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Burnham dodges questions on Heathrow third runway as project faces four-year delay
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Main airport serving London, England
London Heathrow Airport – named London Airport until 1966 – is the primary and largest international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system.
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