http://www.gatwickairport.com/ <p>Press releases</p> http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-draft-master-plan-consultation-closes/ Over 1,700 members of the community participated in 24 consultation sessions Gatwick received 267 official responses to it’s draft master plan for the airport Surface access and aircraft noise count among the most popular topics of local interest Gatwick's three-month public consultation on its draft master plan, which sets out out its vision for the future, closed on Friday 13 January. Local... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-draft-master-plan-consultation-closes/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:56:45 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-response-to-air-asia-x-withdrawal/ "We are very disappointed to be losing AirAsia X, which has been operating a direct route from Gatwick to Kuala Lumpur since October last year. AirAsia X has made the reasons behind its decision clear. The continued high fuel prices in 2011, weakening economic conditions in Europe and the impact of Air Passenger Duty (APD) alongside the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) carbon tax in the UK has... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-response-to-air-asia-x-withdrawal/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:55:33 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/twelfth-consecutive-month-of-traffic-growth-at-gatwick/ 2011 was a year of consistent passenger growth at Gatwick   December marked 12 consecutive months of year on year growth in passenger traffic. Excluding the impact of prior year snow disruption, passenger traffic increased by 4.3% in December. Achieved record average load factors of 76.4%, up 2.9 percentage points on the prior year.   Dec-11 Dec-10 Growth (%) Jan-11 -Dec-11 Jan-10 -Dec-11 Growt... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/twelfth-consecutive-month-of-traffic-growth-at-gatwick/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:35:04 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/korean-air-to-launch-flights-from-gatwick-to-seoul-in-2012/ Passengers can access onward connections to popular cities in the Far East and Australasia Gatwick continues to win long-haul services to emerging economies of Asia Gatwick Airport announced today that Korean Air - the national carrier of South Korea - is to launch three weekly flights from Gatwick to Seoul on 29 April this year from the newly renovated North Terminal. A Boeing 777 aircraft wil... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/korean-air-to-launch-flights-from-gatwick-to-seoul-in-2012/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:35:50 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/turkish-airlines-launches-daily-service-to-istanbul-from-gatwick/ Bryan Robson, Ambassador for Manchester United, celebrates Turkish Airlines’ inaugural flight to Istanbul Passengers treated to some ‘football freestyle’ entertainment. Turkish Airlines launched its new daily Gatwick-Istanbul service yesterday (20 December) with Bryan Robson, former England and Manchester United Captain, and Dennis Irwin, former Manchester United footballer, making guest... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/turkish-airlines-launches-daily-service-to-istanbul-from-gatwick/ Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:40:48 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/november-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Eleventh consecutive month of traffic growth at Gatwick Gatwick passenger numbers up on last year by 0.6% Reached recorod average load factors for November, up 3.3 percentage points to 78.9%   Nov-11 Nov-10 Growth (%) Dec-10 -Nov-11 Dec-09 -Nov-10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,135.3 2,122.5 0.6 33,264.7 31,574.6 5.4 Market analysis:             UK + Channel Islands 294.3 384.6 3... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/november-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:01:21 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/british-travellers-now-have-direct-flights-to-vietnam/ First ever direct flights from the UK to Vietnam launched from Gatwick today Passengers treated to Vietnamese stage show to mark the occasion  Vietnam Airlines began its new non-stop services from Gatwick to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) today providing British travellers with a direct route to Vietnam for the very first time. Until today, it was only possible to reach this popul... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/british-travellers-now-have-direct-flights-to-vietnam/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:11:37 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-puts-on-christmas-treats-for-passengers/ Over one million passengers plan to fly through Gatwick this Christmas Passengers get a thrilling ride down a snow slide installed in the new look North Terminal Gatwick launches its 38th annual Christmas Charity Appeal Christmas has officially landed at the UK’s second largest airport - Gatwick - with an emphasis placed on fun and traditional festive cheer for the one million passengers expect... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-puts-on-christmas-treats-for-passengers/ Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:35:05 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/air-china-to-launch-gatwick-beijing-services-in-2012/ • Air China to operate non-stop services from Gatwick to Beijing from next May • Gatwick helping UK to become better connected to the BRIC nations • Gatwick continues to win new airlines servicing long-haul routes to Asia     Gatwick Airport announced today that Air China – the most profitable airline in the world, as well as the world’s largest carrier by market value  – will launch non-stop,... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/air-china-to-launch-gatwick-beijing-services-in-2012/ Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:38:43 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/crawley-school-children-give-gatwicks-new-family-and-assistance-security-lanes-the-thumbs-up/ Local children design castle-themed security walk through in the South Terminal Delivering the best passenger experience wins Gatwick an ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ award Going through airport security can be the least favourite part of flying for any passenger, but particularly for young children.  So, with the help of seven year old Ross Sandwell, a pupil of Milton Mount Primary School in... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/crawley-school-children-give-gatwicks-new-family-and-assistance-security-lanes-the-thumbs-up/ Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:58:41 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-uk-border-agency-strike3/ A third of Gatwick’s scheduled inbound flights have arrived without any disruption and passengers have passed through the border zones as normal without delay.   Scott Stanley, Gatwick Airport Chief Operating Officer said: “We are very pleased that the joint working of Gatwick, our airlines and the Border Agency staff over the past few weeks has meant that flights so far today have not been... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-uk-border-agency-strike3/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:12:35 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-uk-border-agency-strike2/ Gatwick has received 57 inbound flights into the North and South terminals since 0520 carrying around 8,000 passengers. Passengers have been passing through the border zones as normal with no delay. All outbound flights are operating as normal. Scott Stanley, Gatwick Airport Chief Operating Officer said: “We have just got through our first busy peak with no disruption to the inbound flights and... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-uk-border-agency-strike2/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:11:44 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-uk-border-agency-strike1/ The first 22 inbound flights have arrived into Gatwick’s North and South terminals since 0520 carrying around 3,500 passengers. Passengers have been passing through the border zones as normal. All outbound flights are operating as normal.   Scott Stanley, Gatwick Airport Chief Operating Officer said: “Whilst passengers have so far not experienced delays at the border zones we do expect delays t... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-uk-border-agency-strike1/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:04:31 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---uk-border-agency-strike/ UK Border Agency staff, who look after passport control at all airports, are currently undertaking industrial action. Industrial action commenced at midnight 29 November and will continue through to midnight 30 November.  Gatwick Airport has worked very closely with the UK Border Agency and its airlines to ensure robust contingency measures are in place to ensure disruption to passengers and... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---uk-border-agency-strike/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:06:57 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/half-year-results-september-2011/ (Gatwick Airport Limited (“the Company”) is the owner and operator of Gatwick Airport (“Gatwick”)) Solid underlying passenger growth estimated at 3.3%, adjusting for ash cloud and other one-off events last year; actual increase of 8.5% Continuous improvement in operational performance o all service quality regime measures achieved in August, September and October and all security queuing target... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/half-year-results-september-2011/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:02:32 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-uk-border-agency-strike/ Public sector unions have voted in favour of industrial action on the 30th November 2011. The industrial action will involve the UK Border Agency who look after passport control and Immigration at all airports. The strike is therefore likely to affect arriving flights at airports across the UK. Scott Stanley, Gatwick Airport’s Chief Operating Officer said: “Gatwick continues to work closely wit... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-uk-border-agency-strike/ Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:46:06 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/turkish-airlines-to-operate-services-from-gatwick/ Turkish Airlines to commence daily Gatwick-Istanbul service from 20 December Passengers to benefit from Turkish Airlines’ extensive global network   Gatwick Airport announced today that Turkish Airlines – the national flag carrier of Turkey and member of the Star Alliance – is to commence a daily Gatwick-Istanbul service from December 20 2011.  Flights will land daily into Gatwick from Istanbul... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/turkish-airlines-to-operate-services-from-gatwick/ Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:52:10 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-launches-new-look-north-terminal/ Gatwick completes £73 million extension of the North Terminal Four million extra passengers each year can travel through the extended terminal More self-service check-in, more space, more arrivals reclaim Gatwick Airport today officially opened the new look North Terminal following the completion of the £73 million project to extend the building to accommodate 20 million passengers per year by... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-launches-new-look-north-terminal/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:26:48 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-attracts-hong-kong-airlines/ Non-stop daily service between Gatwick and Hong Kong to start next March Gatwick succeeding in attracting new long haul services Business travellers to get easy point-to-point access to one of Asia’s largest markets with an all-Club Class A330 service       Gatwick Airport announced today that Hong Kong Airlines has chosen Gatwick to operate a daily Club Class service to Hong Kong from March... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-attracts-hong-kong-airlines/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:33:23 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/october-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Record average load factors for each month this summer 57,900 more passengers flew through Gatwick this October compared to last year Record high October load factors Record average load factors over 2011 Summer season   Oct-11 Oct-10 Growth (%) Nov-10 -Oct-11 Nov-09 -Oct-10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,908.0 2,850.1 2.0 33,242.6 31,517.9 5.5 Market analysis:             UK +... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/october-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:15:51 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/ms-man-joins-gatwick-to-head-up-retail/ Spencer Sheen brought in to head up Gatwick’s 250,000 square feet of retail space He joins ahead of the start of a multi-million pound redevelopment of the South Terminal departure lounge Gatwick Airport announced today that Spencer Sheen has joined the airport in a newly created role of Head of Retail, with responsibility for retail, food and beverage, bureaux and media. He reports to Guy... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/ms-man-joins-gatwick-to-head-up-retail/ Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:45:45 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-connected-to-europes-financial-centre-/ Lufthansa launched its first daily service from Gatwick to Frankfurt Business travellers in South London to benefit from Gatwick’s link to Frankfurt Leisure travellers to benefit from Lufthansa’s global network Yesterday (Sunday 30 October) Lufthansa – Germany’s flag carrier - flew its first double daily service to Frankfurt from Gatwick, reconnecting Gatwick with Continental Europe’s financial... