10 hours ago · While the detailed plans for a third runway at the UK's largest airport, are yet to be finalised, the construction of terminal five, which opened in 2008, required some 80,000 tonnes of steel.

14 hours ago · Heathrow is set to announce a multibillion-pound expansion plan to create extra capacity at the airport - as it prepares its proposal for a third runway. The UK's biggest airport has announced a ...

10 hours ago · London's Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest hubs, will submit its proposal for a third runway to the British government by summer, its chief executive Thomas Woldbye will say in a speech ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Heathrow is already the UK's busiest airport, serving more than 80 million travellers a year with its four passenger terminals and two runways. A third runway would mean demolishing hundreds of ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Britain’s government has backed a tortured effort to build a third runway at Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, throwing its weight behind a decades-old proposal that has been beset by...

Jan 29, 2025 · In the latest twist, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has indicated that the Labour government is supportive of a third runway. Might it now finally take off? Here, we take a brief look at the current...

Jan 29, 2025 · The government supports a third runway at Heathrow, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced. Ms Reeves said the expansion of Europe's busiest airport was "badly needed" to connect the UK to the ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Heathrow's third runway can be built and operating in a decade's time, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. Reeves told the BBC she wanted to see "spades in the ground" in the current Parliament and ...

A third runway and the infrastructure that comes with it would unlock billions of pounds of private money to stimulate the UK supply chain during construction. Once built, it would create jobs and drive trade, tourism and inward investment to every part of the country.

Heathrow’s plans to expand the airport with a third runway to the north-west of the existing two are currently supported by Government policy through the Airports National Policy Statement. Heathrow welcomes the recent recognition from the Chancellor of the role that Heathrow can play in delivering growth across the economy.