the third runway at heathrow is planned for 2020.
where is the third runway at heathrow planned?
2020
the government of oslo has debated if a third runway in the future will be reliable. if they approve, the runway will not be finished until 2030 at the earliest. avinor has discovered the existing runway capacity will be saturated by 2030, but critics have pointed out that larger hubs as heathrow in london only operates with two runways. however, such airports tend to suffer of major delays and chaos at their schedules. oslo had 253,542 movements against 474,087 at heathrow in 2017. former minister of transport, liv signe navarsete (center), has stated that spreading the traffic between the two airports (ryg is closed on permanent basis) will result in inconvenience for passengers and a massive need for inter-airport ground transportation, but has announced she is opposed to a third runway. avinor is facing large costs of extending short runways in rural locations or replacing such airports during the 2020 decade, so a third runway at oslo is less prioritized. however, as of december 2017, construction of a nearby city directly to the east of osl has been officially approved, nicknamed "the gate to europe", in which a third runway and a third terminal are part of the project.
oslo airport, gardermoen
the commission released its interim report in december 2013, shortlisting three options: the north-west third runway option at heathrow, extending an existing runway at heathrow, and a second runway at gatwick airport. after this report was published, the government confirmed that no options had been ruled out for airport expansion in the south-east and that a new runway would not be built at heathrow before 2015. the full report was published on 1 july 2015, and backed a third, north-west, runway at heathrow. reaction to the report was generally negative, particularly from london mayor boris johnson. one senior conservative told channel 4: "howard davies has dumped an utter steaming pile of poo on the prime minister's desk." on 25 october 2016, the government confirmed that heathrow would be allowed to build a third runway; however, a final decision would not be taken until winter of 2017/18, after consultations and government votes. the earliest opening year would be 2025. on 5 june 2018, the uk cabinet approved the third runway, with a full vote planned for parliament. on 25 june 2018, the house of commons voted, 415–119, in favour of the third runway. the bill received support from most mps in the conservative and labour parties. a judicial review against the decision is being launched by four london local authorities affected by the expansion—wandsworth, richmond, hillingdon and hammersmith and fulham—in partnership with greenpeace and london mayor sadiq khan. khan previously stated he would take legal action if it were passed by parliament.
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