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-connected-to-europes-financial-centre-/ Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:56:37 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/the-importance-of-aviation-infrastructure-to-sustainable-economic-growth/ Independent report shows constrained runway capacity in the South East will affect the whole of the UK economy Passengers could be saddled with higher travel costs or a reduced choice of destinations Restricting capacity in the South East is unlikely to promote growth in the regions New research published today by leading economists, FTI Consulting, claims that the ‘do nothing’ approach to runw... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/the-importance-of-aviation-infrastructure-to-sustainable-economic-growth/ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:37:20 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airasia-x-arrives-at-its-new-london-home---gatwick/ Gatwick welcomes its first AirAsia X flight from the capital city of Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur Gatwick supports AirAsia X in its drive to increase traffic between the UK and Malaysia Passengers benefit from a wide choice of onward connections to popular destinations including Thailand and Indonesia Today, Gatwick welcomed the arrival of guests from the capital city of Malaysia for the first time ... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airasia-x-arrives-at-its-new-london-home---gatwick/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:50:49 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/september-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Year on year passenger numbers at Gatwick rise by 4.9% 156,600 more passengers flew through Gatwick this September   Sep-11 Sep-10 Growth (%) Oct-10 -Sep-11 Oct-09 -Sep-10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 3,363.5 3,206.9 4.9 33,184.4 31,494.7 5.4 Market analysis:             UK + Channel Islands 341.0 331.2 3.0 3,657.0 3,565.4 2.6 Ireland 103.8 108.5 -4.3 1,279.4 1,261.1 1.5 European... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/september-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:31:53 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-launches-its-vision-for-the-future/ Gatwick publishes its draft master plan setting out its vision for developing the airport to accomodate 40 million passengers a year by 2020 Gatwick remains committed to achieving growth through its single runway and two passenger terminal operation Key focus on investment, economy, transport links and employment Public consultation will be extensive as Gatwick uses online and social media whic... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-launches-its-vision-for-the-future/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:51:43 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-opens-new-45-million-south-terminal-security-area/ Gatwick pioneers use of technology to get each passenger through security in under five minutes Passengers access security by swiping their boarding cards Screens displaying queue times for different colour coded lanes give passengers choice of which lane to use Gatwick Airport today announces the launch of its new South Terminal Security area. Opened by Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers MP, Minister o... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-opens-new-45-million-south-terminal-security-area/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:35:19 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-rallies-panel-of-independent-experts-to-focus-on-improving-the-passenger-experience/ Airport Passenger Panel will help tackle issues and tailor traveller experiences Gatwick Airport today announced that it is bringing together a panel of independent experts to help shine a light on passenger travel challenges and to tackle long-standing issues head on. The Airport Passenger Panel will meet to discuss current airport experiences and explore how different types of passengers real... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-rallies-panel-of-independent-experts-to-focus-on-improving-the-passenger-experience/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:02:52 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/august-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Year on year passenger numbers at Gatwick rise by 3.6% 132,500 more passengers flew through Gatwick this July Record average load factors   Aug-11 Aug-10 Growth (%) Sept-10 -Aug-11 Sept-09 -Aug-10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 3,825.5 3,693.0 3.6 33,027.6 31,579.7 4.6 Market analysis:             UK + Channel Islands 349.6 339.5 3.0 3,647.1 3,571.3 2.1 Ireland 131.0 127.7 2.6... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/august-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:54:47 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-entertains-passengers-with-fun-fridays/ Gatwick is introducing ‘Fun Fridays’ to entertain passengers during this busy Summer holiday period Half a million passengers expected to travel through Gatwick over the August bank holiday weekend (26 - 29 August) In a joint collaboration, Gatwick Airport and Blackjack Promotions have launched ‘Fun Fridays’, a weekly event to entertain passengers as they travel through the airport before... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-entertains-passengers-with-fun-fridays/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:54:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-launches-the-beehive---a-new-beer-and-bar-for-passengers/ Gatwick opens its doors to 'The Beehive' bar and restaurant offering more choice for passengers Official opening marked with Gatwick’s own specially brewed ale from Loddon Brewery - ‘The Beehive Ale’ Gatwick Airport aims to bring a buzz to the South Terminal with the launch of a brand new bar and restaurant named 'The Beehive'.  Located before security on a newly created mezzanine level... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-launches-the-beehive---a-new-beer-and-bar-for-passengers/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:49:46 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/more-passengers-embracing-hi-tech-border-controls-at-gatwick-airport/ More passengers travelling to the UK via Gatwick Airport are opting to use the hi-tech facial recognition gates to clear border control.   The e-Passport gates at the airport’s North Terminal were used by 289,604 passengers between April 2010 and the end of March 2011, an average of 24,133 per month. But since April 1 this year until the end of July an average of 43,068 passengers have used the... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/more-passengers-embracing-hi-tech-border-controls-at-gatwick-airport/ Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:15:53 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-awards-contract-to-resurface-worlds-busiest-single-runway-/ VolkerFitzpatrick wins multi-million pound contract to resurface Gatwick’s 3.3km main runway Upgrade project will begin in March 2012 Part of Gatwick's £1 billion investment programme delivering benefits to passengers and airlines Gatwick Airport has awarded a significant contract to civil engineering contractor VolkerFitzpatrick to resurface the airport’s main runway.  The main runway - the... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-awards-contract-to-resurface-worlds-busiest-single-runway-/ Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:09:58 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-is-making-it-easier-for-returning-holidaymakers/ Gatwick becomes the first airport to provide dedicated family lanes in the immigration halls New automated ePassport gates enable passengers to speed through immigration Gatwick understands that making life easier for passengers as they arrive in the UK is just as important as delivering great service as they jet off. That is why Gatwick, working in partnership with the UK Border Agency, has... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-is-making-it-easier-for-returning-holidaymakers/ Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:38:22 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/july-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Year on year passenger numbers at Gatwick rise by 5.9% 201,300 more passengers flew through Gatwick this July Growth in air transport movements and record average load factors   July-11 July-10 Growth (%) August-10 -July-11 August-09 -July-10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 3,632.4 3,431.1 5.9 32,895.1 31,627.2 4.0 Market analysis:             UK + Channel Islands 359.1 340.7 5.4... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/july-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:06:14 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/guilt-trippers-54-of-parents-are-made-to-feel-bad-about-disturbing-other-people-when-children-misbehave-on-holiday/ Gatwick Airport today reveals that nearly one in three families (30%) find disturbing other holidaymakers one of the most stressful aspects of a trip abroad and over half (54%) of parents are sent on a guilt trip when their child cries loudly or misbehaves. As a result, one in five parents (19%) travelling with children choose to avoid busy areas at the airport so they don’t disturb other... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/guilt-trippers-54-of-parents-are-made-to-feel-bad-about-disturbing-other-people-when-children-misbehave-on-holiday/ Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:27:58 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/schools-out-for-summer-gatwick-shares-some-tips-on-how-to-prepare-for-the-big-summer-getaway/ Gatwick expects to handle around 6 million passengers this Summer Britons head for popular hotspots in Spain, Portugal and Turkey Gatwick offers handy tips to remove some of the pre-holiday stress Around 3.3 million holidaymakers are expected to take to the skies from Gatwick Airport this summer to enjoy quality time in the sun with friends and family. Malaga remains the most popular holiday... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/schools-out-for-summer-gatwick-shares-some-tips-on-how-to-prepare-for-the-big-summer-getaway/ Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:07:56 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-sale-of-stansted/ Healthy competition amongst airports is good news for passengers and airlines Independent Gatwick gives a ‘foretaste of the benefits competition can bring’    Gatwick welcomes the Competition Commission’s (CC) final decision today that BAA must sell off Stansted and one of its Scottish airports in order to increase competition in the airport market and improve customer service. The sale of... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-sale-of-stansted/ Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:19:39 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/lufthansa-launches-at-gatwick-with-daily-service-to-frankfurt-/ Lufthansa chooses Gatwick to boost its services to Frankfurt Gatwick’s competing and winning new airlines, creating more choice for passengers Gatwick Airport has welcomed Lufthansa - the national flag carrier of Germany - by offering business and leisure passengers double-daily flights to Frankfurt, one of Europe’s biggest hub airports - from 30 October 2011. Flights will depart from Gatwick... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/lufthansa-launches-at-gatwick-with-daily-service-to-frankfurt-/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:37:43 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airasiax-announces-gatwick-airport-as-new-base-for-its-kuala-lumpar-london-route/ AirAsia X, the Malaysian based long haul, low fare affiliate of AirAsia has announced that from 24 October 2011, it will commence flights from Kuala Lumpur to Gatwick Airport. The new base for the airline is set to further increase passenger traffic from South East Asia to London and Europe with six flights weekly to Gatwick Airport by mid-December. AirAsia X’s decision to switch from Stansted ... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airasiax-announces-gatwick-airport-as-new-base-for-its-kuala-lumpar-london-route/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:08:17 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/june-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Year on year passenger numbers at Gatwick rise by 5.2% 158,600 more passengers flew through Gatwick this June Growth in air transport movements and average load factors   June-11 June-10 Growth (%) July-10 -June-11 July-09 -June-10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 3,205.4 3,046.8 5.2 32,694.0 31,737.0 3.0 Market analysis:             UK + Channel Islands 333.4 329.0 1.3 3,618.7 3,592... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/june-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:30:00 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-champions-new-family-friendly-scheme/ Gatwick joins Barclays, BT and easyJet to make the UK more family friendly Gatwick is the only UK airport to pledge its commitment to putting families first New family friendly initiatives being rolled out at Gatwick in 2011 Gatwick has become one of a number of leading organisations, and the only UK airport, to join a new Family Friendly scheme launched today by the Family and Parenting... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-champions-new-family-friendly-scheme/ Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:40:28 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-limited-results-for-the-year-ended-31-march-2011/ (Gatwick Airport Limited (“the Company”) is the owner and operator of Gatwick Airport (“Gatwick”)) Traffic growth returning, up 1.1% over last six months Significant improvements in operational performance and customer service Solid financial performance despite traffic disruption in first six months Turnover flat at £476.3 million despite 2.3% decrease in traffic EBITDA (pre-exceptional items)... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-limited-results-for-the-year-ended-31-march-2011/ Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:27:50 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/results-announcement--gatwick-airport-limited/ Gatwick Airport Limited ("Gatwick"), will publish its annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2011 on Monday 27th June 2011.  To coincide with this, Gatwick will hold a meeting &amp; conference call at 09:30 (UK time) for Gatwick Funding Limited bondholders, bank lenders to Gatwick Airport Limited and Gatwick Funding Limited, and credit analysts to discuss these results.  