Gatwick appoints new head of Airline Relations
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Gatwick Airport has appointed Stephen King to the position of Head of Airline Relations.
In his new role Stephen will be responsible for developing Gatwick’s existing airline relationships to their full potential and growing the airport’s carrier base – the airport already flies to 200 destinations in 80 countries.
The announcement of Stephen’s appointment follows record November passenger figures. 2.8 million passengers travelled through the airport, +7.3% on the same month last year, while long-haul growth soared +20%. Contributing to this long-haul growth was Thomson’s new connection to Sri Lanka which started last month.
In line with Gatwick’s long-haul growth, cargo volumes increased +12% in November.
Stephen joins Gatwick having worked at Virgin Atlantic for over ten years and previously at shipping and freight provider American President Lines (APL). Whilst at Virgin Atlantic, Stephen was responsible for revenue management and sales for both passenger travel and air cargo. Most recently he was heading up Virgin Atlantic’s Asia Pacific team based in Hong Kong and prior to this was General Manager India for the airline.
Stephen holds a first class degree in Operations Research and Management from Lancaster University.
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