gatwick airport news stories
Gatwick Airport has had two terminals - the north terminal and the south terminal - but only has one runway. It is the busiest single runway airport in the world, the second busiest airport in the UK (after heathrow), and in the top 10 busiest airports in Europe.
Once best known as the airport for holidays and charter flights, in recent years gatwick airport has established itself as a major international hub for scheduled services, which now account for over a quarter of the passengers who pass through this airport. Today over 80 different airlines fly in to and from Gatwick airport, serving more than 200 destinations around the world and carrying over 34.2 million passengers in 2008.
Below we have collated all of the latest gatwick airport news. Click on any of the links to find out more:
March 2010
16.03.10 eBoarders snares drug smuggler at Gatwick
15.03.10 UK airport passengers down 7.4% in 2009
15.03.10 Gatwick managers told to re-apply for their jobs
14.03.10 Flybe to add flights during BA strike
13.03.10 IATA estimate of airline losses halved
12.03.10 Gatwick Airport passengers up 3.2%
10.03.10 Gatwick Express offer 10% discount
09.03.10 Monarch add Easter Canaries capacity
08.03.10 Airport parking company reveals mystery shopper results
07.03.10 Air Southwest Oyster deal for London bound passengers
06.03.10 Border staff strike to hit all UK airports
February 2010
24.02.10 GIP plan bonds issue to refinance Gatwick debt
22.02.10 BAA losses up on pension costs and loss on Gatwick
21.02.10 UK airport parking most expensive in the world
20.02.10 Gatwick monorail to reopen ahead of schedule
19.02.10 Roadworks to create dedicated Gatwick lane on M23
14.02.10 Passengers down at Gatwick Airport
13.02.10 Servisair add UK airport lounges
09.02.10 Monarch Airlines boss quits
08.02.10 Gatwick’s new owner does not plan second runway
08.02.10 Rail company criticised over Gatwick plans
06.02.10 BA to axe business class on short haul
06.02.10 Holidayextras offer airport hotel taxi transfer service
05.02.10 Abu Dhabi takes 15% stake in Gatwick
05.02.10 Gatwick praised for public transport links
03.02.10 Monarch reports busy January
02.02.10 Korean pension fund buys Gatwick stake
01.02.10 Gatwick boss wants to poach airlines from rivals
01.02.10 Charity targets Gatwick Airport sex slave trade
01.02.10 IATA: airlines will take 3 years to recover
January 2010
30.01.10 2009 was ‘worst year in aviation history’
