The UK is to get its first significant aviation policy review in seven years, the transport secretary revealed on Monday, just moments after being subjected to a chilly industry assessment of the government’s first five months in office. Philip Hammond announced the move at an Airport Operators Association conference, in his first formal address to a sector still angry that one of the government’s first acts was to ban new runways at the three biggest airports: Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted.
"I know some of you harbour fears that this government is anti-aviation," Mr Hammond s