Court gives airport permission to bring spare runway into full-time use
The £2.2 billion expansion was approved by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in September 2025
£2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain’s second busiest airport
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Gatwick Airport's second runway can now be brought forward after the Court of Appeal kicked out a legal challenge against the project.
In good news for the UK's sluggish economy, the new runway is expected to boost growth by £1billion and create 14,000 jobs.
For anti-airport campaigners it is a double setback. In the space of 24 hours, legal challenges against the expansion of Gatwick and Luton have failed. As a result, Gatwick’s emergency runway will be moved 12 metres…
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For anti-airport campaigners it is a double setback. In the space of 24 hours, legal challenges against the expansion of Gatwick and Luton have failed. As a result, Gatwick’s…