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Gatwick's Northern Runway Enters Full Use as a Second Runway
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsThe report says the cleared scheme will "bring the airport's standby northern runway into full use from 2030", a year rather than a fixed date.[1]The privately financed project shifts Gatwick's standby northern runway 12 metres north so it can take departures alongside the main runway, adding room for around 100,000 more flights a year. The Court of Appeal dismissed the last legal challenge on 4 August 2026, and the work also covers terminal extensions, new airport buildings and a flyover at the South Terminal roundabout.£2.2B0.77The 2027 British Grand Prix
SCHEDULED85% CONFIDENCEin 284 daysFormula 1's[2] own 2027 schedule gives this round's weekend as "02 - 04 Jul"; the Grand Prix is run on the Sunday, the last day of the weekend.The British Grand Prix returns to the old RAF airfield that held the first World Championship race in 1950.0.69LaGuardia Airport's $8BN Redevelopment Fully Wraps Up
ESTIMATED64% CONFIDENCE1.7 years agoEstimated: the sources put Terminal B's completion in January 2022, Terminal C's substantial completion in June 2022 and its "final gates completed in 2024"; none dates the overall wrap-up more precisely than 2024, so the pin sits at the end of that year.[1]The full rebuild of LaGuardia Airport's terminals, once mocked as America's worst airport experience, was completed.$8B0.67Hartsfield-Jackson's Widened Concourse D Is Due to Be Finished
Concourse D, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, GA 30320Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 2.8 yearsThe airport's phase-two announcement has "19 modules planned in total by the project's completion in the summer of 2029" - a season, not a fixed day.[1]Atlanta is rebuilding Concourse D in place, floating 19 prefabricated steel modules into position overnight to make the 1980s concourse about 60 percent wider and able to take larger aircraft while it keeps operating. Phase two began in January 2025 with the sixth module.0.66Network Rail Completes the London Bridge Station Redevelopment
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE8.4 years agoNetwork Rail's[3] own history page states London Bridge station was officially reopened by the Duke of Cambridge on Wednesday 9 May 2018.Network Rail finished its five-year, roughly £1 billion rebuild of London Bridge station as part of the Thameslink Programme, and Prince William officially reopened the unified station on 9 May 2018. The project gave the station a single new concourse and step-free access to every platform.0.66Heathrow's £49BN Third Runway Plan
ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsA target, per the source[1]: consent is only aimed for "before 2030", after which "a third runway would then open by 2035".Heathrow Airport has set out a £49BN expansion plan, including a long-sought third runway and a new terminal complex, and has approved work on a planning application after decades of UK government indecision.£49B0.66Melbourne Airport Rail Link
Melbourne Airport, Victoria, Australia
DELAYED4 years late67% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsDate has moved, per the source[1]: originally due by 2029, "that deadline is now looking a lot more like 2033"; Victoria’s own project page confirms the later date.A AU$12BN rail line to finally connect Melbourne Airport to the city, alongside a AU$4.5BN airport overhaul that adds a third runway and expands the international terminal.A$12B0.64Hong Kong Airport's Three-Runway System Reaches Full Operation
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE1.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "all three runways will be operating under the system starting November 28."Hong Kong International Airport's HK$141.5BN Three-Runway System expansion reached full three-runway operation, capping an eight-year project to add capacity on reclaimed land.HK$141.5B0.64SEA Gateway Project Completes at Seattle-Tacoma's Main Terminal
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CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE2.6 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "completed earlier in 2024 and took around two years".A two-year, AUD $125M rail overhaul at Melbourne's Swanson Dock wrapped up, adding a new terminal so more shipping containers move by train instead of truck.A$125M0.62Airbus Delivers Its First A400M Atlas to the Luftwaffe
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE11.8 years agoAirbus[4] and OCCAR delivery records state the first production A400M for Germany (MSN018) was handed over to the Luftwaffe on 18 December 2014, one day before it landed at its Wunstorf home base.Airbus Defence and Space delivered the first production A400M Atlas military transport, assembled at its Seville final assembly line, to the German Luftwaffe.0.61The de Havilland Comet Opens the World’s First Jet Airliner Service
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE74.4 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "On 2 May 1952, as part of BOAC’s route-proving trials, G-ALYP took off on the world’s first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers and inaugurated scheduled service from London to Johannesburg."BOAC’s G-ALYP took off from London for Johannesburg with fare-paying passengers, the first scheduled jetliner service in the world. Comet flights were about twice as fast as advanced piston airliners and cut London–Johannesburg to 21 hours 20 minutes.0.61