The meeting... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/results-announcement--gatwick-airport-limited/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:11:38 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-chosen-to-provide-first-direct-flights-from-uk-to-vietnam/ Vietnam Airlines chooses Gatwick Airport as exclusive partner to launch first direct flights to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City UK - Vietnam connection will help boost economic ties and encourage greater two-way trade Gatwick is fast-becoming the airport of choice for airlines Gatwick Airport today announced that Vietnam Airlines - the country’s flagship carrier - has chosen Gatwick to launch the... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-chosen-to-provide-first-direct-flights-from-uk-to-vietnam/ Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:06:59 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/calls-to-impose-higher-taxes-on-air-passengers-in-london-and-the-south-east-is-nonsense/ Gatwick Airport today branded calls by regional airports to increase taxes on passengers flying from London airports as utter nonsense.  The regional airports are urging the Government to impose yet another tax on hardworking families living in London and the South East, who are just as hard hit as those living in the regions. Re-branding the tax as a charge on congestion is disingenuous. Any... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/calls-to-impose-higher-taxes-on-air-passengers-in-london-and-the-south-east-is-nonsense/ Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:36:19 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/may-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ 185,700 more passengers took to the skies this May Average load factors reached record high for May Passenger numbers at Gatwick rise by 6.8%   May-11 May-10 Growth (%) Jun-10 May-11 Jun-09 May-10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,916.5 2,730.8 6.8 32,535.4 31,760.1 2.4 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 316.0 301.4 4.8 3,614.3 3,584.7 0.8 Ireland 111.3 97.3 14.4... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/may-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:49:27 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/nissan-leaf-checks-in-at-gatwick/ Gatwick partners with Nissan to drive an airport-wide increase in the use of low emission vehicles Nissan LEAF becomes first car to be driven inside an airport terminal building Gatwick helps electric vehicle motorists power up with the launch of eight charging points Gatwick Airport’s CEO, Stewart Wingate, today drove a Nissan LEAF - the first mass-produced, 100% electric family car through... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/nissan-leaf-checks-in-at-gatwick/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:18:05 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-is-social-media-award-winner/ The airports' ‘talk to Gatwick’ campaign wins prestigious industry award Gatwick’s innovative campaign puts it at ‘the technological cusp of communication and customer service’ Gatwick Airport last night (Wednesday 1 June) won the prestigious award for its 'talk to Gatwick' strategy at the CIPR 2011 Excellence Award for Best Practice in Social Media, recognising innovative and effective use of... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-is-social-media-award-winner/ Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:06:17 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-appoints-local-taxi-firm/ Local Horley-based company  - Road Runners UK - becomes Gatwick Airport’s new official taxi-service provider Passengers to benefit from improved customer-service Gatwick remains committed to supporting the local economy Gatwick Airport announced today that it has appointed a local Horley-based company – Road Runners UK – as its official on-airport taxi service provider following a competitive... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-appoints-local-taxi-firm/ Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:27:30 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/air-nigeria-launches-long-haul-operations-with-daily-lagos-gatwick-route-/ Gatwick becomes Air Nigeria’s first international route outside Africa Gatwick is competing to grow and become London’s airport of choice for new airlines Gatwick Airport today announced that Air Nigeria - the national flag carrier of Nigeria – is to launch its first international route outside Africa with a daily London-Lagos route from 1 September, strengthening the links between the financia... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/air-nigeria-launches-long-haul-operations-with-daily-lagos-gatwick-route-/ Tue, 31 May 2011 16:39:58 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/summer-half-term-getaway-begins/ 6% more passengers expected to travel through Gatwick for their Spring bank holiday and school half-term getaway Malaga is the most popular getaway destination Gatwick Airport expects to see a rise of 6% in the number of Brits jetting off for their Spring bank holidays. This year over 550,000 passengers will be enjoying some downtime in the sunny resorts of Spain, Portugal and Turkey or visitin... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/summer-half-term-getaway-begins/ Fri, 27 May 2011 16:46:18 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-april-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Record high for April load factors amid public holiday bonanza   Apr-11 Apr-10 Growth (%) May-10 Apr-11 May-09 Apr-10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,759.0 2,056.5 34.2 32,349.7 31,875.7 1.5 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 307.7 234.2 31.4 3,599.8 3,597.1 0.1 Ireland 110.6 79.8 38.6 1,257.8 1,350.8 -6.9 European scheduled 1,472.5 994.3 48.1 16,112.8 15,326.9 5.... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-april-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Wed, 11 May 2011 08:52:27 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-car-park-opened-ahead-of-easter/ New £17 million North Terminal car park is located a stone’s throw away from check-in Additional 1,177 car parking spaces will support Gatwick’s ambitions for growth New car park built in a record nine months  Gatwick Airport last week (Wednesday 20 April) opened a new £17 million short stay, six-storey car park conveniently located a stones throw way from the North Terminal check-in area. It h... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-car-park-opened-ahead-of-easter/ Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:45:51 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-has-waste-reduction-all-wrap-ped-up/ Gatwick is first UK airport to sign up to the ‘Halving Waste to Landfill’ initiative Delivering £1 billion investment programme sustainably Gatwick reused or recycled 226,000 tonnes of construction waste in 2010 – enough to fill 550 Boeing 747s Gatwick is in the throes of transforming the airport with a near £1 billion capital investment programme. Spending around £1 million each day, the new... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-has-waste-reduction-all-wrap-ped-up/ Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:03:42 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/royal-wedding-sparks-holiday-bonanza/ Gatwick sees rise of 4% in the number of holidaymakers taking advantage of a string of bank holidays and the Royal Wedding Nearly two million passengers travelling through Gatwick this Easter Malaga , Dublin and Alicante ranked top destination hot spots for this period Gatwick Airport reports a rise of 4% in the number of Brits jetting abroad over Easter as people take advantage of a late Easte... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/royal-wedding-sparks-holiday-bonanza/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:25:53 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-teams-qualified-in-customer-service-excellence/   750 airport security staff awarded national qualification in ‘Delivering Excellent Customer Service’ Gatwick pledges to treat every passenger as its guest and offer the best airport experience Greater focus on customer service saw passenger compliments increase by 94% in 2010 Half of Gatwick Airport’s 1,500 front-line staff have achieved a City &amp; Guild Level 2 Award in ‘Delivering Excellent... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-teams-qualified-in-customer-service-excellence/ Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:00:14 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-march-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Gatwick sees growth for third consecutive month this year Passenger numbers grow by 1.4% Summer schedule gets underway with new routes added   Mar-11 Mar-10 Growth (%) Mar-11 Mar-10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,420.5 2,388.2 1.4 31,647.2 32,397.0 -2.3 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 295.6 295.5 0.1 3,526.3 3,664.3 -3.8 Ireland 102.9 107.2 -4.0 1,226.9 1,392.... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-march-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:45:01 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-reaches-deal-with-airlines-to-extend-price-controls/ Price control extension welcomed by Gatwick Deal creates benefits for passengers, airlines and the airport Gatwick is competing to grow and delivering great service Gatwick Airport Limited today welcomed the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) decision to extend the current price control period (Q5) to include 2013/14.   As the airport competes to grow and become London’s airport of choice, the... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-reaches-deal-with-airlines-to-extend-price-controls/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:11:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-calls-for-new-uk-aviation-policy-to-be-evidence-based/ The UK must have the connectivity to compete globally Government must recognise important role of airports to the national economy   Gatwick today welcomes the Government’s invitation to broaden the debate and build consensus on the long-term future of UK aviation. Gatwick will work with the Government to ensure that all relevant issues are explored to ensure the future aviation strategy is bas... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-calls-for-new-uk-aviation-policy-to-be-evidence-based/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:35:22 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-airport-sales/ Further break-up of BAA is good news for passengers and airlines Independent Gatwick gives a ‘foretaste of the benefits competition can bring’     Gatwick today welcomes the move by the Competition Commission (CC) to uphold its decision made in 2009 that the break-up of BAA should continue with the sale of a further two airports.    The sale of Gatwick to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) 15... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-airport-sales/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:24:54 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/west-meets-east-as-gatwick-links-up-with-jordan/ Gatwick welcomes easyJet’s new route to the Jordanian capital, Amman   Offers the only low-cost gateway from London to the Middle East Gatwick yesterday (Sunday 27 March) welcomed the launch of a brand new route to the Jordanian capital, Amman, by its biggest customer – easyJet.  The first flight to Amman took off yesterday at 11:00 and easyJet will operate the service three times per week from... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/west-meets-east-as-gatwick-links-up-with-jordan/ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:09:22 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-welcomes-non-executive-directors/ Sir Roy McNulty and Raphael Arndt have been appointed as non-executive directors Gatwick Airport is pleased to announce that Sir Roy McNulty and Raphael Arndt have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors of the company, effective 23 March 2011.   Sir Roy, who was Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority until 2009 and Chairman of National Air Traffic Services Limited from 1999 to 2001, is... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-welcomes-non-executive-directors/ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:46:39 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-government-decision-to-freeze-tax-on-air-passengers/ The Chancellor's announcement to freeze Air Passenger Duty (APD) at current rates is an acknowledgement that aviation will play a crucial role in the economic recovery and national growth. Gatwick welcomes the decision but calls on the Government to do more to ease the tax burden placed on UK air passengers and the aviation sector. UK APD - even with the freeze - is already 8.5 times higher tha... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-government-decision-to-freeze-tax-on-air-passengers/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:52:04 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-partners-with-heart-fm-sussex-to-find-local-community-heroes/ Do you know a local hero? Gatwick Airport is supporting Heart FM (Sussex) to seek out Surrey and West Sussex’s unsung local heroes. Stewart Wingate, Gatwick Airport Chief Executive said: “Heart’s local heroes campaign is a great way to single out and reward ordinary people who do extraordinary things in their local community. Gatwick is honoured to be sponsoring a campaign that is all about... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-partners-with-heart-fm-sussex-to-find-local-community-heroes/ Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:01:46 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-february-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Continued passenger growth and strong half-term period at Gatwick   Feb-11 Feb-10 Growth (%) Mar-10 -Feb-11 Mar-09 -Feb-10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,100.3 2,053.7 2.3 31,614.9 32,327.5 -2.2 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 258.2 258.1 0.0 3,525.8 3,665.3 -3.8 Ireland 92.1 92.7 -0.6 1,231.2 1,402.3 -12.2 European scheduled 1,067.2 972.7 9.7 15,505.9 15,467.... