The government has signalled that plans to bring a second runway at Gatwick into regular use will get the green light if environmental conditions are met. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said ...

London Gatwick’s plans to upgrade its northern taxiway to become the airport’s second runway have received conditional ...

The UK government on Thursday provided provisional approval to the creation of a second runway at Gatwick Airport outside London if certain improvements to the plan were met, including on noise ...

London-Gatwick Airport has welcomed the UK government’s response to its second runway application despite its decision to ...

Heidi Alexander said the Planning Inspectorate recommended she approves an alternative development consent order application.

“We look forward to Gatwick’s response as they have indicated planes could take off from a new runway before the end of this Parliament.” Gatwick chief executive Stewart Wingate welcomed the ...

A decision on expanding Gatwick has been pushed back several months, although the Transport Secretary said she was "minded to approve" a second runway. The deadline for a decision on whether to allow ...

Gatwick, which is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of London and serves more than 40 million passengers a year, is the country’s busiest single-runway airport.

A decision on whether to bring a second runway at Gatwick Airport into regular use has been delayed by the Government in a blow for the £2.2billion plan. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said ...

London Gatwick Airport expansion was given a green light today which will boost capacity by 30 million more passengers a year ...