Medway and Kent Councils, Thames Estuary Airport Survey

ComRes interviewed 2,034 British adults online between 4th and 6th April 2014. Data were weighted to be representative of all GB adults aged 18+. 

Date Published: 21 May 2014

Categories: Public and communities | Social | Transport | UK

Description

• Any increase in travel or air fares to fund infrastructure is not acceptable to at least two in five British adults

 Just one in six British adults (16%) would support the building of an Estuary Airport in the Thames at the expense of closing existing facilities at Heathrow, City and Southend according to new research.

 A public opinion survey, carried out by ComRes and commissioned by Medway Council and Kent County Council, asked more than 2,000 British adults if they supported plans for a new airport in the Thames Estuary. Just over a third (38%) say that they would support an estuary airport. However, this figure plummets to just 16% when people are told that existing major facilities would have to close as a result.

ComRes interviewed 2,034 British adults online between 4th and 6th April 2014. Data were weighted to be representative of all GB adults aged 18+.