29.01.10 Air Seychelles add weekly Gatwick flight
29.01.10 Biggest US airport parking company bankrupt
27.01.10 Plans to turn Gatwick hotel in to immigration centre rejected
23.01.10 easyJet add more summer sun routes from Gatwick
18.01.10 New Gatwick owner slammed over snow closures
18.01.10 Snow boost for airport hotels
16.01.10 Virgin confirm A330 purchases; drop A340s
16.01.10 Monarch add Gatwick – Faro flights
14.01.10 Heavy snow hits airports again
11.01.10 Business travellers say APD unfair
10.01.10 Thomas Cook launch online check-in
09.01.10 easyJet and Gatwick argue over snow problems
09.01.10 Aer Lingus confirm Gatwick flight cuts
08.01.10 Aer Lingus to cut back at Gatwick
07.01.10 Gatwick continues to struggle with snow
06.01.10 Gatwick closed by snow
December 2009
31.12.09 Monarch upset over ‘next airline to go bust’ bets
31.12.09 easyJet Gatwick flight diverted by weather – then hit by lightening
27.12.09 Online flight emissions comparison tool launched
18.12.09 Snow closes London Airports
16.12.09 Brussels Airlines switch flights from Gatwick to Heathrow
16.12.09 ‘Significant’ improvement in Gatwick flight punctuality
15.12.09 easyJet lose legal challenge of Gatwick charges
08.12.09 Campaigners slam MPs Gatwick runway call
08.12.09 easyJet criticised over 9½ hour flight delay
07.12.09 Government committee says all flights should be ATOL protected
06.12.09 Man faces jail after Gatwick gun threat
05.12.09 Government to cut its stake in UK air traffic control firm
04.12.09 GIP plan to sell share of Gatwick
02.12.09 New Gatwick ski flight
November 2009
30.11.09 Gatwick’s new owners to send in team of ‘fixers’
29.11.09 Lightening strike for easyJet Gatwick plane
29.11.09 Drug smuggling nurse avoids jail
28.11.09 Gatwick car park offers free car wash
26.11.09 EU clear Gatwick sale
26.11.09 Crash causes Gatwick rush hour chaos
25.11.09 Virgin open Gatwick Clubhouse
24.11.09 Gatwick parking scam exposed
22.11.09 Astronaut gets Gatwick role
21.11.09 Government will not call in Gatwick terminal plans
20.11.09 EU clarify flight delay compensation rules
15.11.09 FHR name customer’s top 5 Gatwick parking choices
10.11.09 Iceland Express announce Birmingham and Gatwick flights
09.11.09 UK flights down 9%
07.11.09 ‘Absurd’ APD bandings to go under Tories
07.11.09 Warning of winter airline failures
06.11.09 Virgin Atlantic Puerto Rico flights to take off
04.11.09 Virgin put fear of flying course on iphone
03.11.09 Campaigners say Gatwick runway a ‘non starter’
02.11.09 Taylor Woodrow win Gatwick South Terminal Pier 2 contract
02.11.09 BA launch Gatwick – Sharm El Sheikh flights
01.11.09 APD rise comes in to effect
01.11.09 Virgin call on Cameron to axe further APD rises
October 2009
31.10.09 Rolls Royce land £435m Virgin engine deal
30.10.09 Virgin lose communications director
28.10.09 Sale of Gatwick increases BAA losses
27.10.09 BA launch Gatwick – Caribbean flights
26.10.09 Air Southwest celebrates 6th birthday
24.10.09 BA extend early bag drop at Gatwick
23.10.09 New Gatwick owners urged to focus on short haul
23.10.09 Gatwick Express driver wins award
23.10.09 Gatwick monorail upgrade moves a step closer
22.10.09 New Gatwick owner plans lower fares and no queues
22.10.09 easyJet raise Gatwick monopoly concerns
21.10.09 BAA agrees Gatwick sale
21.10.09 Gatwick terminal and car park expansion put on hold
20.10.09 Scientists reveal quick / cheap test for liquids
20.10.09 Steep fall in revenues at Heathrow and Gatwick hotels
19.10.09 Gatwick sale ‘this week’
19.10.09 BA prepare to increase Barbados flights
