Heathrow is the busiest two-runway airport in the world, with a cap of 1,315 movements per day. Demand is so strong that, in 2019, 99.15 per cent of that capacity was used.

Heathrow expansion: What a third runway means for noise, pollution and the environment - There would be an additional 4.4m tonnes of CO2 a year from a third runway – the equivalent to ...

Heathrow has revealed plans to charge passengers an extra £5 in fees to increase space at the airport ahead of construction ...

London Heathrow, the busiest airport in Britain, has announced plans for adding a third runway and substantial expansion of existing terminals. Heathrow’s chief executive, Thomas Woldbye, said ...

London Heathrow is the epicenter of travel and commerce in Europe. Once the world's busiest airport for international passengers, growth at Heathrow has been stifled by limitations on the number of ...

As things stand, around 1,300 planes fly through Heathrow every day. A third runway would raise that to 2,000 – an increase of over 50 per cent – adding significantly to emissions, as well as ...

Heathrow’s third runway is at least eight years away from completion, but the controversial plan is already generating plenty of noise. On June 25, 2018, the House of Commons voted by a majority ...

She added that “by backing a third runway at Heathrow we can make Britain the world’s best-connected place to do business.” Flights from the airport are currently capped at 480,000 per year ...

As one of the world’s busiest airports it's no surprise Heathrow needs more than just one runway to take passengers to and from the nation's capital. Having started out as a small airfield it ...

Heathrow airport’s chief executive says plans for a third runway are being “revived” – while in the short term, bigger planes will extract more capacity from the world’s most ...