Gatwick has been given conditional approval for massive expansion plans that will create a second runway and upgrade its terminals.Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said in a Commons written answer ...

A second runway at Gatwick Airport has been backed by government, providing measures to reduce noise are put in place. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she was "minded to approve" the ...

Britain’s second-busiest airport, London Gatwick, has been given a conditional go-ahead to expand. The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, is “minded to approve” the airport’s owners ...

The transport secretary is seeking some environmental adjustments to the airport's expansion plans as the government grapples green and growth pressures.

In a written parliamentary answer, she said: “Today [27 February 2025] I have issued a ‘minded to approve’ letter for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Development Consent Order (DCO ...

London Gatwick saw strong financial growth in 2024, with a record number of airlines operating from the airport.

London Gatwick has today published its full financial results for 2024, when it welcomed a total of 43.2m passengers, up 5.7% ...

The hub is counting the benefits of attracting more long-haul airlines, with Kenya Airways and Gulf Air the latest to bring ...

London Gatwick Airport has published its full financial results for 2024, reporting a 16.2% retail income increase on the ...

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 move is set to facilitate the direct boarding and alighting of seven and a half million passengers annually.

In contrast to Heathrow, which wants to bulldoze houses and reroute the M25, Gatwick is proposing to shift an already existing runway just 12 metres north, and bring it into regular use. Yet it still ...