CBI calls for green aerospace strategy to open door for airport expansion

James Murray
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Wide-ranging new report argues the UK needs more airport capacity, but it must come hand-in-hand with green innovation

The CBI has today published a wide-ranging report detailing how the UK could expand its aviation sector while curbing its environmental impacts in accordance with climate change goals, but only if government...

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