acf domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /var/www/vhosts/qazaqmektebi.kz/elordamedia.qazaqmektebi.kz/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131The government has backed the expansion of Heathrow Airport after years of heated debate, saying it could create 100,000 jobs.<\/p>\n
The move, alongside potential confirmation of the expansion of other London airports including Gatwick and Luton, is likely to be met by fierce opposition.<\/p>\n
Critics say increasing air travel would make it much harder for the UK to meet its climate change commitments.<\/p>\n
However, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said “a third runway is badly needed”, adding the government “cannot duck the decision any longer”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Heathrow is already the UK’s busiest airport, serving more than 80 million travellers a year with its four passenger terminals and two runways.<\/p>\n
A third runway would mean demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting rivers, and rerouting the M25 motorway between junctions 14 and 15 through a tunnel under the new runway.<\/p>\n
The number of flights, currently capped at 480,000 a year, could go up to 720,000 – or nearly 2,000 a day on average.<\/p>\n
Heathrow told the BBC that it would eventually be able to serve up to 140 million passengers a year once the third runway is in operation.<\/p>\n
The airport’s owners, who include Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s sovereign wealth funds and private equity firm Ardian, said the costs of expansion would be met by charging airlines for use of the larger airport.<\/p>\n