Heathrow airport
Coronavirus has obviously reduced the pressure on the airport for quite a while, at least. Restricting Heathrow capacity would mean some flights going somewhere else, but little likely effect on total air miles.
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The case will now be heard by the UK’s highest court as the airport tries to overturn campaigners’ earlier victory, reports Sky News.
Heathrow airport has been given permission to appeal to the Supreme Court against a block on its plan for a third runway.
Judges said Heathrow could appeal against a February ruling which said the government’s airports policy was unlawful as it failed to take into account climate change commitments.
The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of campaigners as part of a wider bid to stop the build by opponents including London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Hillingdon Council.
It found the government hadn’t considered its commitments to the Paris Climate Agreement when it backed the scheme in 2018.
But on Thursday the Supreme Court said it would hear the airport’s appeal.
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