By Press Association 2021
A plane lands at Heathrow Airport
Plans for a third runway at Heathrow have been given a major boost after the airport’s owner won a Supreme Court challenge.
Heathrow Airport Ltd successfully overturned an earlier ruling that the Government had failed to take account of its own climate commitments when it approved the scheme.
The west London airport said the latest decision will “allow global Britain to become a reality”.
Environmental groups and other opponents of the expansion project described the outcome as “incredibly disappointing” but insisted there “remains real doubt” about whether the third runway will ever happen.
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