Burnham dodges questions on Heathrow third runway as project faces four-year delay

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Plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been delayed by up to four years, with the original 2035 operational deadline now considered unachievable. The project remains politically contested as the UK Prime Minister avoids confirming support, and the new timeline sets opening around 2039.

Airport chiefs say 2035 operations deadline unachievable as critics say new delay makes case for project ‘even more dubious’ Plans for a third runway at Heathrow are once again up in the air after the prime minister refused to say whether he backs the “contested” project which is delayed by up to four years. Over the weekend it emerged that ​Heathrow no longer expects to meet the original 2035 deadline. Instead, the airport hopes to secure planning permission by 2029 and then open the runway “within a decade”, meaning it would not be operational until 2039. Continue reading...