London Gatwick Airport Seeks Second Runway as Air Travel Booms

Gatwick requests to bring northern runway into routine use
Plans would generate £1 billion and create 14,000 jobs

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July 6, 2023 at 12:20 PM EDT

London’s Gatwick Airport Ltd. is seeking planning permission to bring its second runway into full-time use, potentially raising capacity by tens of millions of passengers annually as air travel rebounds post-pandemic.

The UK’s second-largest airport wants to open the strip, currently used as a taxiway or as an emergency measure when the main runway is out of service, for regular operations. It would handle departures only, with the existing runway facilitating landings.

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