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-february-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:29:00 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/giraffe-and-apostrophe-open-at-gatwick-/ Brands Giraffe and Apostrophe bring cosmopolitan glamour to Gatwick Gatwick chasing sought after restaurant brands to deliver quality food for its passengers Gatwick has expanded its restaurant area in the South Terminal to keep pace with passengers’ evolving taste for good quality, international food with the opening this week of Giraffe and Apostrophe, operated by The Restaurant Group... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/giraffe-and-apostrophe-open-at-gatwick-/ Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:19:52 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-timetable-for-regulation-bill-/ We welcome today's announcement by the Secretary of State. We are broadly supportive of the proposals set out in the AER Bill which has improving passenger service as a central aim.  Confirmation of the timetable will enable the CAA to assess competition amongst airports and to take steps to create a regulatory framework that benefits passengers through increased competition. In the meantime... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-timetable-for-regulation-bill-/ Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:41:38 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/aerosvit-ukranian-airlines-touches-down-at-gatwick-/ AeroSvit-Ukranian Airlines, enters UK market choosing Gatwick as its London base for its new route to Kiev  Gatwick’s competing and winning new airlines, creating more choice for passengers Gatwick Airport has welcomed, AeroSvit-Ukranian Airline, the latest airline carrier to choose to operate services from Europe’s busiest point-to-point airport. AeroSvit-Ukranian Airlines is the largest... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/aerosvit-ukranian-airlines-touches-down-at-gatwick-/ Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:08:50 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-awarded-european-carbon-reduction-standard/ Gatwick becomes Airport Carbon Accredited Busiest point-to-point airport in Europe shows its commitment to moving towards a low-carbon economy Gatwick, the second largest airport in the UK and the busiest point-to-point airport in Europe, has today been certified by Airport Carbon Accreditation, the standard for carbon management and reduction at European airports. Airport Carbon Accreditation ... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-awarded-european-carbon-reduction-standard/ Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:34:06 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-gets-on-its-bike-in-support-of-local-hospice/ Gatwick Airport is switching its focus from planes to bicycles – but holidaymakers needn’t worry as its all for a good cause! The airport is the proud sponsor of the St Catherine’s Hospice Sussex Weald Bike ride, which takes place Sunday 22nd May. The hospice is also set to benefit from a number of collection boxes sited at the airport for the next two years. The funds from these will go to... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-gets-on-its-bike-in-support-of-local-hospice/ Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:00:15 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/school-half-term-holidaymakers-head-off-from-gatwick/ Around 350,000 holidaymakers will travel to and from Gatwick this weekend A 3.6% increase in passengers compared to last year Nearly 350,000 holidaymakers will be travelling to and from Gatwick Airport between Friday 18 and Monday 21 February, marking the start of the first school half-term break of the year. Sunday 20 February, is set to be the busiest with nearly 100,000 passengers travelling... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/school-half-term-holidaymakers-head-off-from-gatwick/ Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:33:48 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-january-2011-traffic-performance-summary/   Jan-11 Jan-10 Growth (%) Feb-10 -Jan-11 Feb-09 -Jan -10 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,094.3 1,874.1 11.8 31,568.3 32,263.2 -2.2 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 243.2 217.7 11.7 3,525.7 3,653.6 -3.5 Ireland 88.4 77.9 13.5 1,231.8 1,412.9 -12.8 European scheduled 1,028.5 857.7 19.9 15,411.5 15,374.9 0.2 European charter 219.7 220.6 -0.4 4,801.7 5,165.4 -7.0... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-january-2011-traffic-performance-summary/ Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:57:20 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airberlin-touches-down-at-gatwick-/ airberlin today launches new routes from Gatwick to Hanover and Nuremberg Gatwick’s competing and winning new airlines Gatwick Airport today, Monday 7 February, welcomed airberlin – the latest airline carrier to choose to operate services from Europe’s busiest point-to-point airport.  Flights from Hanover and Nuremberg touched down this morning at 07:00 and 07:15 respectively and were given the... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airberlin-touches-down-at-gatwick-/ Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:49:18 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-innovative-use-of-social-media-wins-award/ Gatwick Airport has scooped the award for its 'Innovation in Online Customer Service' at the Econsultancy Innovation Awards 2010, recognising innovation and best practice within the digital industry. Chosen by an international panel that included representatives from organisations such as Mercedes Benz, Dupont, O2, ebay and the BBC, the judges chose Gatwick for providing "probably the most... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-innovative-use-of-social-media-wins-award/ Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:16:00 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airports-response-to-the-mayors-aviation-report/ Stewart Wingate, Chief Executive of Gatwick Airport, welcomed the report and an interesting contribution to the debate into how future air transport demand can be met. However, he cautioned against dismissing the role existing airports in the South East can play in meeting that future demand. “The report today supports what the aviation sector has consistently said – that future airport capacit... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airports-response-to-the-mayors-aviation-report/ Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:47:16 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/relax-unwind-and-chill-out-at-gatwicks-travel-spa/ New passenger lounge to open in Gatwick’s North Terminal ahead of the 2011 summer season Travel spa facility open to all passengers for the first time at Gatwick Passengers flying through Gatwick’s North Terminal this summer will be able to enjoy full-on pre-travel pampering in the new No.1 Traveller Lounge.  With its travel spa, mini-cinema and games facilities there will be something for... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/relax-unwind-and-chill-out-at-gatwicks-travel-spa/ Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:57:24 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-december-2010-traffic-performance-summary/   Dec-10 Dec-09 Growth (%) Jan-10 - Dec-10 Jan-09 - Dec-09 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 1,894.4 2,120.9 -10.7 31,348.1 32,369.9 -3.2 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 225.3 277.5 -18.8 3,500.2 3,671.0 -4.7 Ireland 74.7 97.9 -23.7 1,221.4 1,434.1 -14.8 European scheduled 935.1 1,007.6 -7.2 15,240.6 15,349.3 -0.7 European charter 169.1 195.8 -13.6 4,802.6 5,205.1... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-december-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:05:31 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---advice-to-passengers-1730/ Current weather forecasts show that up to 10cm of snow could fall across London and the South East tonight over a very short period of time.  Gatwick is ready to respond with immediate effect: a 150-strong airfield team and 49 snow clearing vehicles, including the two additional snow ploughs brought in from Zurich last Saturday morning, are on stand-by if the snow falls. Given the severe weathe... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---advice-to-passengers-1730/ Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:44:39 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---advice-to-passengers-1100/ The runway at Gatwick is open again today and is running close to normal operations.  However, passengers are advised that there will be some delays and cancellations today due to the impact of weather disruption elsewhere in the UK and also with snow spreading across Northern Europe  - Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands are among those countries affected. Passengers planning to travel... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---advice-to-passengers-1100/ Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:11:03 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---advice-to-passengers-0500/ While Gatwick's runway remains open, the impact on airline operations across Europe will inevitably lead to delays and cancellations today (Sunday 19 December). Today is Gatwick's busiest day of the festive getaway and we are doing everything we can to get passengers on their way and aircraft in the air.  However, passengers must check with their airline before setting out for the airport to... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---advice-to-passengers-0500/ Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:51:14 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---advice-to-passengers-2200/ The runway at Gatwick remains open. However, given today’s severe weather conditions, disruption, delays and cancellations will continue throughout tonight and into tomorrow.  Tomorrow (Sunday 19 December) is busiest day of the festive getaway weekend at Gatwick with more than 700 flights scheduled to arrive and depart. Unfortunately, passengers should prepare for significant disruption to thei... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---advice-to-passengers-2200/ Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:47:27 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-advice-for-passengers-1800/ Gatwick safely reopened its runway at 14:45hrs after a 140 strong snow team worked tirelessly to sweep 10cm of snow and ice from the runway. However, given today’s severe weather conditions, disruption, delays and cancellations will continue today and into tomorrow.  We are doing everything we can to look after passengers whose flights have been delayed or cancelled. Hundreds of extra staff hav... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-advice-for-passengers-1800/ Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:03:20 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-runway-has-reopened-1445/ Gatwick has safely reopened its runway slightly earlier than planned at 14:45hrs after a 140 strong snow team worked tirelessly to sweep 10cm of snow and ice from the runway. The first flights to take off from Gatwick this afternoon are Virgin Atlantic flights, carrying passengers to the sunnier climes of Antigua, Barbados and San Juan.  These are scheduled to depart Gatwick imminently. Despite... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-runway-has-reopened-1445/ Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:02:39 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---runway-temporarily-closed-due-to-persistent-heavy-snow-1030/ The runway at Gatwick Airport has been temporarily closed until at least 15.00hrs today to allow the snow team to clear snow from the runway, de-ice and assess ground conditions before resuming operations to get our airlines and passengers flying again. Gatwick has been open all morning and snow has been falling heavily in the Gatwick area solidly for the past hour and continues to fall.  Despi... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport---runway-temporarily-closed-due-to-persistent-heavy-snow-1030/ Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:45:29 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-update-on-weather-disruption-0820hrs/ Gatwick's runway remains open, however we are expecting significant snowfall for much of today. Gatwick Airport strongly advises passengers flying out this weekend to contact their airline to check their flight status before making their way to the airport.  With public transport and roads likely to be affected, passengers should check with transport operators before planning their journey to t... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-update-on-weather-disruption-0820hrs/ Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:39:03 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-update-on-weather-disruption1/ Saturday 18 December 2010 Time: 05:40 Gatwick Airport update on weather disruption Gatwick's runway remains open, however we are expecting significant snowfall for much of today and into the early evening.  Weather disruption has led to delays and cancellations across Europe, with airports including Amsterdam, Geneva, Munich and Copenhagen among those disrupted. All of this has impacted the... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-update-on-weather-disruption1/ Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:54:38 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-update-on-weather-disruption/ Weather forecasters are predicting heavy snow across most parts of the UK this weekend with the possibility of up to 20cm of snow. Severe weather warnings remain in place for the Gatwick area. Delays, disruptions and cancellations at the airport are likely this weekend. Gatwick Airport strongly advises passengers flying out this weekend to contact their airline to check their flight status befo... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-update-on-weather-disruption/ Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:22:10 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-six-new-routes-from-easyjet/ New routes bring greater choice for Gatwick’s passengers A total of 18 new routes introduced by easyJet at Gatwick in 2010 easyJet’s passenger numbers grow by 10% at Gatwick Gatwick Airport today welcomed further growth from easyJet – its largest customer – with the introduction of six new routes. Passengers will have the choice to fly out of Gatwick on an easyJet flight to Amman (Jordan) – a... