The U.K. government has provided provisional approval to the creation of a second runway at Gatwick Airport outside London ...

Britain is set to approve the expansion of Gatwick Airport, the government's transport minister said on Thursday, after she ...

Residents across the South East have shared mixed reactions to a second runway at Gatwick Airport being backed by the ...

Britain is inclined to approve the expansion of its second largest airport Gatwick, the government said on Thursday, over ...

Commitments made by Britain's Gatwick Airport over a price cap it charges airlines and improving service targets for the next ...

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 ...

If the airport wins permission for its controversial expansion plan, construction would start almost immediately.

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The £2.2bn plans to expand Gatwick airport look set to go ahead after the government signalled it was supporting the project – a move that could see an additional 100,000 flights accommodated ...

The Government has delayed a decision on a second runway at Gatwick despite its pledge to “defy eco-warriors” on the £2.2bn expansion. Heidi Alexander, the Transport Secretary, said she was ...