HEATHROW EXPANSION

Proposed North-West runway

£14bn cost

2026 projected completion date

130m total yearly passenger capacity at expanded Heathrow

15% of new flights would be domestic connection

The long-delayed plans to build a third runway at Heathrow will cost £14bn, according to plans the government is endorsing, paid for entirely by the private sector. It will allow Heathrow to increase its capacity from 85.5 million passengers a year to 130 million.

Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, described it as a “historic moment”.

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