on the Thames estuary would be longer than going to Heathrow Jenkin and Raynsford said:
"The Thames Estuary proposal which would be only 8 minutes further by rail from the City of London than Heathrow, and far better placed rail connections to North Europe".
The Conservative party ran a campaign pre-election of opposing a third runway at Heathrow, something they have consistently advocated with the refusal to grant permission to BAA the owners of Heathrow permission to build a third runway at Heathrow.
Heathrow Airport is used by over 90 airlines which fly to 170 destinations worldwide with 67 million annual passengers, 11% travel to UK destinations, 43% are short-haul international travellers and 46% are long-haul. Heathrow has been ranked 99th out of 146 leading airports in the world in terms of passenger satisfaction behind airports in India and other countries in the third world. photo credit: L-R Nick Raynsford MP, Bernard Jenkin MP | 
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