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Heathrow has told the government its long-delayed third runway will not open before 2039, four years later than the 2035 target it set only last year, as Prime Minister Andy Burnham stops short of endorsing the £49 billion expansion.
Istanbul Airport has secured temporary acceptance on a new 2,820-meter east-west runway, its fourth, with entry into service targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026 as the world's busiest airport pushes toward 120 million annual passengers.
With Navi Mumbai flying since December 2025 and Noida's Jewar airport now in scheduled service, India's two largest metros finally have second gateways. The hard part starts now.
At the world's busiest airports, the scarcest asset isn't the aircraft or the terminal — it's the right to take off at 8am. Here's how the slot system actually works, and why it's so hard to change.