London Gatwick Airport

To tide it over difficult times Gatwick Airport has secured a £300m loan with a consortium of banks loan to ensure its investment grade rating is maintained Business Travel News reports…

British Airways has announced a new tranche of flights for passengers travelling to winter-sun hot-spots St Lucia, Cape Town and Cancun from London Gatwick. The airline will launch the…

Jazeera Airways, a Kuwaiti low-cost carrier, has announced plans to start flying daily to London from 27 October, serving the British capital in a new A320neo aircraft. This will be…

Amidst all the fears around the impact of Brexit on passenger numbers in the UK, the country’s busiest airports have had a storming start to the year. Heathrow passenger numbers in May…

China Airlines will start flying direct to the UK later this year. The Taiwanese national carrier will kick off its new non-stop service between Taipei and London's Gatwick Airport on…

AirAsia connects Thailand's regional cities Where? Chiang Mai to Ubon Ratchathani (both Thailand) When? Daily, effective immediately Who? Thai AirAsia Why? Low-cost carrier provides…

Spring adds low-cost link between key Asian cities Where? Shanghai Pudong (China) to Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) When? Four times a week, effective immediately Who? Spring Airlines Why?…

WestJet, the Canadian airline, has launched a flash sale for flights from London Gatwick Airport to Canada. Bookable from now until 6.59am GMT on Friday 10 February, the flash sale…

A record 2.8m passengers travelled through Gatwick Airport in November, representing a 7.3% year-on-year increase.  The airport also added 2.7m passengers to its year-to-date traffic,…

London will soon get new connections to China and New Zealand, following the announcement that Tianjin Airlines will start flying to the UK capital from Xi'an next year. Due to…

Gatwick Airport’s newly-established Gatwick Growth Board (GGB) under Co-Chairs Tessa Jowell and Steve Norris has commissioned an independent assessment from consultants Oxford Economics into…

Cathay Pacific has deployed its brand new fleet of Airbus A350 on two of its European routes. The launch of the airline's inaugural A350 flight to Dusseldorf on 1 September 2016…

Norwegian will offer British holidaymakers a series of new winter flight options this year, including new services to Iceland and Lapland, northern Finland. From 30 October 2016, the…

British Airways and easyJet have both announced plans to launch new flights catering to British skiers this winter. On 16 December, the British flag carrier will kick off a new service…

Sixty-three per cent of London councillors support Gatwick expansion - compared to 44% for Heathrow – with half (50%) saying the certainty a runway scheme can be delivered has become more…

Construction and operation of a second runway at Gatwick would deliver a transformative jobs boost across the South East and generate 28,000 additional jobs, a new report published today has…

Tianjin Airlines has celebrated the launch of its first flight to the UK, which arrived at London's Gatwick Airport on Saturday. The new route marks the next step in the carrier's…

Royal Brunei Airlines (RB) is celebrating 25 years of flying from London this month. Marking its silver jubilee at a breakfast event last week with some of the UK’s key travel companies,…

Gatwick is launching the UK’s first ever direct flights to Chongqing – one of the world’s largest urban centres and a major manufacturing and transportation hub in southwest China.  …

Tianjin Airlines, which forms part of China’s HNA Group, will launch its first ever flight to London this summer. The new route, which will operate from Tianjin via Chongqing, will…

Emirates has revealed plans to launch its 10th daily flight to London. Commencing on 1 October 2016, the new service will become Emirates' fourth daily service between Dubai and…

Pegasus Airlines will launch flights to Azerbaijan’s Gabala on 18 March.  Flights between London Stansted and London Gatwick to Gabala via Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen will operate three times…

Cathay Pacific Airways will launch flights to London’s Gatwick Airport next year, using its brand new Airbus A350 aircraft. Commencing on 2 September 2016, the new flights will…

National Express is set to launch a 24-hour, straight-to-the-terminal bus service from Gatwick Airport to Kent.  Starting in December, a dedicated service will serve both terminals…

All eight of Emirates' daily flights to London will be operated by Airbus A380 aircraft from 1 January 2016. The Dubai-based carrier will start using the double-decker jet on its…

Skybreak, the customer service centre based at Gatwick Airport, has secured contracts with four additional airlines that use London’s second airport. Skybreak Service Centre, which…

Gulf carrier Emirates has launched a second daily A380 service from Dubai to London Gatwick Airport.  The A380 will add a total of 318 seats per day increasing capacity in all three…

ABTA has urged expansion at both Heathrow and Gatwick in its response to the Airport Commission’s final consultation. The association said both airports have made ‘compelling cases’…

British Airways and easyJet are among the carriers that will switch terminals at Gatwick Airport under a new strategy. easyJet’s operations will all be consolidated to the North…

Gatwick Airport has unveiled a new design that would ‘eliminate queuing’ as it looks to win the capacity growth war against Heathrow. A new design from Sir Terry Farrell has been…

Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport have both reported a record number of passengers within a year in 2014. Heathrow saw 73.5 million passengers use the airport, up 1.4% on 2013.…

Vietnam Airlines has announced it will switch its London flights from Gatwick to Heathrow in March. Flights from Heathrow to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will operate five times a week…

