Heathrow and Gatwick airport could expand under plans
The government is due to make a decision on Gatwick airport’s plans for expansion by 27 February.
Gatwick wants to increase its capacity to 75 million passengers per year, according to the previously published plans. Its previous record pre-covid was 47 million.
Gatwick is aiming to complete the project by the end of the decade if the plans go ahead.
Meanwhile, a decision on Luton airport’s expansion, which includes plans for a new terminal, is due by 3 April.
Airport expansions were delayed under the previous Conservative government because of their environmental impact and objections from airport-neighbouring communities over noise.
Heathrow’s expansion plans have been divisive for the Labour party in the past, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer voting against a third runway in 2018 while Reeves supported it.
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