London Gatwick’s growth plans expected to boost region’s economy by £1 billion every year
London Gatwick has submitted an application – known as a Development Consent Order (DCO) – to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS), outlining its ambition to bring the airport’s existing Northern Runway into routine use alongside its Main Runway. By investing in its long-term future, London Gatwick will also enhance the crucial economic role it plays by […]
London Gatwick Airport welcomes Air India with four new long-haul routes
London Gatwick, part of VINCI Airports’ network, is set to welcome its latest new airline this summer, with Air India announcing four new routes to Goa, Ahmedabad, Amritsar and Kochi (Cochin), starting from 26 March. These new routes strengthen established, strong community links between the UK – particularly London – and India. Read more: London Gatwick […]
London Gatwick Airport connects to Frankfurt with two new daily Lufthansa services
London Gatwick Airport has announced a new connection from April 2023, linking two of the world’s biggest financial hubs, as Lufthansa launches a double daily service to Frankfurt, Germany. From 23 April 2023, the German flag carrier will operate twice daily between the UK’s capital and Germany’s financial capital, home of the European Central Bank. […]
Top Christmas travel tips from London Gatwick Airport
Passengers flying out of Gatwick Airport this Christmas favour a mixture of city breaks and winter sun, with Geneva and Dubai among the most popular destinations. Famed for the beauty of Lake Geneva and its proximity to some of Europe’s top ski resorts, the Swiss city of Geneva is proving the most popular spot for […]
London Gatwick announces 51 flights per week to the USA during peak booking period
Passengers travelling to the USA from Gatwick Airport can now choose from 51 flights per week to popular destinations including New York, Orlando, Boston and Tampa. The increased transatlantic schedule – as JetBlue adds a second daily flight to New York from 31 October – comes in time for the peak booking period ahead of […]
London Gatwick Airport rewrites the runway resurfacing rule book
London Gatwick Airport, part of VINCI Airports’ network, has just completed a plan to resurface its main runway in half the time and for half the cost – while saving significant amounts of embodied carbon by using 70% less asphalt – compared to traditional resurfacing methods. The airport’s original plan to resurface its main runway […]
Strong demand accelerates Gatwick’s recovery
Strong passenger demand – and encouraging air traffic volumes – following the lifting of all UK travel restrictions in March 2022 accelerated Gatwick’s recovery from the devastating impacts of the pandemic, the airport revealed today in its half year financial results. Passenger demand was at 74.3% of pre-pandemic levels for Q2, after all UK travel restrictions […]
What should the Gatwick region be known for?
Following the impact of the pandemic, London Gatwick Airport and its partners are looking to better define – and promote – the region’s economic identity to help it compete for inward investment, attract new, diverse industries and jobs, and secure its long-term economic prosperity. To kick-start this work, and as a first step forward, a […]
Gatwick cargo volumes could more than double
The volume of cargo handled by Gatwick is forecast to increase to around 350,000 tonnes per year by the middle of the century (2047) – up from 150,000 tonnes in 2019/20 – if the airport’s plan to bring its Northern Runway into routine use is realised. Cargo volumes would increase to over 200,000 tonnes as the Northern Runway potentially enters service in 2029, growing steadily to over 320,000 tonnes by 2038, before hitting 350,000 by around 2047. […]
CAAi and FlyZero partner for zero carbon emission flight
CAA International (CAAi), the technical cooperation arm of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA), and the Aerospace Technology Institute’s (ATI) FlyZero Project have announced a partnership to help shape the future of zero carbon emission commercial air travel. Led by the ATI and backed by the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial […]
JetBlue comes to Gatwick
JetBlue has announced it will make its highly anticipated entrance into the transatlantic market with nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy international Airport (JFK) and London Heathrow Airport (LHR) starting August 11, 2021. The New York airline will further enhance its U.S. and U.K. schedules with nonstop service between New York-JFK and London […]
Gatwick’s revival is critical to the region’s economy
Gatwick’s strong revival is critical to the region’s economic recovery and will help create the dynamic, connected and innovative business environment necessary to diversify the region’s economy, according to a new report – Gatwick’s Economic Value – published today. Diversifying the region’s economy and making it more resilient has become an important objective for several […]
Gatwick’s 2020 annual results
Despite an encouraging start to 2020, passenger numbers at Gatwick fell 78% in the year ended December 31, 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19. The airport remained open throughout the pandemic, however all revenue streams were impacted and the collapse in passenger demand led to a £465.5m loss for the twelve-month period and negative EBITDA at -£25.1m. […]
Testing now mandatory for UK arrivals
With England in another national lockdown, airports are once again taking the brunt of closures. The UK government has today announced the mandatory testing of all UK arrivals at airports. Stewart Wingate, CEO, Gatwick Airport has made the following the statement: “Public health remains of paramount importance and, while necessary, the new national lockdown will […]
Virgin and Delta to add flights for summer 2020
Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines will boost UK-US flights for the summer of 2020, joining forces at London’s Gatwick Airport for the first time. Gatwick will become Delta’s seventh trans-Atlantic destination with flights from Boston starting on 22 May. One day before, Virgin will launch daily flights to New York JFK from Gatwick, with […]
