While environmental campaigners will disagree, the Court of Appeal's decision this week to block legal challenges allowing Gatwick to expand is good news for the travel industry. Airport bosses will hope some established airlines will now return, writes Gary Noakes.
The expansion is expected to bring an additional 100,000 flights and 13 million passengers to Gatwick
It’s not often you expand and lose record-breaking status at the same time, but Gatwick airport is set to do just that.
For decades London’s second airport, which serves 43 million passengers, has boasted it is the world’s busiest single-runway airport. That will change from 2030, when its standby Northern Runway is brought into permanent use following the collapse of a legal challenge by opponents.
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