Ministers are exploring whether to impose planning rules that would mean a second Gatwick runway could only open if 54 per ...

Bosses at Gatwick have urged the Prime Minister to avoid delaying a decision on proposals for a new runway Britain’s second-biggest airport. A delay to securing planning approval would push up ...

London Gatwick Airport currently uses its shorter, northern runway primarily as a taxiway but is proposing to develop it into a fully operational departure runway. Credit: London Gatwick Airport ...

At present the standby runway acts as the principle taxiway for the main runway. Take that away, and increase the number of movements by 20-30 per cent, and the logistics become very complex.

Gatwick is seeking approval for a £2.5 billion second runway, allowing an additional 100,000 flights per year and almost doubling its passenger capacity to 75 million annually. Read More ...

London’s Gatwick Airport Ltd. is seeking planning permission to bring its second runway into full-time use, potentially raising capacity by tens of millions of passengers annually as air travel ...

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 ...

Gatwick, the busiest single-runway airport in Europe, will see a final decision made by the government in October Gatwick second runway given green light by government despite eco fury Skip to ...

If approved, the plans could bring an additional 60,000 flights per year into the airport Cargo coming into Gatwick could double if plans for expansion are approved, the airport has said. The West ...

Cargo coming into Gatwick could double if plans for expansion are approved, the airport has said. The West Sussex airport has submitted plans to bring its northern runway, normally a taxiway, into ...

Gatwick is seeking approval for a £2.5 billion second runway, allowing an additional 100,000 flights per year and almost doubling its passenger capacity to 75 million annually.