The leader of Dundee City Council is willing to look at a possible link with a new London airport.
Councillor Ken Guild was speaking after Transport for London released a report calling for the creation of a four-runway airport to ensure the capital has the long-term flight capacity it needs.
London mayor Boris Johnson is backing the idea and is opposed to a proposal that would see another runway added at Heathrow.
Dundee has a FlyBe service to Stansted airport, which recently received £2.85 million in public service obligation funding from the Government to ensure it continues for the next two years.
Mr Guild said: “We have just signed a two-year agreement for flights to London Stansted which is the best possible deal for Dundee at the present time.
“However, if there is a better deal on offer in two years we would be prepared to look at all options.”
Ian Armstrong, regional director of Scottish business organisation SCDI, said: “The north of Scotland is home to some of the UK’s most internationally-competitive industries, such as energy, food and drink, life sciences and tourism.
“Key to their long-term success is global connectivity to access markets.
“We welcome the recognition by Transport for London that domestic connectivity with a UK hub is an important issue and the analysis in this report suggesting improved connectivity for Aberdeen and new, frequent services for both Inverness and Dundee, and we will continue to discuss opportunities with all the bidders.”
The TfL report claimed: “It is not expected that a Dundee service will be operating to Heathrow by 2050 with either no expansion of capacity or even with a Heathrow third runway.”
The relatively small aircraft that would handle flights to and from the city would be priced out in favour of more “revenue intensive” use of the available take-off and landing slots.
“However, with a new four-runway hub, it is forecast that a six-times daily service using a 100-seat aircraft would be a viable proposition,” the report said.
“The city’s lack of air connectivity now, either in terms of substantive services to London or hub connections, means that economic benefits to passengers and the airport from improved accessibility are significant.”