Latest Airports News

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has delayed his decision on whether to approve plans to reopen Manston Airport in Kent.

The £500M expansion of Birmingham Airport has been paused due to the impact of Covid-19 on the air travel sector.

A local campaign group has vowed to “fight” Leeds Bradford Airport’s (LBA) planned £150M expansion plans.

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic has made the aviation sector’s efforts to develop its assets, while driving sustainability and innovation, more complex. 

Heathrow Airport Ltd and Heathrow West will go toe-to-toe in their quest to build Heathrow’s third runway. But first, both must overcome legal hurdles blocking the airport’s expansion.

Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has secured permission by the Supreme Court to legally challenge the Court of Appeal’s decision in February that halted its plans for a third runway.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said that it is “unlikely” that Heathrow’s expansion plan will be restarted in the “short term”.

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Economic impact of the Covid-19 virus could further delay Heathrow Airport's proposed expansion and push completion back until 2030.

The Court of Appeal decision to outlaw Heathrow Airport’s third runway plan has left its expansion plans in limbo. It has also rocked the aviation sector’s growth plans and threatened to hit the UK’s wider infrastructure pipeline.  Lord Justice Lindblom ruled that the government’s Airports National Policy Statement – which…