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-six-new-routes-from-easyjet/ Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:01:41 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-november-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Growth in year on year traffic of 0.8%   Nov-10 Nov-09 Growth (%) Dec-09 - Nov-10 Dec-08 - Nov-09 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,122.5 2,065.8 2.7 31,574.6 32,339.0 -2.4 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 292.8 302.7 -3.3 3,552.5 3,661.5 -3.0 Ireland 102.7 105.7 -2.8 1,244.6 1,446.3 -13.9 European scheduled 1,060.4 963.8 10.0 15,313.0 15,221.7 0.6 European charte... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-november-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:18:02 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-offers-a-helping-hand/ Gatwick improves its service to passengers with reduced mobility New audio-visual help point provides a more personal touch New security assistance lanes make it easier for passengers On any given day, up to 1,700 passengers travelling through Gatwick Airport need extra help – passengers, for example, with visual or hearing impairments, wheelchair users and those with physical disabilities. Whe... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-offers-a-helping-hand/ Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:47:52 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/winter-weatherstatement-4/ Gatwick Airport has safely reopened this morning after round-the-clock working to clear snow and ice from the runway and taxiways. Weather forecasters are predicting freezing fog during most of today, so passengers should expect further disruption, with flights limited and delays and cancellations inevitable. Passengers should also be advised that is is likely to take a few days before flight... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/winter-weatherstatement-4/ Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:13:48 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/winter-weather-statement-3/ Snow is expected to continue overnight with temperatures potentially dropping to as low as -10 degrees centigrade. Our teams are working around the clock to make the runway safe for aircraft to use and get our airlines and passengers flying again. The 100-strong team on the ground are busy clearing snow from the runway and anti-icing vehicles will be in use tonight in an effort to stop the runw... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/winter-weather-statement-3/ Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:54:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/winter-weather-statement-21/ After heavy snow overnight and with forecasts of further snow, Gatwick Airport will remain closed until at least 06:00 on Friday morning. We are doing everything we can to resume operations, however conditions have deteriorated considerably.  Our teams are working around the clock to make the runway safe for aircraft to use and get our airlines and passengers flying again. There will be no... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/winter-weather-statement-21/ Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:42:25 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/winter-weather-statement-2/ Gatwick Airport has been advised by weather forecasters that up to 20cm of snow is expected to fall tonight and into the early hours of tomorrow morning. This is double the volume experienced over the past 24 hours, and the result of a weather system that is directly over Gatwick. Our priority is to ensure our runway is safe for aircraft to use. We have an 80-strong team working around the cloc... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/winter-weather-statement-2/ Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:42:15 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-appoints-new-commercial-director/ Guy Stephenson joins Gatwick Airport from National Express New appointment underlines Gatwick’s plans to compete Gatwick Airport today (16 November) announced the latest addition to its executive management team.  Guy Stephenson joins the airport as Commercial Director to lead Gatwick’s airline route development activities and car parking business.  He joins from National Express where he was... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-appoints-new-commercial-director/ Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:27:18 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airberlin-hand-picks-gatwick-airport-as-a-london-base-/ airberlin chooses Gatwick to operate direct scheduled services to Nuremberg and Hanover Gatwick’s quicker transport links into central London help seal the deal Boosts Gatwick’s annual passenger volumes by 365,000 Gatwick Airport announced today, Tuesday 16 November, that Europe’s sixth largest airline carrier - airberlin – has chosen Gatwick as its London base to operate new services to... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airberlin-hand-picks-gatwick-airport-as-a-london-base-/ Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:39:40 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-smartphone-tour-is-first-for-uk/ Passengers can track progress of Gatwick's £1 billion investment programme by scanning barcodes with their smartphone Gatwick is the first airport and UK brand to interact with its passengers using the stickybits mobile application Gatwick Airport is currently undergoing a near £1 billion investment programme to modernise the facilities and improve the passenger experience. While most of the wo... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-smartphone-tour-is-first-for-uk/ Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:44:39 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/beware-meet-and-greet-airport-car-parking-operators/ No airport 'Meet and Greet' car parking operators are registered and licensed by Gatwick Airport For a guaranteed safe car valet service, book car parking direct with Gatwick Airport online at www.gatwickairport.com Anne Robinson and the team on BBC’s Watchdog tonight (21 October 210) investigate what happens to your car when you leave it with airport parking companies. By booking car parking... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/beware-meet-and-greet-airport-car-parking-operators/ Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:55:16 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-unveils-plans-for-new-hotel--/ More choice for passengers as Gatwick plans to add mid-market Hampton hotel to the airports’ luxury hotel portfolio Hotel deal signed just 10 months into new airport ownership. Gatwick Airport today announced it has signed a contract enabling Shiva Hotels Limited to operate a new 192-bedroom 'Hampton by Hilton' hotel, providing more choice for its passengers. The new hotel, located in the North... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-unveils-plans-for-new-hotel--/ Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:31:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-given-green-light-to-operate-the-airbus-a380/ Permission granted to allow new Airbus A380 to operate commercially out of Gatwick £43 million invested in new stands to accommodate larger aircraft Gatwick ready to compete for more long-haul traffic. Gatwick Airport has been granted planning permission by Crawley Borough Council to  operate the new Airbus A380 aircraft. £43 million has already been invested in six new large aircraft stands, t... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-given-green-light-to-operate-the-airbus-a380/ Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:07:07 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-hits-delete-on-it-links-with-baa/ Gatwick awards multi-million pound IT contracts to SAP and Siemens IT Solutions and Services to achieve full independence from BAA 140 inherited IT legacy systems to be halved and integrated into one system Smarter IT approach will help drive efficient operation and better service.  Gatwick Airport has moved a step closer to achieving full independence from BAA by awarding a multi-million pound... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-hits-delete-on-it-links-with-baa/ Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:16:08 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/funding-agreed-for-gatwick-airport-station-upgrade/ Passengers travelling to and from Gatwick Airport by train will benefit from more reliable and punctual journeys, easier access, reduced congestion and better facilities after funding was secured for a major upgrade of the station. Gatwick has the fastest route by rail into central London from any London airport. Through this scheme, the station facilities will also get a much needed face-lift... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/funding-agreed-for-gatwick-airport-station-upgrade/ Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:21:51 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-september-2010-traffic-performance-summary1/ Growth in year on year traffic of 0.8%   Oct-10 Oct-09 Growth (%) Nov-09 - Oct-10 Nov-08 - Oct-09 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,850.1 2,826.9 0.8 31,517.9 32,250.6 -2.3 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 335.2 338.2 -0.9 3,562.4 3,637.1 -2.1 Ireland 115.9 129.4 -10.4 1,247.6 1,452.5 -14.1 European scheduled 1,420.3 1,363.4 4.2 15,216.4 15,079.3 0.9 European... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-september-2010-traffic-performance-summary1/ Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:08:17 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-september-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Average passenger load factors reach a record high   Sep-10 Sep-09 Growth (%) Oct-09 - Sep-10 Oct-08 - Sep-09 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 3,206.9 3,291.8 -2.6 31,494.7 32,199.5 -2.2 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 331.2 337.1 -1.8 3,565.4 3,619.9 -1.5 Ireland 108.5 121.1 -10.4 1,261.1 1,444.5 -12.7 European scheduled 1,580.9 1,623.3 -2.6 15,159.5 14,963.7 1.3... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-september-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:41:37 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-august-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Average passenger load factors reach a record high   Aug-10 Aug-09 Growth (%) Sep-09 - Aug-10 Sep-08 - Aug-09 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 3,693.0 3,740.5 -1.3 31,579.7 32,216.7 -2.0 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 339.5 344.2 -1.4 3,571.3 3,601.4 -0.8 Ireland 127.7 142.6 -10.4 1,273.7 1,434.2 -11.2 European scheduled 1,777.1 1,800.1 -1.3 15,201.9 14,833.8 2.5... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-august-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:44:15 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-prepares-for-busy-bank-holiday-weekend/ With the end of school summer holidays soon approaching, Gatwick is preparing for a busy August bank holiday weekend. More than half a million passengers will be flying through Gatwick between Thursday (26 August) and Monday (30 August) with Friday being the busiest day with approximately 123,000 passengers. Stewart Wingate, CEO Gatwick Airport said, "This year we have delivered excellent level... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-prepares-for-busy-bank-holiday-weekend/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:57:27 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-announces-new-supplier-partnerships/ Gatwick Airport has announced two new ‘supplier framework agreements’ for the provision of architectural and civil engineering services - as part of its near £1 billion capital investment programme to modernise the airport and provide a better experience for passengers at every step of their journey. Following full compliance with the OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union) supplier... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-announces-new-supplier-partnerships/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:45:44 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-july-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Year-on-year traffic exhibits a 3.1% decline in July   Jul-10 Jul-09 Growth (%) Aug-09 - Jul-10 Aug-08 - Jul-09 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 3,431.1 3,541.0 -3.1 31,627.2 32,397.8 -2.4 Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 340.7 357.2 -4.6 3,576.0 3,597.5 -0.6 Ireland 124.9 141.4 -11.7 1,288.6 1,432.8 -10.1 European scheduled 1,664.1 1,720.2 -3.3 15,224.9 14,738.0 3... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-july-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:16:11 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-financial-statements-200910/ Gatwick Airport Limited has published its Financial Statements and Regulatory Accounts for 2009/10. View the documents online here . http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airport-financial-statements-200910/ Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:42:56 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/london-gatwick-airport-launches-new-free-spray-tan-scheme/ THOUSANDS of Brits are heading off on their summer holiday in fear of flashing their fair flesh, reveals new research today. Brits biggest holiday hate is baring their lilywhite skin, as almost one third (32 per cent) admit they dread showing off their pasty complexion. The research from London Gatwick Airport launches the airport’s new summer initiative ‘Gatwick Glow’ which will offer travelle... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/london-gatwick-airport-launches-new-free-spray-tan-scheme/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:41:35 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-awards-contract-to-vinci-construction-uk/ Gatwick Airport has awarded a significant contract worth £16.5 million to VINCI Construction UK, to transform the airport’s South Terminal forecourt - part of its near £1 billion investment programme to modernise the airport and provide a better experience for passengers at every step of their journey. The three-year transformation, which began in June last year, will provide a welcoming and... