Austria's Top Court Overturns Ban on Vienna Airport Expansion

June 29, 2017

VIENNA, June 29 (Reuters) - A ban on construction of Vienna Airport's third runway was annulled by Austria's top court on Thursday.

The Constitutional Court said a ruling by the lower administrative court, which blocked the expansion project for environmental reasons in February, was a "misguided decision".

It "involved climate protection and land consumption in an unconstitutional way in its weighing of interests," said Constitutional Court President Gerhart Holzinger.

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