Gatwick Airport Expansion Flies Over Climate Change Concerns

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The UK is discovering a downside to the booming, post-pandemic demand for air travel. Expansion plans for UK airports, especially London Gatwick, are flying in the face of growing environmental concerns and net-zero initiatives.

Gatwick -- the UK's second-largest airport -- plans to expand to a degree that would put it ahead of London's Heathrow. As part of a £2.2 billion project, Gatwick would activate its standby runway, essentially doubling passenger capacity to 75 million per year. Gatwick Chief Executive Stewart Wingate told the Financial Times that the plan follows government calls for airports other than Heathrow to expand with existing infrastructure.

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