Sentences with phrase «existing runway capacity»

Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said the Government had been clear in its opposition to additional runways at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, so the challenge now was to make better use of existing runway capacity.

We welcome the recommendations in today's report for immediate action to improve the use of existing runway capacity and we urge Government to act on these.

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London Luton Airport has announced it will seek to increase the capacity of the property to 18 million passengers per year using the one existing runway.

The second runway, parallel to the existing one, allows for simultaneous takeoffs and landings, thereby increasing operating capacity to more than 80 takeoffs or landings per hour.