Heathrow Airport warns third runway could be delayed by four years
- Heathrow Airport has warned that its planned third runway might be delayed by four years due to planning and regulatory issues.
- The government had hoped the new runway at the UK's busiest airport, estimated to cost £49bn, would open by 2035.
- But Heathrow sees this deadline as increasingly difficult to deliver without further steps to simplify the planning process.
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- Heathrow Airport has warned that its planned third runway might be delayed by four years due to planning and regulatory issues.
- The government had hoped the new runway at the UK's busiest airport, estimated to cost £49bn, would open by 2035.
- But Heathrow sees this deadline as increasingly difficult to deliver without further steps to simplify the planning process.
Sources: BBC News