17.10.09 Council to discuss Gatwick terminal expansion plans next week
16.10.09 Gatwick named ‘best airport’
15.10.09 Gatwick sale ‘progressing, but not imminent’
15.10.09 Gatwick flight laser incident
14.10.09 Border Agency slam Gatwick Hotel immigration centre plans
13.10.09 Qatar make Gatwick gas flight
12.10.09 TUI cancel Boeing Dreamliner orders
12.10.09 Woman born on plane celebrates 18th – with a flight
11.10.09 Campaign group want Gatwick terminal expansion enquiry
11.10.09 Gatwick thief has jail term cut
09.10.09 Air steward jailed over Gatwick drugs find
08.10.09 Gatwick sale talks progressing
07.10.09 Demo over Gatwick Hotel detention centre plans
02.10.09 Monarch boss calls end to air travel’s ‘golden age’
02.10.09 easyJet announce Gatwick – Dusseldorf flights
01.10.09 MP objects to Gatwick terminal expansion plans
01.10.09 Iceland Express to offer Gatwick – New York connection
September 2009
29.09.09 Gatwick transit closed
29.09.09 Gatwick hotel wants to become a detention centre
28.09.09 New technology could halve airport security queues
26.09.09 Gap between business and economy fares widens
26.09.09 Seven years for Gatwick drugs smuggler
25.09.09 Transavia to launch Gatwick – Rotterdam flights
21.09.09 Travel recovery ’18 months away’
19.09.09 New home for Gatwick dogs
18.09.09 Sharp decline in overseas travel
17.09.09 New Gatwick car park to be built
15.09.09 Four new Premier Inn airport hotels
13.09.09 New Gatwick noise campaign
12.09.09 Councillors call Gatwick noise plan ‘inadequate’
11.09.09 Gatwick flights more punctual
10.09.09 Jobs threat at Gatwick in-flight service company
10.09.09 Gatwick hotel chef wins Shephards Pie Challenge
05.09.09 Missed flights after fatal Gatwick car crash causes gridlock
03.09.09 Airlines lose £3.7bn in first half of 2009
02.09.09 Fraport not interested in UK airports
02.09.09 Gatwick Airport hotel bus crash
August 2009
29.08.09 IATA: Airlines in intensive care
28.08.09 Portugal airport strikes could hit flights
28.08.09 BA to add second weekly Gatwick – St Kitts flight
27.08.09 Gatwick passengers ‘run for the sun’ this weekend
26.08.09 Airport strikes called off?
26.08.09 Chip & Pin introduced at Gatwick car park
25.08.09 Fire at Gatwick Hilton hotel
20.08.09 Swissport respond to Gatwick and Manchester strike votes
20.08.09 easyJet Gatwick flight makes French emergency landing
19.08.09 Airport Express alliance to be dissolved
19.08.09 New Gatwick – Stockholm flights for Ryanair
18.08.09 Swissport respond to strike threat
17.08.09 Bin man drug smuggler in court
15.08.09 Monarch add Canaries flights next summer
14.08.09 Flybe add winter Gatwick – Jersey flight
12.08.09 Campaign group slams Gatwick noise plan
11.08.09 Flybe Gatwick flight forced landing
05.08.09 WTTC: ‘APD rise short sighted / should be scrapped’
02.08.09 Labour ‘face APD rise backlash’
July 2009
31.07.09 Man charged over Gatwick gun incident
30.07.09 Over 55’s turning to internet to book flights
29.07.09 BAA ‘won’t sell Gatwick if bids are too low’
29.07.09 Armed man tasered at Gatwick Airport
29.07.09 Two charged over big Gatwick drugs find
28.07.09 Immigration staff to strike
27.07.09 Monarch apprentices try cabin crew roles
25.07.09 Gatwick runway shut by emergency landing
24.07.09 Flybe add free wi-fi in airport lounges
23.07.09 Airline complaints up 11%
22.07.09 Balpa say APD increases ‘will price families off flights’
22.07.09 Ghana crew member held over Gatwick cocaine find
21.07.09 Gatwick monorail to close for 8 months from September
21.07.09 Gatwick boom for easyJet
20.07.09 Coach crash at Gatwick
