The Future of Air Transport White Paper is flawed in that there is doubt about the economic benefits of the expansion of air travel
(a) to the national economy both in the short term with holiday makers taking their money out of the country to spend abroad and in the slightly longer term in respect of the cost to the national economy of dealing with the disastrous results of climate change AND
b) to the local economy where goods made more cheaply abroad are imported to the local area with the potential for destabilising the local economy rather than benefitting it