Updated 29 December, 19.10 GMT A Virgin Atlantic aircraft has carried out a ‘non-standard landing’ at Gatwick Airport after having a technical issue with one of its landing gears.…

A new £1 billion investment has been announced for Gatwick Airport as it marks its fifth year out of the now broken-down BAA monopoly. A new North Terminal to match its…

Gatwick Airport has announced its half year results in line with previous forecasts, as it welcomed new European and long-haul routes. The airport has posted an 8.6% increase in…

A four-year funding deal has been granted by the Department of Transport (DfT) to maintain flights between Newquay and London Gatwick. The government has announced it will provide…

Birmingham Airport has offered its support for expansion at Gatwick Airport at the Conservative Party Conference this week. Birmingham Airport’s CEO Paul Kehoe joined Gatwick CEO…

Garuda Indonesia has launched its long-awaited service to London. The new route commenced on 8 September 2014 and will now operate five times a week between Jakarta and London Gatwick…

Airline associations have welcomed the Airports Commission’s snub of Boris Johnson’s Thames Estuary airport idea. The Airports Commission has favoured expansion at Heathrow or Gatwick…

No.1 Traveller has opened a new ‘relaxed younger brother’ of its airport lounges at Gatwick’s North Terminal today. The new concept is known as My Lounge and is less formal than the…

Flynas announced operations of two direct flights a week between Riyadh and London. This new service will commence from 27 July 2014. The new twice-weekly service is available every…

New daily flights between Gatwick and Casablanca have been announced for this winter. Royal Air Maroc will offer the services from 26 October in addition to the daily Heathrow to…

Air China will launch flights to the UK's second busiest airport, London Gatwick, later this month. Commencing on 30 March 2014, the national carrier will operate four weekly flights…

The new aviation minister, Robert Goodwill, has publicly spoken of the need for London’s biggest airports to grow. The minister, who was speaking at the Airport Operators Association…

The mayor of London Boris Johnson has reiterated his belief that Boris Island is still the answer to London’s airport crisis. The mayor, who was on a tour of Hong Kong, used the…

Gatwick Airport cautiously welcomed the CAA’s focus on the airport’s Commitments framework as the regulator approved prices to rise by RPI +0.5% for the next seven years. The CAA is…

The UK’s biggest airport, Heathrow, is today submitting evidence to Howard Davies’ Airports Commission, casting doubt on the credentials of Gatwick’s long-haul strategy. According to…

The UK’s second busiest airport, Gatwick, believes it is in with a fighting chance of tempting one of the global airline alliances away from Heathrow, according to its chief executive.…

Garuda Indonesia has been forced to postpone the launch of its flights to London, due to capacity restrictions at Jakarta's Soekharno-Hatta International Airport. The national carrier…

London Gatwick airport has submitted its expansion proposals to the Airports Commission, giving details of a second runway to the south of the current site. The proposals confirm our…

London’s two main airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, have released their most recent statistics revealing how the two hubs have been performing. Heathrow saw around 5.8 million…

easyJet has announced its first service into Norway with a new route between Gatwick and Bergen. The route will operate daily with bookings open from today. The airline said it…

European airports are looking at attracting Indian airlines to fly to their destinations.  Airports like Amsterdam, Dublin, London, Gatwick and Munich are attracting Indian airlines…

British Airways has become the latest airline to announced new “hand baggage only” fares on selected routes as traditional European airlines battle it out with low-cost carriers. BA’s new…

Gatwick Airport has announced it will invest GBP1 billion in the next five years with a preference to set airline prices through contracts instead of regulation. In its ‘Contracts and…

The chief executive at Gatwick Airport has called for Heathrow to operate a smaller schedule in winter so it can cope with conditions. In a letter to Secretary of State for Transport…

British Airways and the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority (LVCVA) celebrated its new route from Gatwick Airport today with treats and performances. A pop-up bar was placed at…

Mayor of London Boris Johnson is considering taking legal action on the government over the airport capacity decision, it has emerged. According to the Telegraph, PM David Cameron is…

Gatwick Airport has unveiled its plans to boost ground connections to its airport up to 2030. The airport aims to complete changes to its rail station in 2013 after spending GBP8 million…

Virgin Atlantic has announced it is to bump up its services to Cancun following high demand on the route. The airline has carried 17,000 passengers on the route and is expected to carry…

Traffic from Gatwick into Asia has balanced the airport’s drop in traffic from the Olympics, it has announced. The London airport saw yearn-year growth for August up 0.2%, or 7,700…

Hong Kong Airlines has confirmed it will suspend its all-business class flights from London in September. The carrier attributed the weak economic outlook in Europe and the strength of its…

Gatwick Airport has said it has no plans to build a second runway although warned it could be full by 2030 in is new master plan for 2020. Following a public consultation, the airport…

Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays are to display a message criticising APD on their e-tickets. The tickets will also include a link to A Fair Tax on Flying’s website to generate awareness…

Gatwick Airport has seen its passenger numbers increase 6.9% in March year-on-year following its new routes into Asia. The airport carried 33.8 million passengers during March this year,…

Emirates is to operate Gatwick Airport’s first Airbus A380 flight next month to mark its 25th anniversary flying from the airport. The double-decker aircraft will arrive at the airport on 6…

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