The government says fares must go up so it can fund investment, but admits passengers are frustrated by services.

Speaking at an industry dinner on Tuesday night, Heidi Alexander said she enjoys flying and sees aviation as key to economic growth. “I am not some sort of flight-shaming eco warrior.

London Gatwick’s plans to upgrade its northern taxiway to become the airport’s second runway have received conditional ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has a deadline of Thursday to announce whether she has decided to approve Gatwick’s plan for a new runway. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has said she ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said it is ‘the lowest increase in three years’ (Jonathan Brady/PA) Heidi Alexander said the Government ensured the fares rise was “the lowest increase in ...

Heidi Alexander says ‘sometimes the unions are wrong’ and that she ‘won’t blink’ during talks over ending industrial action The Transport Secretary has vowed to take on rail unions as ...

Heidi Alexander, the Transport Secretary, said she was “minded to approve” the plans but more time was needed to consider the impact of adding an extra 100,000 flights a year. In particular ...

Gatwick gets go-ahead to bring in permanent second runway - Exclusive: Everything you need to know about expansion at the Sussex airport, which has the world’s busiest runway ...

The U.K. government has provided provisional approval to the creation of a second runway at Gatwick Airport outside London.

In scale, cost and complexity, Gatwick's second runway plan is not in the same league as the saga of Heathrow's pursuit of a third. As a test, however, of the government's commitment to growth ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has ‘set out a path to approving’ Gatwick airport’s expansion project, a Government source said (Gareth Fuller/PA) Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has ...