Category: Heathrow
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Heathrow welcomes record passengers as third runway plans take flight
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Heathrow revealed a record number of 83.9 million passengers through its four stations last year, an increase of 6 percent in the previous period, which increased his profits before the tax by nearly a third to 917 million pounds in 2024. The update reaches a few weeks after Chancellor Rachel…
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Miliband refuses to reveal his personal view on controversial third runway at Heathrow
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Ed Miliband, Energy Security Secretary and Sport Secretary, refused to reveal his personal point of view on the third controversial runway in Heathrow, despite the general support to expand at the airport. During the era of Chancellor Rachel Reeves for economic growth, the work government last month confirmed its support…
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Reeves gives official backing to plans for a third runway at Heathrow
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave her official support for plans for a third runway in Heathrow, on the pretext that expansion can create more than 100,000 jobs and significantly enhance the nation’s economic output. “There is an urgent need for a third runway,” she said, referring to projections that indicate a…
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Reeves puts growth first in clash over net zero and Heathrow expansion
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Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has indicated that economic growth must take precedence over net zero targets, creating a potential rift with Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and senior Labor figures who remain opposed to expanding the UK’s largest airports. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Reeves…
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Heathrow forced into bigger cut of passenger landing fees
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Heathrow Airport has been forced to cut the landing fees it charges airlines after the competition regulator intervened. The Civil Aviation Authority has announced that the maximum landing fee will be set at around £23.73 per passenger next year and £23.71 in 2026, about 6% lower than initially expected. In…