Plans for Heathrow third runway officially dropped

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BAA confirms it is halting work on planning application for third runway at Heathrow and withdrawing application for Stansted runway

The final nail was hammered into the coffin of airport expansion plans at Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick yesterday when operator BAA confirmed that it was formally dropping plans for new runways at its...

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