Project includes a new terminal but not another runway and will see passenger capacity almost double to 32mn
MPs hear evidence in wake of substation fire that led to hundreds of cancelled flights
Thomas Woldbye says airport will review case for upgrading grid connections after outage that shut hub for nearly 24 hours
US private equity investor takes 22% holding in owner of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports
Time spent switching power supply and rebooting systems raises doubts over resilience of Europe’s largest aviation hub
Airlines raise questions about scale of flight disruption after substation blaze
Airport has reopened but flights have been cancelled because planes and crews are in the wrong place
Fire at electricity substation that shut down Europe’s busiest airport raises questions about resilience of UK infrastructure
Within hours of a fire at a power substation, one of the world’s busiest airports was closed to all flights
More than 1,000 flights and 16,000 homes affected by ‘significant’ outage at electrical substation
Airport says longer flights have made off-peak times less busy than before pandemic
London’s hub airport is preparing a detailed expansion plan after winning government backing
Conditional decision comes as ministers bet on expansion of London’s airports to boost economic growth
PE group buys holdings from Ferrovial, CDPQ and USS in a £870mn deal that takes share of airport to more than 30%
Sir Tim Clark says higher landing fees to fund the project could prompt legal challenges
Thomas Woldbye confident government is committed to making controversial project happen
The expansion would be the largest private investment programme into the London airport
Government’s models suggest Sustainable Aviation Fuel will take years to make significant impact
Totemic infrastructure project set for significant hurdles even after political green light
A shovel is yet to hit the ground despite efforts to expand the hub dating back decades — and the barriers remain huge
Boss of hub calls timetable for expansion ‘ambitious, but not undoable’
Scale and cost of construction could pose bigger barriers than political opposition
UK chancellor expected to support Heathrow airport expansion despite concerns over environmental impact
Labour chancellor argues airport expansion will boost economic growth
Chancellor set to confirm her support for UK’s largest airport having a third runway
