Gatwick Airport

This week, we see airlines and airports investing in various technology to continuously improve travel experience. We also see road transportation companies take great strides to develop…

Gatwick Airport has announced a new long-haul connection from London Gatwick to Shanghai, providing additional cargo capacity and more than 70,000 new seats per year.

RwandAir will launch the first non-stop flight from the UK to Rwanda. The route will operate from May 26, three times a week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from London Gatwick to…

Gatwick Airport is set to experience its busiest Easter on record this year with 2.8 million passengers forecast to travel through the airport during the school holiday period,  +9.2% on…

Gatwick Airport achieved an impressive 3.0 million passengers travelling through the airport this February, +9.9% on 2016.  Long-haul routes continue their booming growth at Gatwick,…

Gatwick has become the first airport in the UK to use the ‘Learn Live’ streaming platform to broadcast information to students thinking about pursuing a career at the airport. The Learn…

Gatwick Airport has announced vacancies for more than 1,000 seasonal summer jobs, further demonstrating the airport’s commitment to boosting employment in the local community. The…

Tim Norwood – the man who secured planning consent for Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new nuclear power station for a generation - is to become Gatwick’s new Chief Planning Officer, the…

Gatwick Airport has increased its lead as the world’s most efficient single-runway airport – with 43 million passengers now travelling through the airport each year.  This new annual…

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…

 Sir David Higgins will become chairman of Gatwick Airport from 1 January 2017 replacing Sir Roy McNulty, who will remain on the Board as Deputy Chairman.  Sir David is Chairman of…

Thirty-one exceptional projects across Kent, Surrey and Sussex have become the first recipients to be awarded £150,000 in grants from the newly established Gatwick Foundation Fund. The…

Gatwick has announced its biggest-ever annual investment in development projects at the airport.  The investment of £250 million for the forthcoming financial year is part of the…

Ahead of the meeting to decide the potential location of UK’s next runway, Gatwick chairman Sir Roy McNulty has written to the members of the Economic and Industrial Strategy (Airports)…

Portuguese airline TAP has announced an increase in the number of weekly flights operating from London Gatwick to Lisbon and Porto, as part of its Winter operations timetable which will…

Chinese carrier Tianjin Airlines is celebrating the launch of its first flight from the UK to China which departed from Gatwick on Saturday. The service departs from London Gatwick and…

Building on a successful partnership at Gatwick Airport, independent airline group Monarch has chosen lounge operator No1 Lounges as its preferred lounge supplier at Birmingham Airport.…

Portr, the London based travel-tech start-up has announced that AirPortr, its same day luggage delivery service, has partnered with Gatwick Express.  Passengers travelling through…

Gatwick has become one of the few organisations in the UK to be awarded triple certification to Carbon Trust Standard for reducing carbon emissions and water use, and improving waste…

Redefine|BDL Hotels has announced that Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Airport – North Terminal has joined the management company’s portfolio.  The property, which boasts 192 rooms…

The first new Thameslink trains serving Gatwick Airport are on track to begin service from Spring 2016 on the Brighton to Bedford line, the manufacturer Siemens has announced.  From…