Plans put forward by Heathrow Airport would see a third runway built to the north-west of the existing two. If approved, it would mean building over parts of the Harmondsworth, Sipson and ...

Heathrow's expansion plans have been divisive for the Labour Party in the past, with Sir Keir Starmer voting against a third runway in 2018 while Reeves supported it. A government spokesman said ...

Since 2003, Heathrow has said its terminals and ... vote and could see legal challenges. The pre-pandemic plan for a third runway was blocked by a court on environmental grounds in 2020, before ...

But the plan for a third runway at Heathrow also has many opponents, and has been pushed back several times before now. Here’s everything you need to know about the ongoing debate: Why does ...

Will Heathrow's third runway ever happen? And what will be lost if it does? Plans to expand Heathrow Airport have been taxi-ing around for years without ever taking off. Heathrow is the busiest ...

Heathrow's existing runways run east-west on either side of the main airport site. It is one of the world’s busiest two-runway airports, with planes taking off or landing up to every 45 seconds. The ...

Heathrow’s plan to build a third runway received parliamentary approval in June 2018, but has been delayed by legal challenges and the coronavirus pandemic. The airport needs to secure approval ...

Image: Heathrow with its six runways in 1955 before the four diagonal ones were removed due to larger plans. Pic: The National Archives Discussions about a third parallel runway began in the 1980s ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Heathrow’s management is poised to relaunch plans to build a third runway at the airport, assuming the ...