In a written parliamentary answer, she said: “Today [27 February 2025] I have issued a ‘minded to approve’ letter for the ...

A decision is expected later on whether Gatwick airport can expand to two simultaneously functioning runways. The airport wants to move its northern runway, which is currently only used for ...

Gatwick's Bronwen Jones shows the BBC's Sean Dilley the grass verge where the northern runway would be expanded under the airport's proposals Bronwen Jones, development director at Gatwick ...

The main stumbling blocks facing Gatwick's proposals are related to its provisions for noise prevention and public transport. The northern runway already exists at the airport parallel to the main ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said in a written statement that she was "minded to approve” the expansion, which would involve moderately moving Gatwick's northern runway, which is ...

UK air navigation service NATS has applied its intelligent arrival separation system to a mixed-mode single runway for the ...

Assuming final consent is given in October Gatwick will start work on turning its existing Northern Runway - currently only used as a taxiway or when the main runway is out of action - into a fulltime ...

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) under the ...