Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#77EX0)
2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain's second busiest airport
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 to challenge an earlier high court ruling that the scheme could proceed.
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