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A way to get out of the very political debate around the third runway at Heathrow, which at this point seems unlikely to come to fruition.
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Introducing so-called “mixed mode” flying – under which runways are used for both take-offs and landings at the same time – could allow 120,000 extra aircraft movements each year at Europe’s busiest airport.