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-awards-contract-to-vinci-construction-uk/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:24:09 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/meet-buyers/ Representatives from over 120 local businesses attended the 9th annual Gatwick Meet the Buyers event, held on the 8 July at the Arora Hotel, Crawley.  The always-popular event gave local businesses the chance to introduce their products and services to buyers from over 35 major organisations based in and around Gatwick.  The event was officially opened by Henry Smith MP for Crawley. Over the la... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/meet-buyers/ Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:50:36 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/se-airports-taskforce-announced/ CEO Stewart Wingate has welcomed today’s announcement by the Government that it is setting up a taskforce to improve passenger experience and efficiency at the major South East airports.  The group will include representatives from airlines, airports, passenger groups, business, environmental groups, the CAA and NATS and will be chaired by Aviation Minister Theresa Villiers. Initial focus will ... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/se-airports-taskforce-announced/ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:34:44 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/may-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ A 4.1% decline in traffic year-on-year with further volcanic ash cloud disruption persisting   May10 May 09 Growth (%) Jun 09 - May 10 Jun 08 - May 09 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,730.9 2,846.5 -4.1% 31,760.1 32,826.7 -3.2% Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 301.5 313.9 -4.0% 3,584.7 3,603.7 -0.5% Ireland 97.3 123.4 -21.2% 1,324.7 1,424.3 -7.0% European schedul... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/may-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:37:01 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/strike-a-pose-at-gatwick/ Today stunning international supermodel and actress Lily Cole launches Gatwick Runway Models – a search for the nation’s most aspirational people to win a place next to model-royalty such as Cindy Crawford and Eva Herzigova on Storm’s exclusive books. Catwalk queen Kate Moss was famously discovered at JFK airport in the ‘80s by Sarah Doukas, founder of leading model agency Storm Model... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/strike-a-pose-at-gatwick/ Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:21:43 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/wanted-two-volunteers-to-speak-up-for-gatwick-airport-passengers/ London Gatwick Airport has an ambitious plan to improve the service we provide to our passengers and the advice we receive from GATCOM’s Passenger Advisory Group (PAG) is a key part of fulfilling that strategy. PAG is an independent body with fifteen members who volunteer around three days per quarter to visit the airport, monitor facilities and services, and provide feedback and recommendation... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/wanted-two-volunteers-to-speak-up-for-gatwick-airport-passengers/ Mon, 24 May 2010 16:07:50 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/london-gatwick-airport-december-2009-traffic-performance-summary/ December 2009 marked the third consecutive month of growth in passenger numbers at London Gatwick Airport.   Dec 09 Dec 08 % growth Jan - Dec 09 Jan - Dec 08 % growth Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,120.8 2,089.9 1.5% 32,370.0 34,178.5 -5.3% Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 277.5 268.1 3.5% 3,671.0 3,744.6 -2.0% Ireland 97.9 110.0 -11.0% 1,434.2 1,432.3 0.1% European... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/london-gatwick-airport-december-2009-traffic-performance-summary/ Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:12:42 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/london-gatwick-airport-march-2010-traffic-performance-summary-/ As summer approaches, London Gatwick Airport finishes winter with strong year on year passenger growth.   Mar 10 Mar 09 % growth Apr 09 - Mar10 Apr08 - Mar09 % growth Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,388.3 2,318.7 3.0% 32,397.0 33,106.1 -2.1% Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 295.2 296.2 -0.3% 3,664.3 3,629.1 1.0% Ireland 107.2 117.3 -8.6% 1,392.1 1,424.7 -2.3% European... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/london-gatwick-airport-march-2010-traffic-performance-summary-/ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:59:56 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/london-gatwick-airport-february-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Strong year on year growth in passenger numbers at London Gatwick Airport.   Feb 10 Feb 09 % growth Mar 09 - Feb10 Mar08 - Feb09 % growth Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,053.7 1,989.4 3.2% 32,327.6 33,603.5 -3.8% Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 258.1 246.4 4.7% 3,665.3 3,663.2 0.1% Ireland 92.7 103.3 -10.3% 1,402.3 1,438.3 -2.5% European scheduled 972.7 879.9 10.5% 15,467... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/london-gatwick-airport-february-2010-traffic-performance-summary/ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:00:08 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-christmas-2006/ Between Friday 22 December 2006 and Tuesday 2 January 2007 around one million departing and arriving passengers will pass through the airport. The busiest day will be Saturday 30 December with just under 110,000 passengers. Passengers will be travelling to destinations from Dublin to Dubai and Amsterdam to Atlanta. Security advice With the additional security regulations still in place, BAA... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-christmas-2006/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:01:42 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/happy-landings-gatwick/ On the first day of the New Year, Gatwick Airport received a very unusual and unscheduled arrival. A pair of swans landed on Gatwick’s taxiway “Romeo” at approximately 1610, following a report from the control tower, siting these protected birds. Gatwick’s Airfield Operations team, headed up by Phil Milham, wasted no time in ushering the birds to a safe and quiet area of the airfield and on to... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/happy-landings-gatwick/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:09:50 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-busy-december-2006/ Gatwick has reported continued growth in passenger numbers, welcoming over 2.1 million passengers in December 2005, up 2.5% compared to the same month last year. Growing markets for December included Eastern Europe, Ireland, Gulf region and Africa. Long haul routes including North Atlantic routes continued to be popular with over 700,000 passengers travelling through Gatwick. In 2005, Gatwick... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-busy-december-2006/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:09:18 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-wishes-jet2-happy-returns/ BAA Gatwick helped low fares airline Jet2.com celebrate their first birthday at the airport this week. The airline operates a very successful thrice-daily service between Gatwick and Manchester Airports, allowing travel times to suit both business and leisure passengers at low cost prices. "We are delighted to help Jet2.com celebrate their first birthday," Debby Bond, Head of Airline Relations ... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-wishes-jet2-happy-returns/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:08:34 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-express-best-train-company/ For a record fifth consecutive time, Gatwick Express has secured one of the rail industries leading accolades by being voted the Best Train Company in the country. Paul Griffiths, Managing Director, BAA Gatwick, commented on the recently won prestigious title: “This is terrific news for everyone at Gatwick; our travellers and airlines. It is timely, that within a week of BAA and National Expres... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-express-best-train-company/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:07:52 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-re-launches-onroute-newsletter/ BAA Gatwick has launched a new look to its onroute newsletter for travellers using the airport and which is also distributed to travel agents in London and the south-east. The six-page colour newsletter, published four times a year by the airport's Airline Relations Team, has a new, fresh design. The first issue in the new format carries the latest news about route developments at Gatwick and... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-re-launches-onroute-newsletter/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:07:02 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/spring-in-air-gatwicks-nesting/ Download a PDF of this press release (75KB) Gatwick Airport played host to half term workshops with a difference this week.  Family and friends of staff who work at Gatwick plus school children, swooped on Gatwick’s “Yurt” (a Mongolian Tent which acts as Environment Centre) to hand build bird nest boxes. During National Nest Box Week, an established event on the ornithological calendar, over 40... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/spring-in-air-gatwicks-nesting/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:06:30 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomed-returning-teamgb-olympians/ Pictured returning to Gatwick Airport is Shelley Rudman, Olympic Silver Medalist, Skeleton Bobsleigh at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics (saved image: Winter031_olympics.jpg) Gatwick welcomed home Team GB from the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. 19 members of the GB team returned on British Airways flight from Turin into Gatwick North Terminal on Monday 27 February, to be welcomed by family, frien... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomed-returning-teamgb-olympians/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:05:53 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/charities-benefit-bba-gatwick-employees-awards/ BAA has recognised its employees at Gatwick Airport who are involved in fundraising and voluntary work with the presentation of its I-Volunteer award cheques. Funded by the BAA Communities Trust, £100,000 has been presented to the charities supported by BAA employees through the awards, launched in September 2005, during the Government's "Year of the Volunteer". Of this more than £25,000 has be... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/charities-benefit-bba-gatwick-employees-awards/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:04:59 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-employment-forum-focuses-customer-service/ BAA Gatwick today hosts its sixth annual Employment Forum at the Sofitel London Gatwick Hotel. The Forum was established in 2000, as part of Gatwick’s ground-breaking sustainable development strategy, and aims to address employment issues for airport companies today and in the future. The Forum was set up as part of a Legal Agreement and involves businesses, local authorities and other groups, ... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-employment-forum-focuses-customer-service/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:03:35 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airports-fire-service-take-steps-to-help/ A seven man team from BAA Gatwick Airport's Fire Service climbed around 35,000 ft in a fundraising ladder marathon lasting 7 hours. The Airport Fire Service's chosen charity for 2006 is WaterAid, an international non governmental organisation dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people. The 10.5 metre ladder was... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-airports-fire-service-take-steps-to-help/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:03:01 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-appoints-new-gatcom-chairman/ BAA Gatwick has appointed a new Chairman of the Gatwick Airport Consultative Committee (GATCOM), to succeed Peter Bryant on his retirement in summer 2007. Dr John Godfrey will spend time as Chairman Designate, working with Peter over the next year. GATCOM is an independent body, which exists to ensure free and open communication between and to balance the needs of the airport, the airport’s loc... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-appoints-new-gatcom-chairman/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:02:22 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/children-learn-skills-forest-survival/ Children of airport workers and from local schools had the opportunity this week to learn about forest survival as part of an Easter holiday activity organised by the Gatwick Environmental Centre, sponsored by BAA Gatwick. Andrew Fleming, Community Education Officer for Gatwick Greenspace, hosts two days of sessions for children aged six and over, to teach them how to discover the skill of fore... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/children-learn-skills-forest-survival/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:01:34 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-supports-new-community-foundation/ BAA Gatwick has played a key role in the launch of the new Sussex Community Foundation which has just opened for business. Through BAA’s own charity the BAA Communities Trust, Gatwick has also donated £30,000 towards the foundation’s start up costs. The charity foundation, designed to make available extra money for charities and communities across Sussex will promote philanthropy and build a... