Chair Nigel Topping said: “This summer’s extreme weather has brought the impacts of climate change into sharp focus. Every tonne of greenhouse gas emissions makes those impacts worse. That’s why it’s so important the right policies are put in place now to fully address aviation emissions."

The only way expansion could be considered consistent with the UK's carbon budgets and Net Zero is if Government legislate policies that require the aviation industry to fully address its emissions by 2050. This must happen before the development consent order is granted.