In January 2009, the then Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon announced that the UK government supported the expansion of Heathrow by building a third runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long serving a new passenger terminal, a hub for public and private transport set apart from the Central hub between terminals 2 and 3, the southern hub of 4 and western hub ...

2 days ago · A third runway would mean demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting rivers, and rerouting the M25 motorway between junctions 14 and 15 through a tunnel under the new runway.

1 day ago · In 2024, Heathrow's boss said building a third runway is "still part of the strategy" for coping with ever-increasing passenger traffic at Europe's busiest airport. Last year, the airport broke ...

1 day ago · 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 ...

1 day ago · Some have argued that a third runway at Heathrow is unlikely to become a reality for many years. The project still has to go through a formal planning process, and the airport's expansion is ...

1 day ago · After years of toing and froing a third runway at London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) has been approved by the UK’s newest Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. In a speech on January 29, 2025, against vehement opposition from environmental groups Reeves finally announced that in the UK government’s mission for growth a third runway at ...

16 hours ago · Rachel Reeves said flights could be taking off from a new Heathrow third runway “within a decade”, as she also in effect banned new “bat tunnels” in big UK infrastructure projects to help ...