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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Gatwick's second runway would be an easier 'win' than Heathrow's third

Heathrow may not be top of the global tree any more in terms of passenger numbers. But what is sometimes overlooked is that London as a whole remains the busiest aviation city in the world. By some margin.

According to latest available figures London’s six airports handled just over 168 million passengers last year, a fair way ahead of the 147 million who passed through New York’s five locations. Paris is a long way back with 105 million passengers.

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