Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has indicated she is “minded to approve” Gatwick Airport’s £2.2bn expansion plans, subject to the development of nois ...

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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 noise ...

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 ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE -A sign for the South Terminal is seen at London’s Gatwick airport, Dec. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Sang Tan ...

FILE -A sign for the South Terminal is seen at London's Gatwick airport, Dec. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File) ...

All the signs pointed to Alexander approving the plans, which will see 100,000 more flights at Gatwick, creating around 14,000 jobs and and inject £1 billion into the region's economy every year. The ...

The government today announced it is 'minded to approve' a second runway at Gatwick Airport - despite ... step of recommending an alternative approach. That would require more noise controls ...

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 ...

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 ...

The second runway would allow Gatwick to almost double its capacity to around 75 million passengers by the late 2030s, with traffic reaching 80 million by 2047. The £2.2bn expansion will be ...