Two unions have stepped up calls on Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander to approve a second runway at Gatwick Airport. Andy Prendergast, national secretary at the GMB, and Prospect general ...

A baggage handler has been caught throwing suitcases out of the hold of a plane at Gatwick Airport. The worker was filmed launching luggage across a Wizz Air jet, which reportedly caused some ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she “believes in airport expansion”, ahead of the imminent deadline for her decision on whether Gatwick’s second runway plan can go ahead.

London Gatwick Airport has finished installing next-generation scanners across its security lanes, leaving Heathrow as a ...

A second runway at Gatwick Airport has been backed by government, providing measures to reduce noise are put in place. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she was "minded to approve" the ...

Gatwick bosses got a major hint that they could be allowed to expand airport capacity, after the Transport Secretary hit out at "flight-shaming" environmental activists. Heidi Alexander said the the ...

LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Britain is inclined to approve the expansion of its second largest airport Gatwick, the government said on Thursday, over objections from environmentalists and during a ...