Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has said Rachel Reeves "hasn't a clue" about how to generate growth in aviation, and building a third runway at Heathrow is a ‘dead cat’, after the chancellor pledged her support for the plan.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves has just given the government's backing to a long-delayed new runway at Heathrow Airport as part of her plan to revitalise the country's sluggish economy. O'Leary said on Wednesday he did not expect Heathrow's third runway to be built any time soon.

Michael O’Leary said the UK chancellor should scrap air passenger duty rather than ‘waffle on’ about Heathrow expansion

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves "knows the third runway in Heathrow won't be delivered until about 2040, possibly even 2050, if at all," says Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary. "This is a dead cat she's throwing up on the table to mask the fact that she has no growth plan,

Ryanair boss David O'Leary hits out at Rachel Reeves over Heathrow expansionPA

Ryaniar CEO Michael O'Leary has slammed the Chancellor, branding her "Rachel rubbish" in a brutal verbal attack during a press conference. The budget airline boss was criticising Rachel Reeves for failing to get rid of the Air Passenger Duty (APD),