What's the plan for a third runway at Heathrow Airport?
Plans to expand London's other airports are already further along than Heathrow's and have in the past been viewed as an alternative to a third Heathrow runway. Work is set to start this year to expand capacity at Stansted's terminal. The government is due to make a decision on Gatwick airport by 27 February.
Map shows how much Heathrow Airport will expand by with new third runway
Airport bosses have been pushing for the expansion for years, arguing that Heathrow’s capacity is full. They said the £14 billion expansion is needed to add 260,000 flights. Many residents are against the expansion as homes and businesses near the airport’s safety perimeter face demolition,
What to know about the UK’s Heathrow Airport runway expansion plan
British finance minister Rachel Reeves is expected to back the expansion of Heathrow Airport on Wednesday, turning to the country's most controversial infrastructure project in her hunt for economic growth.
Labour’s Heathrow airport expansion and the climate crisis
It is the rich and the corporations who will take the lion’s share of the benefits from Labour’s and all airport expansions, while the poorest around the world pay the costs.
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Should another runway be built at Heathrow Airport? Let us know what you think in our poll below, or click here. Environmental advocates have strongly condemned the plans. Alethea Warrington, head of aviation at climate charity Possible, called the move a "catastrophic misstep," highlighting the potential increase in carbon emissions.
Everything we know so far about Heathrow Airport's third runway and terminal map
Rachel Reeves confirmed plans for a third runway at London Heathrow Airport this morning, (Wednesday, January 29). The ambitious project has been backed by the airport itself, claiming it is the 'bold, responsible vision the UK needs to thrive in the 21st century'.
UK government backs contentious third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport
U.K. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says that the new Labour government is backing the construction of third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport.
Heathrow's third runway can be built in 10 years, Reeves says
Reeves told the BBC she wanted to see "spades in the ground" in the current Parliament and planes to start using the runway by 2035. She also said that Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London who is opposed to Heathrow's expansion,
Heathrow expansion can support growth — with a long runway
A shovel is yet to hit the ground despite efforts to expand the hub dating back decades — and the barriers remain huge
Heathrow's third runway and London 'gold shortage'
Telegraph says Heathrow's third runway will not be ready until 2050, according to Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary. The paper quotes him as saying the airport will not get a new runway "in my lifetime and certainly not in [Reeves'] political lifetime",
The village divided by Heathrow Airport expansion
What is less clear is how much of the rest of this part of west London will survive following the chancellor's announcement to back plans for a "badly needed" third runway at Heathrow Airport. The U3 bus from the international hub crisscrosses green fields and drops you off close to the heart of the village where a memorial to residents killed in World War One stands.
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World's smallest airport is so tiny pilots need special training to land
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Rachel Reeves shares huge Heathrow Airport update in clash with Sadiq Khan
Rachel Reeves is facing fierce opposition within Labour over her plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
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Ed Miliband lobbied for airport in his own backyard while threatening to revolt over Heathrow expansion
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Left-wing lawyers plot to derail Reeves’s Heathrow expansion
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UK finance minister backs expansion of London's Heathrow Airport to boost struggling economy
In a major growth speech in Oxfordshire, Reeves said that a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport was "badly needed," ...