Gatwick airport’s expansion plan involves bring its emergency runway into routine use. Here the PA news agency answers 14 key questions about the project. It is mostly used for aircraft to taxi to and ...

LONDON — (AP) — The U.K. government gave its provisional backing Thursday to the creation of a second runway at Gatwick Airport outside London if certain improvements were met, including on ...

A second runway at Gatwick Airport could be approved today after the Transport Secretary insisted she is not a 'flight-shaming eco-warrior'. Heidi Alexander is due to give her decision on a ...

Two unions have stepped up calls on Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander to approve a second runway at Gatwick Airport. Andy Prendergast, national secretary at the GMB, and Prospect general ...

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

These relate to issues such as the proportion of passengers who travel to and from the airport by public transport, and noise mitigation. The Planning Inspectorate rejected Gatwick's initial ...

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 airport’s expansion plan involves bring its emergency runway into routine use. Here the PA news agency answers 14 key questions about the project. It is mostly used for aircraft to taxi ...