00:00the second runway will allow the site to be used for the departures of narrow-bodied planes such as airbus
00:07a three twenties and boeing seven three seven of the first flights expected to take off from the new runway
00:14from twenty thirty
00:15on tuesday the course of appeal dismissed a bid by campaigners to challenge a high court ruling in june that
00:23the scheme could proceed heidi alexander said the decision was a major milestone for gatwick and for local communities which
00:32would create thousands of new jobs pierre hugh smith the airport's chief executive said the latest court ruling brings to
00:41an end an eight-year planning and legal process which has carefully
00:45tested and scrutinized every aspect of their expansion plans on multiple occasions gatwick airport previously said that the privately funded
00:54scheme is shovel ready and would provide a one billion pound boost to the economy every year it's also said
01:02that there would be little disruption to operations at the airport during development as the runway already exists campaigner peter
01:10barkley and campaign group communities against gatwick noise emissions
01:14took legal action against the department for transport over the decision to approve the plans telling the high course in
01:21january that the government did not properly assess the scheme's climate impact
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