Local business representatives and senior politicians joined Aviation Minister Baroness Vere and Southampton Airport’s leadership team on the airfield today (Thursday 21 September) to officially mark the opening of the runway extension. The event marks the end of a project that got underway on ...

By Edward Robertson Southampton Airport has won permission to extend its runway by 164m. The extension at the north end of the runway would bring the total length up to 1,887m and allow the airport to operate flights for aircraft with a greater range. The approval for the controversial plan...

Southampton Airport’s cancelled runway run has been resurrected and will take place on Sunday 1 November – with participants encouraged to take part virtually. With the current COVID-19 restrictions in place it wasn’t possible to host the popular annual event in its usual format on the orig...