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Grounded British Airways Jets 'Heathrow has terminal capacity
for an extra 20 million passengers, and with fuller and, in
places, bigger planes, we’d be able to accommodate many more
passengers.' Photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg  The prime
minister believes we face a crisis over aviation capacity in
London. As a result, he has put Heathrow's third runway back
into the mix. Given the "no ifs, no buts" pledge he made before
the election, it's a major leap. Combined with the removal of
the well-respected transport secretary, Justine Greening, and
the equally respected aviation minister, Theresa Villiers, both
of whom resolutely defended the government's stated opposition
to Heathrow expansion, all this points to an imminent U-turn.
Why else would the government have announced (yet another)
aviation review that will not report until the summer of 2015?
After all, if we face a crisis of undercapacity, it is surely
odd that the only policy we have i