Heathrow expansion risks

Sir, - John HollandKaye, chief executive of Heathrow Airport Holdings, (October 15) forecasts that after Brexit, Heathrow’s expansion will deliver £14 billion more of economic growth and “up to” 16,100 jobs for Scotland.

In addition there will be “up to” 40 new regular long-haul routes; greatly increased airfreight and “30 airlines offering 25,000 new flights” annually (68 daily).

His UK-wide forecast reported elsewhere is £58.8 billion of extra economic growth with all these benefits occurring by 2035 after Brexit in 2020.

Could he match these with his 20/20 vision of where the growth in west London’s already overcrowded airspace will come from, to allow a significant reduction in the current risky and polluting low-level flightholding-patterns?

Could he advise why freight traffic needs to increase there rather than at regional airports or even by making Manston in Kent a dedicated freight airport?

Could he also advise about the increased risk potential of, sooner or later, an appalling crash over London, whether from technical failure or deliberate action? John Birkett. 12 Horseleys Park, St Andrews. stories, well performed but with relatively poor songs.

So we were glad to see the final performance of Carousel at Pitlochry.

It was a marvellous musical with a gripping though sad story and truly great songs and it was brilliantly staged and directed and superbly performed.

Next year we’ll save our pennies for Pitlochry. Anthony Garrett. 1 Royal Terrace, Falkland.