Heathrow’s top brass have tabled their proposal to manage the hub’s long-awaited third runway expansion in a bidding process that will pit it against a rival operator for the first time in the airport ...

Ministers have given their blessing to Heathrow’s controversial £49bn expansion plan at the UK’s busiest hub airport, including a third runway. The “resilient and efficient” project could see flight ...

Planning costs for London Heathrow’s third runway may surpass £1bn, with air passengers charged extra to balance expenditure. In July, airport chiefs wrote to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to ...

Heathrow’s third runway has government backing, for now. But the country’s own climate laws may become a gatekeeper. The UK government has endorsed Heathrow Airport’s $43 billion plan for a third ...

Two proposals for expansion at London Heathrow each foresee a third runway – albeit of different lengths – becoming operational in 2035, with supporting developments including new terminal buildings.

An aerial photograph taken on March 21, 2025 shows planes parked on the tarmac of Heathrow Airport, which has submitted a $49 billion to expand the site and build a ...

Here we go again, said Polly Toynbee in The Guardian. Last week, Heathrow Airport unveiled its latest expansion plans. Labour first backed the third runway in 2009, six years after it had been ...

London Heathrow airport’s operator believes a 3,500m (11,500ft) third runway will provide the greatest benefit to the hub, but it is still analysing whether a slightly shorter one of 3,100m will ...

London’s mayor remains opposed to the 100 per cent privately-funded plans for a £21bn runway at Heathrow, and previously detailed to Monocle the reasoning behind his reluctance. Heathrow Airport has ...

London's Heathrow Airport on Friday unveiled a £49-billion ($65 billion) expansion plan, including the costs of building a long-awaited third runway, approved by the UK government after years of legal ...