AIRPORT bosses have been rapped for allowing a London-bound aeroplane to land at Biggin Hill early in the morning.
Flight staff gave the aircraft permission to land on March 21 at 6.50am, 40 minutes before the terms of its lease allows.
Airport director Peter Lonergan says the plane had experienced “excessive delays” because of traffic building up into Heathrow.
In two letters to the council’s director of environment Gordon Hayward, he pointed out there had only been three “out-of-hours” arrivals or departures in the past 12 months.
Saying there were 81,500 movements annually, he added: “I believe I am doing a good job.”
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