Heathrow hotel operator drafts £6.7bn cheaper third runway plan

Surinder Arora publishes 'cheaper and less disruptive' plan to expand airport including shifting new runway away from M25 and reducing site area by 25%

A wealthy hotel operator has submitted plans for a third runway at Heathrow which he claims would be 6.7bn cheaper than the airport's current scheme.

Surinder Arora, founder and chairman of the Arora Group, said there were "cheaper and better ways" to expand Britain's biggest airport in proposals sent to the government as part of a public consultation.