Responding to the Government’s statement today on Gatwick expansion, John Dickie, Chief Executive of BusinessLDN, said:

“Allowing Gatwick to bring its second runway into regular use will inject billions of pounds of private investment into the economy, improve our ability to trade globally and create thousands of jobs.

“As cities across the globe vie for inward investment, ensuring our airports keep up with surging demand is key to maintaining London’s status as the best place in the world to do business.

“This preliminary decision reinforces the important message that economic growth and achieving net zero can and must go hand in hand.”