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-supports-new-community-foundation/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:00:34 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-ready-teddy-easter/ This Easter BAA Gatwick is delighted to offer a new unique service for children travelling with teddy bears who hold their own passports. Passing through the airport’s security channels, teddy bears can present their passports for stamping. A specially designed stamp will ensure that the teddies are ready to start their holidays. The teddy bear passport scheme was devised by Airport Security... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-ready-teddy-easter/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:37:55 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/community-support-helps-make-sense/ Children from a local primary school are set to benefit from the work of a group of staff from BAA Gatwick who constructed a sensory garden in the grounds of their school last week. The team, who work in BAA Gatwick’s IT Project Management Services, were joined by their close suppliers, Atkins Consultants, to bring the garden to life. A pergola and raised wooden flower beds were provided by Dye... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/community-support-helps-make-sense/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:36:48 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-reports-busy-april-2006/ BAA Gatwick has recorded strong growth in passenger numbers during April 2006, welcoming over 2.7 million passengers, an increase of 12.5% compared to the same month last year. Taking into account the effect of Easter holidays which fell later this year, passenger figures for the combined months of March and April 2006 recorded a 6.2% increase compared to the same months in 2005. Over 1 million... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-reports-busy-april-2006/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:35:39 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/first-aid-for-gatwick/ Two new First Aid Rooms have been opened at BAA Gatwick Airport, one in North Terminal and one in South Terminal. The rooms were designed by Nigel Randtoul, a Manager Terminal Operations at the airport, responding to a need for first aid facilities in the passenger areas. Nigel has himself been awarded twice for saving passengers' lives and is enthusiastic about improving the professionalism of... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/first-aid-for-gatwick/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:13:23 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-makes-happier-first-birthday-for-state-of-the-art-bridge/ BAA Gatwick is delighted to celebrate the first birthday of Pier 6, the airport’s iconic airpassenger bridge - the largest of its kind in the world to span a live taxiway. Within its first year of operation, Pier 6 has welcomed in the region of 3.4 million passengers and around 33,000 aircraft have arrived or departed from its 11 new pier served aircraft stands. On 16 May 2005 Pier 6 was... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-makes-happier-first-birthday-for-state-of-the-art-bridge/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:12:39 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-fire-service-pull-together-for-wateraid/ A nine man team from BAA Gatwick Airport’s Fire Service took on a new challenge today to row 100,000 metres in just 5 hours for WaterAid. The team set up a rowing machine in the departure lounge in Gatwick’s South Terminal and went under starters orders at 0835. To work towards achieving their target, the team operated a relay system requiring a fast 30 second row covering around 160 metres in... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-fire-service-pull-together-for-wateraid/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:12:17 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-learning-development-centre-induction-programme/ The Gatwick Learning and Development Centre, Ashdown House, South Terminal, opened its doors last week for the launch of the first ‘Gatwick General Induction Programme’. The one day programme is open to any employers and their staff and covers essential topics such as airport knowledge, effective communication, health and safety and ‘working together’ skills. The launch of the programme was... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-learning-development-centre-induction-programme/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:11:56 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-corporate-responsibility-report-2006/ BAA Gatwick launched its Corporate Responsibility website and report this week, which details the airport’s progress on environmental, economic and social performance during 2005 - 2006, as well as a range of information about how the airport manages corporate responsibility. The report also details successful partnership projects with local authorities, airlines, the local community and... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-corporate-responsibility-report-2006/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:11:33 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-hosts-fifth-meet-the-buyers-event/ BAA Gatwick today hosted the fifth annual Meet the Buyers event at the Gatwick Hilton Hotel. The event, now firmly established in the Gatwick calendar, brings together local suppliers with key buyers. Last year’s Meet the Buyers generated new business of almost £1 million, a figure likely to be exceeded at this year’s larger event. In all around 180 local businesses and 35 key buyers are expect... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-hosts-fifth-meet-the-buyers-event/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:11:06 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-welcome-hosts-are-welcomed-back/ For the third summer, travellers using BAA Gatwick will be given a brighter welcome by the now familiar Welcome Hosts. A new team of young people from local schools and colleges, sporting bright yellow tee-shirts, will be on hand to assist people through the airport. The Welcome Hosts will act as mobile information teams in both the North and South Terminals, and on the forecourts helping airpo... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-welcome-hosts-are-welcomed-back/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:10:41 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-public-affairs-goes-public/ On Wednesday 5th July, the Public Affairs staff got together to take on a team building activity day at BAA Gatwick’s Environment Centre in Horleyland Meadow. The 68 hectares site, which is owned by BAA Gatwick and open to the public, includes a rich mixture of grassland, woodland, wetland and is a haven for wildlife. Accompanied by Gatwick’s Environmental Awareness Officer Andrew Fleming, the... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwicks-public-affairs-goes-public/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:10:17 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-local-students-lifetime-opportunity/ The Fulcrum Challenge will offer 28 local students aged 16 – 18 with the opportunity of a lifetime and an exceptional learning experience which will culminate in an overseas trip to undertake a community project in India. BAA Gatwick Fulcrum programme is funded through BAA Communities Trust and is all about investing in the leaders of the future through a series of dynamic learning experiences,... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-local-students-lifetime-opportunity/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:05:03 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/spreading-early-christmas-cheer-gatwick/ Unwanted coins and notes from passengers travelling through Gatwick Airport last Christmas, during BAA Gatwick’s annual Christmas appeal, have been donated to three charities close to Gatwick’s heart. Gatwick based Travel-care, the Royal National Institute of the Blind, ( RNIB ), and St Catherine’s Hospice, Crawley, were each presented with a cheque for £2,730 by Kevin Harman, BAA Gatwick’s Cha... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/spreading-early-christmas-cheer-gatwick/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:04:39 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/steaming-ahead-for-busy-summer-getaway-gatwick/ In spite of soaring temperatures in the UK, Gatwick is gearing itself up for a busy start to the school summer holidays with an estimated 521,000 passengers arriving and departing from Gatwick Airport over the the forthcoming weekend, ( Friday 28 through to Monday 31 July). Popular getaway destinations include: Malaga, Palma De Mallorca, Faro, Alicante, Dalaman and Orlando, Edinburgh, Corfu,... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/steaming-ahead-for-busy-summer-getaway-gatwick/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:04:15 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-goes-global-volunteer-support/ BAA Gatwick has secured a £79,000 grant from BAA Communities Trust in support of its first ever global volunteering programme. Global Xchange is a six month programme which gives young people from different countries and backgrounds the opportunity to work together as volunteers, both in the UK and overseas. From September this year, nine volunteers aged 18-25 from across India will buddy up wi... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-goes-global-volunteer-support/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:03:02 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-reports-busy-july-2006/ Summer is well underway at BAA Gatwick, as over 3.7 million passengers used the airport in July 2006, an increase of 4.1% compared to the same month last year. This equates to nearly 120,000 passengers every day, being welcomed through Gatwick’s two terminals during July. Over 2.3 million passengers travelled to and from European destinations during July 2006. Growth was particularly strong in... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-reports-busy-july-2006/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:01:01 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/advice-passengers-travelling-gatwick-august-bank-holiday/ BAA Gatwick is preparing for a busy August bank holiday and anticipates just over half a million  passengers will be travelling through the airport over the weekend, Friday to Monday inclusive. A normal programme of flights is expected to operate. Top destinations from Gatwick this weekend include;  Malaga, Palma, Dalaman, Alicante, Faro, Corfu, Tenerife, Mahon and Orlando. The busy day is... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/advice-passengers-travelling-gatwick-august-bank-holiday/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:00:07 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-staff-race-charity/ A team from BAA Gatwick’s ID Centre took part in the annual Dragon Boat race held at Tilgate Park, Crawley, to raise money for St Catherine’s Hospice on Sunday 3 September. Over 1,000 people packed into the park to support the Dragon Boat race participants. A sixteen strong team from Gatwick’s ID Centre, made up of Gatwick staff, family and friends, joined teams from over thirty local companies... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-staff-race-charity/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:58:11 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/defibrillator-training-gatwick/ Front-line airport staff are being encouraged to sign up to defibrillator training courses being held in the airport throughout September and October. Organised by BAA Gatwick’s Health and Safety Department, the courses are provided by the South East Coast Ambulance Service (Surrey). Heart defibrillators were first installed at Gatwick four years ago as part of the Department for Health’s “Savi... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/defibrillator-training-gatwick/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:57:26 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-launches-dedicated-education-website/ As the new school year gets underway, BAA has launched its education website, Take Off and Learn, to assist teachers particularly responsible for KS1 and KS4 pupils to learn more about airports. The site is also targeted for people interested in learning more about gaining vocational skills in order to work in an airport environment. The website, which can be found at www.baa.com/education (lin... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-launches-dedicated-education-website/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:47:50 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/important-notice-to-media/ Pooled media facility at BAA Gatwick for the arrival of the prime minister of the kingdom of Thailand. The Prime Minister of Thailand is expected to arrive at BAA Gatwick Airport at approximately 17:30 today, Wednesday 20 September 2006.  He will arrive on a Thai Airways aircraft, flight TG8847, from New York, John F. Kennedy Airport. A facility has been arranged for media on a strictly pooled... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/important-notice-to-media/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:47:16 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/t136/ Following yesterday’s announcement by the Department for Transport of a further relaxation in the security restrictions at UK airports, BAA confirms that the new measures are in place at its seven UK airports from today Friday 22 September 2006. Dedicated passenger information services have been set up and include; Free telephone number on 0800 883 0581, Text “gatwick” to 64222 or email –... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/t136/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:46:54 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-communities-mobile-classroom/ As the National Construction week gets underway, BAA Communities Trust has given a further £10,000 donation to the Surrey Education Business Partnership to fund the provision of a mobile construction classroom for eight schools in the county. The mobile construction classroom is an initiative designed to provide Year 10 and Year 11 students, (aged 14 plus), who are studying for an Edexcel... