The company which runs Dundee Airport has given its backing to controversial plans to expand Heathrow Airport.
Earlier this week London Mayor Boris Johnson said expanding Heathrow could lead to a reduction in the number of domestic flights to and from Heathrow, making the possibility of a future link between the airport and Dundee even less likely.
Only seven British cities have flights to and from Heathrow.
Currently FlyBe operates flights to London Stansted twice a day but Inglis Lyon, managing director of Highlands and Islands Airports, which manages Dundee Airport, said he believes the expansion of Heathrow could benefit Dundee if recommendations by the Airports Commission are followed to the letter.
He said: “HIAL supports the expansion of London Heathrow as the UK’s primary hub airport, offering the greatest number and frequency of onward connections to international destinations.
“Our support is conditional on improved access for the Highlands and Islands and we welcome the implementation of recommendations from the Airports Commission that help achieve this.
“This includes the recommendation that the UK Government alter its guidance to introduce Public Service Obligations on an airport to airport as opposed to region to region basis and that Heathrow reduce its charges and provide start up funding for regional services.
“These are areas that HIAL has long campaigned on and if implemented represents a significant victory … with Dundee experiencing first hand the benefits of PSO through the Stansted route launched last year.”