Feedback: A third runway for Heathrow Reader reaction to Michael Skapinker's recent column saying that supporters outnumber opponents Back to the future: Heathrow in 1968, with model Twiggy and her partner and manager Justin de Villeneuve boarding a BEA aircraft Michael Skapinker argued last week that local opposition to a third Heathrow runway was less noisy than often claimed. Supporters outnumbered opponents in many areas - and the expansion was urgently needed, he said. Readers then weighed in: If we want a growing economy and to remain a major world city, we're going to have to accept that Heathrow needs to expand, just as we need to accept we need to build a lot more houses in and around London. El Conejo It is difficult to find an inhabitant of Chiswick for example who doesn't oppose expansion of Heathrow. Because a third runway would involve a new flight path directly over it. It is self-serving to write that inhabitants of the surrounding area are predominantly in favour: of course they are. Their homes are adjacent and livelihoods depend on the airport. NicoloM The clamour to expand is really about growing a hub business rather than fulfilling domestic demand for aviation.