Southampton Airport Runway Refusal 'Would Risk 2,000 Jobs': Report Summary

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BBC News. (2020, July 15). Southampton Airport runway refusal 'would risk 2,000 jobs'. Retrieved from BBC News: /news/uk-england-hampshire-53404482
Southampton Airport has been committed to evaluating approaches to increase its competitiveness and offer more operations to different European routes. Besides, the airport needs to extend its runway, which would help in scaling its operations by increasing the number of flights (BBC News, 2020). Southampton Airport plans to increase on of its shortest runways has been objected by different parties, including the Airport Expansion Opposition, which has stipulated that a longer runway is likely to cause and economic harm to the individuals living in the neighborhood because sit would increase the noises. There are also worries about the dangers that the airports’ expansion would have to the environment since it would facilitate thousands of tons of emissions every year. The airport officials have, howe...