Gatwick Airport to open 2nd runway with 100,000 more flights a year after court win

GATWICK Airport is set to get a second runway by the end of the decade. Plans for the new runway have received a huge boost today, after campaigner against the plans lost their bid to challenge it. Gatwick Airport will be getting a second runway The airport expansion was approved back in September and is set to cost £2.2billion. It will involve moving the airport’s emergency runway 12 metres north and as a result, the airport will be able to host an extra 100,000 flights a year. Sign up for the Travel newsletter Thank you! The new runway is set to have planes taking off by the end of the decade. In a ruling on Tuesday, Lord Justice Holgate and Lord Justice Dove dismissed campaigners’ bids against the new runway. Read more on travel inspo They said: “We conclude that each of the grounds of appeal raised by each appellant is unarguable. “Neither appeal has a real prospect of success. We also consider that there are no other compelling reasons for either appeal to be heard.” Gatwick Airport is the second busiest airport in the UK and has one of the busiest runways in the world. The runway will be used mainly for more narrow-bodied planes, such as Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s. Most read in Travel The airport hopes flights will take off from the runway by the end of the decade Credit: Alamy Campaigners argued that the Government has not properly assessed the climate impact of an additional runway. They also commented that there is no need for an expansion at Gatwick Airport, considering Heathrow is not too far away. Comment now