The boss of Gatwick said he “hopes and expects” the government will back the airport’s plans for a second runway, adding that its proposals would bring extra air capacity to the south-east more quickly than a third runway at Heathrow.
Stewart Wingate, the airport’s chief executive since 2009, said the £2.2bn plan to create a fully functioning second runway by the end of the decade had strong economic credentials and could “chime” with the government’s growth agenda.
