Heathrow court decision sends ripples across sector

摘要

The Court of Appeal decision to outlaw Heathrow Airport's third runway plan has left its expansion plans in limbo. It has also rocked the aviation sector's growth plans and threatened to hit the UK's wider infrastructure pipeline. Lord Justice Lindblom ruled that the government's Airports National Policy Statement - which paved the way for the third runway - failed to consider the government's climate change commitments under the 2016 Paris Agreement to cut carbon emissions. Consequently he ruled that the third runway proposal was unlawful as it breaks net zero carbon emission laws implemented by former prime minister Theresa May's government before last year's General Election.