London: The UK capital has some 'catching up to do', London mayor Boris Johnson has said, calling for more flights connecting the city with India to be an "open and welcoming city for Indians".
"We need better aviation capacity and more flights between London and India to ensure we are an open and welcoming city for Indians," he said.
"London needs to have a four-runway hub airport, along the lines that I saw in several Indian cities during my visit last year. Frankly, London has some catching up to do," said Johnson, addressing a gathering of senior British Indian politicians and business executives at an event hosted by the Indian Journalists Association (IJA) in London on Thursday.
Ironically, the mayor's comments came against the backdrop of an influential House of Commons Transport Committee rejecting his ambitious 'Boris Island' Thames Estuary airport plan in favour of an additional runway at Heathrow airport.
10/05/13 PTI/ZeeNews