19.07.09 Gatwick flight emergency
18.07.09 UK flights down 10.5% in June
17.07.09 Airports braced for start of summer peak
16.07.09 MAG withdraw Gatwick bid
16.07.09 Transport Minister tells airports to ‘stop winging’ over APD increases
14.07.09 Big room rate drops at Heathrow and Gatwick hotels
12.07.09 IATA want APD increases axed
12.07.09 Passenger died on Delta Gatwick – Atlanta flight
10.07.09 Gatwick campaign seeks increased shop spend
10.07.09 New director at Airport Express
09.07.09 Council raise Gatwick train station concerns
09.07.09 Train breakdown hits Gatwick passengers
08.07.09 ‘Pictogram’ signs near Gatwick
08.07.09 Roadworks near Gatwick next week
07.07.09 Gatwick bomb hoaxer jailed
06.07.09 Passengers use Facebook for fight easyJet for delay compensation
06.07.09 Monarch passengers ‘soar’
05.07.09 Dates announced for Gatwick noise briefings
05.07.09 Body found in Gatwick plane undercarriage
01.07.09 Lorry stuck under bridge causes Gatwick traffic chaos
01.07.09 Norwich flight diverted to Gatwick
June 2009
30.06.09 Flybe Gatwick – Dusseldorf flights take off
28.06.09 Efly applies to operate Malta - Gatwick route
27.06.09 easyJet lose Gatwick price rise legal challenge
27.06.09 SkyEurope the first of many to fail this year?
27.06.09 BAA revise forecasts on delayed Gatwick sale
26.06.09 Iata says airlines slashing fares to fill planes
26.06.09 New coach service for Gatwick
25.06.09 Global airlines cut 14m summer flights
25.06.09 Air Malta add Gatwick flights
25.06.09 BA adjusts Heathrow and Gatwick flight schedule this winter
22.06.09 Thomas Cook, MyTravel and First Choice top for delays
22.06.09 Hundreds of flights axed this year
21.06.09 Gatwick Airport launch noise plan consultation
20.06.09 Thomson top for long haul
19.06.09 BA punctuality record
17.06.09 Flybe launch mobile phone recycling scheme
16.06.09 DNX get Gatwick marketing account
15.06.09 Airport hotel room rates down 20%
12.06.09 Delta suspend Cincinnati – Gatwick and Edinburgh – New York flights
11.06.09 Tramp jailed for Gatwick Police attack
10.06.09 Aer Lingus to expand from Gatwick this winter
09.06.09 Thomas Cook owner bankrupt
08.06.09 IATA say airline losses will hit $9bn this year
08.06.09 BAA and CAA criticise Government’s airport insolvency regulation plans
07.06.09 Flybe Gatwick – Inverness flight emergency
05.06.09 Gang jailed after Gatwick car park thefts
04.06.09 IATA airline losses prediction increased
04.06.09 TAP strike confirmed
03.06.09 Busy weekend for cocaine smugglers at Gatwick Airport
02.06.09 BA announce three leisure routes from Gatwick
02.06.09 TAP strike to hit Gatwick flights
01.06.09 Airport eye scanners used by 2 million
May 2009
31.05.09 MAG talks to other consortiums about combined Gatwick bid
31.05.09 Airport parking company to launch travel awards
30.05.09 ABTA plan summer APD campaign
30.05.09 Lack of business passengers sees BA axe Gatwick – New York route
30.05.09 Man pleads guilty to Gatwick bomb hoaxes
27.05.09 Fall in website visits shows drop in flights demand
27.05.09 BAA plans Gatwick 'debrand'
26.05.09 Airlines ask BAA to cut back on Gatwick improvements
25.05.09 Newspaper highlights high cost of airport parking
24.05.09 Monarch face strike threat
21.05.09 BA to launch two new Caribbean routes from Gatwick this winter
20.05.09 BAA say talking to ‘multiple bidders’ about Gatwick
20.05.09 13 years for former England cricketer caught smuggling cocaine at Gatwick
19.05.09 BAA: GIP Gatwick bid lapses, bit it could submit another
14.05.09 Co-op survey reveals dissatisfaction with UK airports
