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| D-day for airport extension plan | D-day for airport extension plan |
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| A final decision is expected on controversial plans to extend the runway at Aberdeen Airport. | A final decision is expected on controversial plans to extend the runway at Aberdeen Airport. |
| The 300-metre extension would allow bigger, more energy efficient aircraft to land, but environmental campaigners are against the idea. | |
| Groups including Aberdeen Against Climate Change have objected. | Groups including Aberdeen Against Climate Change have objected. |
| Aberdeen City Council will later make a final decision as to whether the extension to the north of the runway will go ahead. | Aberdeen City Council will later make a final decision as to whether the extension to the north of the runway will go ahead. |
| Aberdeen Airport is one of BAA's best performing in Scotland. | Aberdeen Airport is one of BAA's best performing in Scotland. |
| More pollution | More pollution |
| Airport bosses claim that larger, more modern aircraft would not only mean more passengers and more international routes, but would also reduce air and noise pollution. | Airport bosses claim that larger, more modern aircraft would not only mean more passengers and more international routes, but would also reduce air and noise pollution. |
| However, Aberdeen Against Climate Change said a similar runway extension at Stansted Airport near London had already been thrown out on environmental grounds. | However, Aberdeen Against Climate Change said a similar runway extension at Stansted Airport near London had already been thrown out on environmental grounds. |
| It claimed more aircraft would mean more pollution. | It claimed more aircraft would mean more pollution. |
| The council's head of planning, Dr Margaret Bochel, had said in a report that the extension was needed for a "dynamic local economy". | The council's head of planning, Dr Margaret Bochel, had said in a report that the extension was needed for a "dynamic local economy". |
| She said objections on the grounds of the impact on climate change could not be used to refuse a planning application. | She said objections on the grounds of the impact on climate change could not be used to refuse a planning application. |