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Consultation 1 launched - 17 January 2018 Heathrow has a launched its first planning consultation. To find out more, including how to respond, please visit the dedicated consultation website at. As part of the Development Consent Order process, we are required to carry out extensive public consultation to inform our plans. Over the next few months and years, residents and interested parties will have a number of opportunities to make their views known about various aspects of our proposals and comment on the design of our final plans. see full consultation page .

The new airport will start test operation in October 2019 Beijing's new international airport, yet to start operations, has already taken over the online world. Pictures of the massive airport have flooded social media with some calling the look of the construction 'incredible' and some saying its design has a 'space age influence'. According to  Xinhua , the new airport will start test operation come October 2019. With Beijing Capital International Airport being over-crowded, the new airport, located 46 km south of downtown Beijing, is expected to take some pressure off it. The construction of the airport began in December 2014 and is being built at an estimated cost of 80 billion yuan (12.3 billion US dollars), reports  CGTN . It is touted to be among the world's largest airports.  see full story