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In response, Heathrow - which had 202 cancellations on Monday - said the Airports Commission had been set up by ministers to examine the issues of UK airport capacity and it was "for the commission to make recommendations for how the shortage of UK hub capacity should be addressed and to consider all options".
As well as nine weekly flights from Gatwick there are also two from Stansted, the airline's original UK hub.
It is understood that if any move were made, it would affect the group's offices in Paddington, central London, rather than Vodafone's UK hub in Newbury, Berkshire.
In its capacity as the major UK hub for international air services, Heathrow has supported the development of the UK as a major trading country and London as a global business centre.
But Heathrow's submission to the Davies Commission maintains: "Gatwick's proposal for three competing two-runway airports in the south east would not deliver a UK hub with the size and scale to compete internationally.
"The government will consult on an overarching sustainable framework for UK aviation this spring and alongside this we will publish a call for evidence on maintaining effective UK hub airport connectivity".
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Heathrow is the UK's only hub airport, connecting the whole of the UK to the world and bringing economic benefits locally and nationally".
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