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Heathrow airport expansion gets government approval

Geoff Riley

25th October 2016

It take many years - perhaps a decade or more - for the Heathrow expansion plan to be completed, but the Government has finally made a decision.

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Number of aircraft landings and take-offs at London Heathrow airport in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2015

BREAKING NEWS: The UK government backs expansion of Heathrow https://t.co/a0jonNFb4Y via @fastFT pic.twitter.com/uPPzjk9doa
— Financial Times (@FT) October 25, 2016

The Heathrow deal, in numbers... https://t.co/9so8FeyloE
— BBC World Business (@BBCWorldBiz) October 25, 2016

Heathrow has seen off competition from Gatwick to gain UK government approval for airport expansion https://t.co/nn2OUHWZhR pic.twitter.com/Kwo7198Bkm
— Financial Times (@FT) October 25, 2016

BBC News - 24 hours beneath the #Heathrow Airport flight path https://t.co/0OwGEP00lq
— John Moylan (@JohnMoylan01) October 25, 2016

Fact of the day - Theresa May wasn't even a teenager when first inquiry into expanding SE airport capacity began
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) October 25, 2016

Heathrow airport expansion gets government approval https://t.co/WKluIqkJU3
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 25, 2016

Monthly number of passengers utilising London's Heathrow airport each month from January 2014 to May 2016 (in 1,000 passengers)

Devastating news coming in that #Heathrow is approved - but we will continue to fight any airport expansion, no ifs, no buts! #NoNewRunways pic.twitter.com/Wervf5bEmx
— Plane Stupid (@planestupid) October 25, 2016

Heathrow expansion is the wrong decision for London, and the wrong decision for Britain. Read my full statement: https://t.co/o7BkNavdUa 1/6
— Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon) October 25, 2016

There is no evidence that having an ever larger hub airport enhances overall GDP. https://t.co/6U6J4iOfEm It's just #Heathrow propaganda
— Prime Economics (@primeeconomics) October 25, 2016

BREAKING: Heathrow expansion 'approved'. A huge blow for local people and for climate change.https://t.co/WJUpVlxFeD
— Friends of the Earth (@friends_earth) October 25, 2016

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.