Is Boris Island in the Thames Estuary a fantasy island?
London mayor Boris Johnson is hoping a plan to build a new island airport in the Thames Estuary will head off a third runway at Heathrow. But as Alexandra Wynne reports, the London project may not be Europe’s first offshore airport, if the Dutch have their way.
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