Gatwick has submitted a long-awaited application to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) to bring the airport’s existing northern standby runway into routine use alongside its main runway.
Gatwick is one of several airports seeking permission to expand
If approved, Gatwick said the additional runway will create around 14,000 new jobs and inject £1 billion into the region’s economy every year.
The plans, revealed almost two years ago, aims to leverage the airport’s existing infrastructure to unlock new capacity and improve airport resilience, in line with government policy.
If approved, it could increase traffic at the airport from a 46.6 million annual passenger peak in 2019 to around 75 million, a potential increase of in excess of 60%.
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