Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails

Gatwick airport will begin developing its second runway after local campaigners lost their legal fight to stop it. The Guardian reports the Court of Appeal dismissed their challenge on Tuesday. The two point two billion pound project will allow about one hundred thousand additional flights per year through Britain's second busiest airport.

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