13.05.09 Citi Gatwick bid fails
13.05.09 Gatwick Express celebrates 25th anniversary
10.05.09 Race for Gatwick enters final phase
09.05.09 easyJet puts winter Gatwick flights on sale
08.05.09 Virgin announce Gatwick – Puerto Rico flights
08.05.09 Firemen rescue Gatwick Hotel guest who fell in ditch
07.05.09 Flybe winter flights on sale
02.05.09 Gatwick ‘to go for £200m less than expected’
02.05.09 Air rage postman banned from flying for 5 years
April 2009
30.04.09 Ferrovial confirms 3 Gatwick bids
30.04.09 Airport health protection stepped up over swine flu
29.04.09 Winning Gatwick bid not announced for ‘days, if not weeks’
27.04.09 Aer Lingus Gatwick expansion ‘imminent’
27.04.09 Flybe add Guernsey – Gatwick flights
26.04.09 Gatwick bids hit by credit agency
26.04.09 Lysander reported to be leading Gatwick race
24.04.09 Gatwick bidders want second runway
23.04.09 Aviation industry angry over Budget APD inaction
22.04.09 Passengers unhappy over Monarch Gatwick flight problems
22.04.09 easyJet Gatwick expansion
19.04.09 Gatwick shop is ‘store of the year’
18.04.09 Date set for final Gatwick bids
18.04.09 Gatwick seat capacity down 15% last winter
16.04.09 Gatwick Airport car crash
07.04.09 Aer Lingus launch Gatwick hub; lose CEO
05.04.09 Flybe make Gatwick base; add Dusseldorf flights
04.04.09 Pension fund joins MAG Gatwick bid
02.04.09 easyJet launch Gatwick – Vienna route
01.04.09 Air Southwest is Gatwick’s most punctual
March 2009
31.03.09 APD refund charges unfair
28.03.09 Homeless Gatwick dweller faces jail
27.03.09 ABTA want air tax axed
25.03.09 BA shift two routes from Gatwick to Heathrow; axes others
23.03.09 Gatwick worth ‘just £1.3bn’
22.03.09 Plane bomb hoax at Gatwick
19.03.09 Airlines fail to compensate passengers for lost luggage
19.03.09 Marriott opens new Gatwick hotel
17.03.09 Competition Commission vets Gatwick bidders
17.03.09 easyJet launch Gatwick charges High Court battle
13.03.09 Gatwick bidders given an extra month
12.03.09 New restaurants and shops for Gatwick’s North Terminal
12.03.09 Astraeus ‘not for sale’
11.03.09 Virgin consider short haul routes
09.03.09 Airports to focus on passengers and the environment
08.03.09 Aer Lingus boss expects half of Europe’s airlines to go out of business
04.03.09 Monarch passengers down
03.03.09 Man in court over Gatwick bomb threats
02.03.09 easyJet boss slams ‘barmy airport regulation’
February 2009
27.02.09 NATS found guilty of age discrimination
25.02.09 Gatwick sale ‘on schedule’
24.02.09 BA Gatwick flight hit by lightening
24.02.09 Thomas Cook to charge luggage fee
23.02.09 easyJet steward in court after being drunk on plane
20.02.09 Gatwick sues Ryanair for £1.2m
19.02.09 Ryanair launch in flight mobile phones
18.02.09 BAA ‘may sell more airports’
17.02.09 Another Gatwick bid group drops out
15.02.09 Gatwick bidder drops out
12.02.09 Airport hotels hit by downturn
11.02.09 Aer Lingus to create 160 Gatwick jobs
10.02.09 Aer Lingus slash Gatwick fares
09.02.09 Ferrovial expect Gatwick sale by April
09.02.09 Regional flights to London switching from Heathrow to Gatwick
05.02.09 Norwegian Air Shuttle expands Gatwick – Norway network
04.02.09 Fluid spill closes Gatwick runway
04.02.09 easyJet to compete with Aer Lingus on Gatwick routes
03.02.09 BAA airport sales ‘to be tax exempt’
03.02.09 BAA axe Borders stores at Heathrow and Gatwick
02.02.09 Snow closes airports; hits flights
January 2009
31.01.09 Gatwick is ‘best regional hub’
30.01.09 Ryanair announce Gatwick – Marseille flights
29.01.09 Thomson most punctual charter airline
