Gatwick Views

This week we launched our business plan to our airlines, transport operators and other interested parties. It sets out our vision for how we continue our transformation of Gatwick Airport up to 2020. We believe we’ve developed a fast paced and challenging plan to continue the impressive programme of improvements we’ve already delivered at the airport. Highlights include: Our plans to grow traffic from 34 million passengers today to around 38 million in 2020 Growth in non-aeronautical spend pe...

Gatwick is already the best connected airport by rail to London, but with the Government stating that all rail links in the South East of England will be operated by one company by 2015, now is the perfect time for us to ensure our rail links become even better. In the Gatwick Express, we have the first and one of the only dedicated air-rail links in the UK. Our station is undergoing a £53 million upgrade, which includes a near £7 million contribution directly from us. But in addition to the...

After months of planning and preparation we have begun one of our most challenging construction projects this week – re-surfacing the busiest single runway in the world.  We only do this once every 12 years, so it’s a golden opportunity to make other improvements too, for example lighting and drainage. There are some big numbers involved, with 400,000 sq metres of runway to resurface (using around 65,000 tonnes of asphalt) and 1,900 runway and taxiway lights to replace, fed by 530 km of new...

Transport Secretary Justine Greening has kicked off Gatwick’s Olympic year with a trip to see how we are preparing for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. We were delighted to welcome her earlier this month, particularly as her visit was the only one by a cabinet minister to a UK airport as the Government checked out how preparations for the Games are going across the country. Although we are not an official sponsor of the Games many of the teams, the media and spectators will be travelling to...

Last week we were delighted that the first Vietnam Airlines flights took off from Gatwick to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city.  These new non-stop routes, the first from the UK to Vietnam, are the latest in a growing number of new routes from Gatwick to South East Asia reinforcing our growing reputation as the new London gateway to this important region. In October, AirAsia X launched in first flights to Kuala Lumpur, next year Hong Kong Airlines will operate a daily Club Class service directly to...