London Gatwick Airport has named a new top boss after its long-serving chief executive was promoted to a newly created ...

The emergency runway is currently used as a taxiway ... offsetting any increase in noise from the additional flights. 'London ...

The Government has indicated its support for Heathrow’s expansion plan. But it is likely to be many years before construction on a third runway at the west London airport begins, and Gatwick is ...

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. 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 ...

Gatwick has presented its expansion plan as a relatively low-risk way to add a new runway to airport capacity in London — compared with the long-delayed and politically contentious proposal to ...

The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, is “minded to approve” the airport’s owners plan ... runway Gatwick with passenger numbers of 75 million per year would put extra pressure on the ...

Gatwick’s second runway is currently only available ... investment and stimulate economic growth, then approving London Gatwick’s plan seems an obvious choice.” In a further statement ...

The move, alongside potential confirmation of the expansion of other London airports including ... Friends of the Earth has described the plan for a third runway as "hugely irresponsible".