Gatwick Airport to help local firms go global
Gatwick Airport and the Department of International Trade have launched a competition to help local businesses attend international trade shows to help them grow. SMEs based in Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Croydon can take part by explaining in 150 words how their business will develop by attending trade fairs through the Gatwick Trade Fairs webpage. […]
China Eastern connects Gatwick with Shanghai
London Gatwick Airport has gained a vital route to China, with the first China Eastern Airlines flight to Shanghai taking off today (Friday 7 December). The Airbus A330-200 flight departed Gatwick at midday, and will provide over 3,700 tonnes of cargo capacity per year to the area responsible for a third of China’s imports and […]
Young freight forwarders treated to day out with Virgin
Three young talented UK freight forwarders were treated to a Familiarisation Day at Virgin Atlantic in recognition of their success at the BIFA Young Freight Forwarder of the Year award. Award winner Louis Perrin, a director of Hemisphere Freight Services was joined by fellow finalists Katie Brown, airfreight manager at TPS Global Logistics and Cargonet […]
Long-haul routes boost cargo volumes at Heathrow and Gatwick
Cargo at London’s Gatwick Airport continues to soar with growth of more than 20 per cent in August helped by long-haul routes. The airport handled 9,826 tonnes of cargo in August, a year-on-year increase of 22.3 per cent helped by long-haul routes to destinations in China including Air China providing a link to Chengdu. From […]
China Eastern to connect Gatwick with Shanghai
Gatwick Airport is gaining another long-haul connection with the launch of flights to Shanghai in December operated by China Eastern Airlines. Shanghai has been the showpiece of China’s dramatic economic growth and is a global financial centre. It drives growth in the Yangtze River Economic Zone, a region accounting for 20 per cent of China’s […]
Gatwick soars in June, Heathrow’s cargo dips slightly
Cargo volumes at Gatwick Airport have continued to grow at double-digit rates in June while Heathrow has seen its first fall in almost two years. Gatwick Airport’s cargo volumes increased by 19.4 per cent to 9,354 tonnes in June, helped by its fast growing long-haul network. Orlando, USA remains the most popular summer long-haul destination, […]
Gatwick opens up the world to local businesses
Gatwick Airport is providing local businesses with export opportunities with £7.5 billion of goods passing through the West Sussex airport. Over two thirds of the airfreight, valued at £5.3 billion and coming in at 61,000 tonnes was exported, and the other £2.2 billion, or 35,600 tonnes was imported, according to the research carried out by […]
Nihao Chengdu, Air China provides direct link to Gatwick
Gatwick Airport’s long-haul network continues to grow with Air China launching flights to Chengdu on 3 July, the UK’s only non-stop link to the capital of Sichuan province. Air China will operate three flights a week on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays leaving at 22.00h, and arriving in Chengdu at 15.40h using an Airbus A330-300, providing […]
Long haul routes keep Gatwick flying at double digit rates
Cargo at Gatwick Airport continues to grow at double digit rates with a year-on-year increase of almost 15 per cent in May, helped by new long haul routes. The airport located about 30 miles south of London handled 8,706 tonnes of cargo in May, a year-on-year increase of 14.8 per cent. On a moving annual […]
Qatar Airways starts double daily services to Gatwick
Qatar Airways’ inaugural flight from Doha to London’s Gatwick Airport has touched down, making it the airline’s sixth gateway into the UK and the second one for London. The double daily service is operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and for the summer, Qatar Airways will operate 95 flights to the UK a week, with […]
Gatwick Airport goes on a summer recruitment drive
Gatwick Airport is going on a recruitment drive with more than 1,200 vacancies available, including more than 400 jobs for ground handling agents. The ground handling agent jobs will be with companies providing check-in desk assistance for passengers as well as loading and unloading luggage and cargo onto aircraft for firms including DHL, Menzies, Airline […]
Long haul flights help Gatwick continue to grow at double digit rates
Cargo at Gatwick Airport continues to grow at double digit rates, passing 100,000 tonnes on an annual basis, helped by an expanding long-haul network. On a moving annual total from March 2017 to February 2018, cargo has grown 27.7 per cent to 101,052 tonnes compared to 79,136 tonnes in the same period in the previous […]
Cargo at Gatwick continues to grow at double digit rates
Gatwick Airport is continuing its double digit cargo growth with volumes increasing 29.6 per cent, helped by an increasing long-haul network. In January, the airport handled 7,824 tonnes of cargo, a year-on-year increase of 29.6 per cent compared to the 6,035 tonnes it handled the previous January. On a moving annual total basis from February […]
Long-haul routes help Gatwick cargo volumes grow 24% in 2017
Gatwick Airport’s cargo volumes increased 24.4 per cent in 2017 helped by a rapidly expanding long-haul network. The airport located 30 miles south of central London handled 97,045 tonnes in 2017 compared to 77,995 tonnes in 2016, with volumes in December rising 33.6 per cent to 9,849 tonnes. It has welcomed new routes to destinations […]
Long-haul routes help double-digit cargo growth at Gatwick continue
Long-haul routes continue to push airfreight volumes up at Gatwick Airport, with year-on-year growth of 25.6 per cent in November. The airport located to the south of London handled 10,175 tonnes in November 2017 compared to 8,099 tonnes the previous year, having established long-haul routes to markets including Asia, with destinations including Hong Kong and […]