28.01.09 Air Europa plan Gatwick – Madrid flights
27.01.09 Virgin announce pay freeze
26.01.09 Hochtief not on Gatwick shortlist
26.01.09 Flybe adds to Gatwick – Guernsey shuttle
25.01.09 Terra Firma may bid for Gatwick
20.01.09 Mexicana launch Gatwick flights
19.01.09 London City and Manchester Airport owners bid for Gatwick
18.01.09 Saga cover airline failure
15.01.09 BAA claims human rights breach on forced airport sales
15.01.09 London City owners to bid for Gatwick
11.01.09 Virgin Nigeria axe Gatwick flights
10.01.09 easyJet face legal action over 32 hour delay
10.01.09 Gatwick drug smuggling mum jailed
08.01.09 Gatwick sale will raise ‘significant premium’
06.01.09 Monarch scheduled passengers up 6.5%
06.01.09 Virgin launch 25th anniversary / credit crunch campaign
02.01.09 Aer Lingus to relaunch Gatwick – Knock flights
02.01.09 40 passengers ‘run amok’ on Gatwick flight
December 2008
31.12.08 Virgin to offer London - Puerto Rico flights
29.12.08 Five groups plan Gatwick bids
26.12.08 BAA expects Gatwick to raise £1.8bn
26.12.08 Virgin and easyJet pull out of Gatwick bidding
25.12.08 Big heroin bust at Gatwick Airport
24.12.08 Monarch add scheduled flights
24.12.08 Continental Cleveland flights to switch from Gatwick to Heathrow
23.12.08 Which? slam in-flight food costs
19.12.08 Aer Lingus announce Gatwick base
18.12.08 Secret plans for second Gatwick runway
17.12.08 Virgin to withhold payment over Gatwick closure
14.12.08 Gatwick Express to run to Brighton
13.12.08 Falling passengers hit Gatwick sale price
13.12.08 Flybe announce Gatwick – Newquay flights
12.12.08 easyJet announce 4 new Gatwick routes
11.12.08 ‘Extreme weather’ closes Gatwick
09.12.08 IATA: airlines to lose $5bn this year; $2.5bn next
08.12.08 Visits to airline websites drop
07.12.08 BA cut Gatwick jobs / flights
06.12.08 Ferrovial want Gatwick bids by January 19
06.12.08 Former BA boss joins Citi Gatwick bid
05.12.08 Four consortiums stalk Gatwick
03.12.08 Police say Gatwick laser pranksters will be treated as ‘terrorists’
03.12.08 Longer delays for holiday flights
November 2008
30.11.08 Gatwick auction kicks off this week
30.11.08 3i plan Gatwick bid
26.11.08 Ryanair switch Dusseldorf flights from Stansted to Gatwick
26.11.08 Bee Gee bag problem at Gatwick
24.11.08 Manchester airport join Virgin for Gatwick bid
23.11.08 Aviation leaders call for air tax rethink
21.11.08 Monarch to operate Gatwick – Caribbean flights
19.11.08 Cimber to add Gatwick – Denmark flights
18.11.08 Ryanair announce two new Gatwick routes
16.11.08 easyJet wins review of Gatwick charges
16.11.08 Northwest axe Gatwick – Detroit flights
16.11.08 Gatwick wins award
15.11.08 Councils sign up to Gatwick agreement
14.11.08 easyJet and Virgin to back Gatwick bid
14.11.08 TUI cut charter flight capacity again
12.11.08 Menzies cut 600 airport jobs
12.11.08 Iceland Express to switch from Stansted to Gatwick
11.11.08 BA stewardess stole charity money
10.11.08 Airlines ‘only partially implement pricing rules’
10.11.08 AOA presses Government on air tax changes
09.11.08 Emergency landing at Gatwick
08.11.08 BA cuts Gatwick and Heathrow routes; including Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester shuttles
06.11.08 Mexicana confirm Gatwick Schedule
05.11.08 Holiday Extras add more ‘undercover’ airport hotels
04.11.08 3i consider Gatwick bid
04.11.08 MP: Gatwick failed to spot knife
02.11.08 BA staff call passengers ‘smelly and annoying’
01.11.08 Telegraph reviews ‘worst Gatwick Hotel’
01.11.08 BA to axe Gatwick – Dublin route
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