Flying into Gatwick

Important information for South Terminal domestic arriving passengers
To meet aviation security arrangements recently introduced by the UK government, arriving and departing passengers are segregated at Pier 1, Gates 100-109. This is so that all UK and Ireland passengers arriving into the UK can be identified and distinguished from those departing.

To comply with these segregation arrangements, arriving passengers will notice their image is recorded onto a video still camera as they leave the aircraft. On leaving the baggage reclaim area the image is monitored and checked on a computer screen by a member of BAA Gatwick's security team.

This process has been introduced to ensure arriving passengers can travel directly through to the airport, rather than be coached from the aircraft to the terminal building.

This new procedure applies to all UK and Ireland arriving passengers. No other information is held and the video image is destroyed within 24 hours. This system meets the guidelines set out in the Data Protection Act.