Heathrow is set to announce plans for an extra 68 take-offs and landings per day before the opening of its controversial third runway. The airport will announce plans to accommodate 25,000 more flights per year at a public consultation next week. If approved, Heathrow's flight cap of 480,000 would be raised by 5.2 per cent - and annual flight numbers would exceed 500,000 for the first time. Heathrow Airport will announce plans to accommodate an annual increase of 25,000 flight movements at a public consultation next weekThese numbers would surpass the flight limit imposed when Heathrow built Terminal 5 in 2001, the Times reported. This new growth is proposed ahead of the opening of its controversial third runway, which the airport hopes to complete by 2026.

Source: Daily Mail January 05, 2019 09:21 UTC