London Stansted given permission to increase annual passenger limit to 51 million

Stuart Stone
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Plans to increase passenger numbers and make Stansted the UK's second busiest airport given the green light by Uttlesford District Council

London Stansted airport has today been granted planning approval to increase its annual passenger limit to 51 million over the next two decades. The increase, which would make Stansted the UK's second...

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