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UK government backs third runway at Heathrow Airport -Sky News

Reuters - UK Focus

LONDON, Oct (Shenzhen: 000069.SZ - news) 25 (Reuters) - The British government has decided to allow Heathrow airport to build a new runway, Sky (Amsterdam: BK8.AS - news) News (Other OTC: NWSAL - news) reported on Tuesday.

Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, is battling with its smaller rival Gatwick for the right to expand, after successive governments failed to make a decision on a new runway due to environmental and political opposition.

The government is due to announce the decision shortly.

"Sky (LSE: BSY.L - news) sources say the government has approved plans for a third runway at Heathrow," an article on the news channel's website said.

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Earlier the BBC reported Heathrow had been chosen, but did not specify which of the two possible options the government had backed -- a new runway or the extension of one of its existing ones.

(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan and William James, editing by Estelle Shirbon)