Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails

£2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain’s second busiest airport Business live – latest updates Gatwick airport is to start development of its second runway after campaigners lost a legal challenge to the plans. The court of appeal on Tuesday dismissed a bid by local campaign groups

The £2.2 billion expansion will see the London airport move its emergency runway 12 metres north to accommodate around 100,000 more flights a year

GATWICK Airport is set to get a second runway by the end of the decade. Plans for the new runway have received a huge boost today, after campaigner against the plans lost their bid to challenge it. The airport expansion was approved back in September and is set to cost £2.2billion. It will involve moving...