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Map of Heathrow Airport showing the original proposed extension and third runway; T1 and T2 operations have since merged into the new T2 terminal. In January 2009, the then Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon announced that the UK government supported the expansion of Heathrow by building a third runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long serving a new passenger terminal, a hub for public and private ...
Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL) [6], also known as London Heathrow Airport and named London Airport until 1966, is the primary and largest international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
The airport also currently handles £200 billion worth of trade a year, over 60 per cent of the UK’s air freight. It would be well-equipped to deliver even more after an expansion.
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The extra runway at Heathrow was one of a number of infrastructure projects announced by the chancellor on Wednesday as part of the government's plans to boost economic growth.
The decision on Gatwick Airport’s runway expansion has a deadline of 27 February this year, while Heathrow boss Thomas Woldbye says he wants a final decision from the government by the end of 2025.
Since 2003, Heathrow has said its terminals and runways are running near capacity, and that a £14 billion ($17.3bn) expansion is needed to keep up with the pace of tourism and business travel.
2020: the COVID-19 pandemic hit the aviation and tourism industry hard; the airport announced that from 6 April the airport would switch to single-runway operation. [64] It was reported that some 200 homeless people had moved to using Heathrow Airport, as some of the London amenities they were used to using were closed due to the UK lockdown. [65]