Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions (Cagne) claims the airport’s proposals fail to adequately address issues such as noise, surface transport, housing and wastewater treatment.

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 ...

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 whether to bring a second runway at Gatwick Airport into regular use has been delayed by the Government in a blow for the £2.2billion plan. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said ...

Gatwick bosses got a major hint that they could be allowed to expand airport capacity, after the Transport Secretary hit out at "flight-shaming" environmental activists. Heidi Alexander said the the ...

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 ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has announced she is prepared to support expansion of Gatwick airport if the project is adjusted. The Cabinet minister said the Planning Inspectorate ...

Gatwick Airport is poised to be massively expanded, upping its capacity to the dismay of environmental campaigners. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has “set out a path to approving ...

Gatwick airport’s expansion plan involves bring its emergency runway into routine use (Nick Ansell/PA) Gatwick airport’s expansion plan involves bring its emergency runway into routine use ...

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 ...

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 ...

LONDON—British Airways is set to grow its domestic maintenance presence by acquiring Boeing’s MRO operation at London Gatwick Airport. The UK flag carrier announced the acquisition Feb. 17 ...