Gatwick second runway expansion set to begin after court ruling

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2026-08-04

London (PA Media/dpa) - The development of Gatwick Airport's second runway is set to begin after the Court of Appeal upheld an earlier ruling that the plans could go ahead. The £2.2-billion ($2.95-billion) expansion, approved by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in September, will see the airport in West Sussex to the south of London move its emergency runway 12 metres north to accommodate around 100,000 more flights a year. It will allow the s......

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