Image: An aircraft on the runway at Gatwick Airport. Pic: Reuters Until Thursday, however, it did not tell Gatwick, or the "interested parties" opposed to development, that plan A had been rejected.

Both Gatwick terminals would also be revamped and existing taxiways remodelled. Nearby roads to its two terminals would be ...

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government gave its provisional backing Thursday to the creation of a second runway at Gatwick Airport outside London if certain improvements were met, including on noise ...

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 ...

These relate to issues such as the proportion of passengers who travel to and from the airport by public transport, and noise mitigation. The Planning Inspectorate rejected Gatwick's initial ...

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 ...

UK Government Tentatively Backs Expansion of Gatwick Airport, Country's Second-Busiest LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government gave its provisional backing Thursday to the creation of a second runway ...

LONDON — The U.K. government gave its provisional backing Thursday to the creation of a second runway at Gatwick Airport outside London if certain improvements were met, including on noise ...

Gatwick, which is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of London and serves more than 40 million passengers a year, is the country's busiest single-runway airport, and second-busiest overall ...