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Heathrow submits ‘shovel-ready’ plans for third runway | Heathrow third runway

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Heathrow has submitted its “shovel-ready” plans for a third runway as part of a £50bn investment, as the government said expanding Europe’s largest airport could create 100,000 jobs and drive growth. The 2-mile (3.2km) runway expansion would cross a diverted M25 and allow more than 750 additional flights a day over London, helping bring the […]

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Air traffic control failure an isolated incident, says UK minister after meeting | Airline industry

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A radar-related technical failure that led to hundreds of flights being disrupted on Wednesday was an “isolated event” with “no evidence of malign activity”, the transport secretary has said, after summoning the head of the UK air traffic control service, Nats, to account for the disruption. Heidi Alexander said she met Martin Rolfe, the under-fire

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