page_title: London Britannia Airport
hierarchical_section_title: London Britannia Airport
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Thames Estuary with the exclusion zone around the wreck of SS Richard Montgomery, and locations of proposed airports. 1. Cliffe; 2. Grain (Thames Hub); 3. Foulness; 4. Off the Isle of Sheppey; 5. Shivering Sands ("Boris Island").
context_page_description: London Britannia Airport was a proposed six-runway airport to be built on an artificial island in the River Thames estuary to serve London, comparable to a similar approach taken with Hong Kong International Airport. The proposal was dubbed "Boris island" by the media, reflecting the support for the project from the then London Mayor Boris Johnson. The scheme was proposed by Testrad, initially an agency formed by Johnson but now also involving other partners, and was rejected by the airport commission in January 2014.
context_section_description: London Britannia Airport was a proposed six-runway airport to be built on an artificial island in the River Thames estuary to serve London, comparable to a similar approach taken with Hong Kong International Airport.  The proposal was dubbed "Boris island" by the media, reflecting the support for the project from the then London Mayor Boris Johnson. The scheme was proposed by Testrad (Thames Estuary Research and Development), initially an agency formed by Johnson but now also involving other partners, and was rejected by the airport commission in January 2014.
caption: Britannia Airport was one of a number of proposals for a Thames Estuary Airport, represented here as number 5 on the map
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