Let’s Do This: The U.K. says yes to a third runway for Heathrow. What does it mean for the world’s airlines?

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Let’s Do This: The U.K. says yes to a third runway for Heathrow. What does it mean for the world’s airlines?

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Let’s Do This: The U.K. says yes to a third runway for Heathrow. What does it mean for the world’s airlines?

October 31st, 2016

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For a lengthy period of history, sea power made the U.K. richer and more powerful than any other country in the world. Today, it’s air power— commercial air power—that’s central to its economy. But without new runway capacity in London, still the world’s busiest airline market with 155m annual passengers spread across six airports, the U.K.’s dominance of the skies will wane just like its dominance of the sea.

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