2 days ago · A third runway would mean demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting rivers, and rerouting the M25 motorway between junctions 14 and 15 through a tunnel under the new runway.

In January 2009, the then Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon announced that the UK government supported the expansion of Heathrow by building a third runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long serving a new passenger terminal, a hub for public and private transport set apart from the Central hub between terminals 2 and 3, the southern hub of 4 and western hub ...

1 day ago · In 2024, Heathrow's boss said building a third runway is "still part of the strategy" for coping with ever-increasing passenger traffic at Europe's busiest airport. Last year, the airport broke ...

1 day ago · Britain’s government has backed a tortured effort to build a third runway at Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, throwing its weight behind a decades-old proposal that has been beset by ...

1 day ago · Heathrow's third runway can be built and operating in a decade's time, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Reeves told the BBC she wanted to see "spades in the ground" in the current Parliament and ...

1 day ago · The government supports a third runway at Heathrow, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced. Ms Reeves said the expansion of Europe's busiest airport was "badly needed" to connect the UK to the ...

3 days ago · The real value of backing a third runway at Heathrow is the less tangible but no less important signal to investors about the UK's attitude towards major infrastructure projects, say supporters.

2 days ago · Heathrow Airport has reported that in 2023 an average of 232 aircraft, external, more than a third of all arriving planes, were held in one of four "stacks" above London each day, where they ...

Heathrow’s plans for expansion at the airport with a third runway to the north-west of the existing two are currently supported by Government policy through the Airports National Policy Statement. Expansion at the airport would create tens of thousands of jobs …

Sep 17, 2024 · In the latest twist, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has indicated that the Labour government is supportive of a third runway. Might it now finally take off? Here, we take a brief look at the current...