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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Today was supposed to be the day the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, granted official permission for the northern, standby runway to be brought into regular use. A green-light ...

Tomorrow Gatwick will hear from her Cabinet colleague Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander whether London’s second airport can press ahead with its own ambitious expansion plans. But there is a ...

Britain's state-owned rail firm will be set up within two years, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has revealed. The Cabinet minister said she has told officials at the Department for Transport ...

Swindon's new MP has been given a unique insight into the town's blind and partially sighted community by RNIB.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she was "minded to approve" the expansion. Some MPs, local authorities and residents are strongly opposed. The airport wants to move its northern runway ...