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Heathrow Airport warns third runway could be delayed by four years

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: BBC Business
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What happened

The UK's busiest airport cautions it may miss the government target of 2035 as ministers say the deadline has "always been ambitious".

Key facts

  • The UK's busiest airport cautions it may miss the government target of 2035 as ministers say the deadline has "always been ambitious".
  • Reported by BBC Business and published Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:32:42 UTC.

Why it matters

Economic releases and corporate results feed directly into rate expectations, currency moves and equity pricing, so the detail here often matters more to markets than the headline itself.

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  • Revisions to the initial figures once fuller data is released
  • How rate expectations and index futures respond
  • Guidance or commentary from the companies and policymakers involved

Coverage timeline

When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.

  1. Heathrow Airport warns third runway could be delayed by four years

  2. Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation

  3. Andy Burnham refuses to back third runway at Heathrow

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