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Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Heathrow vs Gatwick. The tricky runway choice heading Labour's way in 2025

Could the three runways of Heathrow and Gatwick become five - (Getty Images)

Passenger numbers at Heathrow are, for want of a better word, flying.

Bosses at the west London hub now expect to handle 83.8 million arrivals and departures this year, a Birmingham sized city more than than the 82.8 million it forecast just three months ago, and almost three million more than the pre-pandemic high water mark in 2019.

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