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

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 ...

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 ...

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".

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 ...

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 ...

is the country's busiest single-runway airport, and second-busiest overall behind London's Heathrow Airport. Under the plan, Gatwick will have to move the current emergency runway 12 meters (39 ...