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-communities-mobile-classroom/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:46:34 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/vso-global-xchange/ A six month volunteering programme in Horley and Crawley kicked off this week thanks to a £79,000 grant from BAA Communities Trust. The Global Xchange programme is run by a partnership of three organisations: VSO, the British Council and CSV, with funding provided by BAA Communities Trust to benefit the communities around Gatwick Airport. A welcome reception for the volunteers from the UK and... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/vso-global-xchange/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:46:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/dedicated-global-approach/ BAA Gatwick is encouraged by the Department for Transport’s announcement today and is glad that it recognises the importance of a maintaining a high-frequency, high-quality train service between Gatwick Airport and London. BAA Gatwick stresses the need for this service to be dedicated, fast, frequent, and most importantly non-stop between London and Gatwick. The Department for Transport’s new... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/dedicated-global-approach/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:45:51 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/september-passenger-figures/ BAA Gatwick’s September passenger figures totalled 3.4 million, a 2.8% increase compared to the same month last year. The number of air transport movements for September was marginally up by 0.8% to 23,744. Strong growth continued in long haul destinations and European scheduled services attracted over 1.2 million passengers, an increase of 8.5% compared to September 2005. BAA Gatwick would lik... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/september-passenger-figures/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:45:26 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-publishes-interim-master-plan/ The interim master plan takes account of the views and opinions of those who contributed to the consultation process and replaces the outline master plan originally published in March 2005. The new document benefits significantly from the airport’s consideration of people’s views on the consultation. The interim master plan remains substantially similar to the original outline master plan. It... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-publishes-interim-master-plan/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:45:06 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/north-terminal-short-term-car-park-closure/ As part of a £5.5 million investment programme, BAA Gatwick is closing the North Terminal short term multi storey car park for refurbishment, with effect from Monday 23 October 2006 for a period of 23 weeks. The work follows similar refurbishment projects at the South Terminal’s three short term car parks which have now been completed. The refurbishment of all four car parks incorporates better... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/north-terminal-short-term-car-park-closure/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:44:40 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-team-go-green/ A team of 15 people from BAA’s capital projects, supply chain and IT departments took part in a team building project on Friday 13 October at Tilgate Park, Crawley. The day was organised with the Gatwick Greenspace Partnership, a conservation and environmental awareness organisation who work within the Gatwick locality and who are part-funded by BAA Gatwick. Gatwick Greenspace Project Manager,... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/baa-gatwick-team-go-green/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:44:10 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airport-chaplain-faces-close-shave/ Gatwick Airport’s Anglican Chaplain, Jonathan Baldwin, raised money for two charities on Friday by having his beard and hair shaved off on the airport concourse. Travel-Care, the airport’s charity which helps travellers in difficulty, and Leukaemia Research benefited from Jonathan’s bravery as Lloyd Culley from The Hairdressing Company, Ifield Parade, Ifield took the razor to the Chaplain’s hea... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airport-chaplain-faces-close-shave/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:43:02 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/t126/ The launch of this year’s BAA Gatwick Christmas Appeal brought the festive spirit to the airport at the beginning of the week. As part of the appeal fundraising for three local charities, Travel-Care, the RNIB and St Catherine’s Hospice, carol singing will take place around the tree in the South Terminal and North Terminal Arrivals Halls on selected mornings between now and Christmas. Kevin... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/t126/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:42:12 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/overnight-work-on-m25/ The Highways Agency is supporting Network Rail in advising drivers of overnight work taking place on two railway bridges over the M25 between Junctions 7 and 8 in Surrey between Sunday 24 December and Wednesday 3 January. The work will need lane restrictions on the motorway for safety reasons. These bridge works will take place overnight and will involve grit blasting, repainting and general... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/overnight-work-on-m25/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:41:42 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/t123/ A recent survey has revealed overwhelming public support for BAA’s campaign to save the Gatwick Express. Eight out of ten respondents who voted via an online poll on Gatwick Airport’s website said they’d like to see the service saved*. These results were published in the week that leading figures in the airline industry joined forces with politicians from all parties to urge the Department for... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/t123/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:40:39 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/south-terminal-arrivals-extension/ The South Terminal's arrivals reclaim hall is a lighter, more spacious environment following an extensive programme to extend and refurbish the area. The new hall, which has opened three months ahead of schedule and on budget, now provides eight baggage belts and an improved experience for passengers with significantly more space within the hall. Five of the eight baggage belts are new and... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/south-terminal-arrivals-extension/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:40:09 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/managing-director-congratulations/ The result of an independent national passenger rail survey has shown that the Gatwick Express remains the leading fully franchised train operating company for the seventh consecutive time. The National Passenger Survey provides a network- wide picture of passengers’ satisfaction with rail travel. Passengers’ opinion on train services are collected twice a year, with passengers questioned on 29... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/managing-director-congratulations/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:39:43 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/fulcrumites-trip/ Students from local schools and colleges close to Gatwick and three BAA employees are preparing for an experience of a lifetime when they fly to India this week to embark on a project to complete a home for orphans and destitute children. BAA Gatwick’s Fulcrum programme is funded by the BAA Communities Trust and is a overseas volunteering programme designed to offer students the opportunity to... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/fulcrumites-trip/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:39:19 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/top-award-at-national-voluntering-ceremony/ A team from BAA Gatwick came top in the category of ‘Best UK Employee Team Activity in the Community Service Volunteers’ (CSV), Make a Difference Day awards held last week in London, hosted by Channel 4’s Jon Snow. CSV Make a Difference Day is sponsored by Barclays and took place in November last year. It is the UK’s largest day of volunteering and last year a record breaking 120,000 volunteers... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/top-award-at-national-voluntering-ceremony/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:38:54 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/security-recruitment-drive/ BAA Gatwick is embarking on its largest ever recruitment programme to find over 270 new full time, part time and seasonal security officers with a particular emphasis on attracting female applicants. The recruitment programme is already underway ahead of the busy summer period. These additional staff will help to keep Gatwick safe and secure for the millions passengers who use the airport every... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/security-recruitment-drive/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:38:31 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-staff-are-shining-stars/ BAA Gatwick staff have been praised by new airport Managing Director, Andy Flower, as being shining stars due to their volunteering activities in the local community around the airport. As part of BAA’s commitment to employee volunteering through the annual ‘I-Volunteer’ awards, funded by BAA’s own charity The Communities Trust, 54 staff from across the airport were presented with cheques for... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-staff-are-shining-stars/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:38:04 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/bbc-watchdog/ Following the recent investigation into Pink Meet &amp; Greet by the BBC’s Watchdog programme, Gatwick Airport Ltd would like to advise customers to look on the official Gatwick Airport website to find approved car parking services: www.gatwickairport.com or call 0870 850 2825. All Valet Parking cars booked through Gatwick Airport Ltd are parked ON airport in secure car parks, which are monitored 2... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/bbc-watchdog/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:37:40 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/advanced-apprentice-programme/ A special Gatwick ceremony to recognise the achievements of engineering apprentices at Gatwick as well as celebrating the graduation of new apprentices, took place on Thursday 1 March at BAA’s Group Management Training Centre, Pease Pottage. The event, which celebrated the graduation of nine engineering apprentices who have all completed the Advanced Apprentice Programme in engineering... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/advanced-apprentice-programme/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:37:17 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/advice-for-easter-travellers/ BAA Gatwick is gearing up for a busy Easter holiday season, with around 600,000 passengers expected to travel through the airport over the six day Easter bank holiday period (Thursday 5 April through to Tuesday 10 April). Thursday 5 April is expected to be the busiest day with around 104,000 passengers travelling through the airport. The most popular destinations this Easter include Malaga,... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/advice-for-easter-travellers/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:36:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/retention-of-dedicated-rail-service/ BAA today welcomed the Department for Transport’s announcement that air passengers travelling between Gatwick Airport and London Victoria would continue to have a dedicated rail service. The Gatwick Express was under threat following a Government review which looked to ease commuter congestion on the Brighton Main Line. The review included options to scrap the Gatwick Express and replace it wit... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/retention-of-dedicated-rail-service/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:35:48 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/passenger-advice-travelling-through-london/ We are looking forward to a busy Easter season, with around 600,000 passengers expected to travel through Gatwick Airport from Thursday 5 April through to Tuesday 10 April.  In order to make your journey through the airport as smooth as possible, we would like to remind passengers of the following heightened security restrictions: Passengers can carry small quantities of liquid items no larger... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/passenger-advice-travelling-through-london/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:35:03 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/busy-bank-holidays/ BAA Gatwick is gearing up for a busy Spring Bank Holiday as passengers take advantage of the long weekend to jet away. Over 350,000 people will use Gatwick Airport over the four day weekend period with Friday being the busiest day through the airport with over 97,000 passengers expected. Spain remains a popular choice with Malaga as the top destination. Orlando, Florida is the most popular long... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/busy-bank-holidays/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:34:43 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-start-of-summer/ With the Whitsun bank holiday traditionally marking the start of summer, BAA Gatwick will be welcoming more than 465,000 passengers over the four day weekend (Friday 24th to Monday 27th May). Sunday will be the busiest day with around 119,000 passengers flying to and from the airport. Spain and Portugal top the list of popular destinations with Malaga, Palma, Faro and Alicante being the top fou... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-welcomes-start-of-summer/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:34:17 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/south-terminal-forecourth/ BAA Gatwick is announcing changes to vehicle access to the Upper and Lower Forecourts of South Terminal. From 20 June private vehicles picking up passengers will be directed to the short stay car parks, with short stay car park 3 being the designated car park for passenger pick ups, with a new car park tariff to accommodate the change starting at £1 for fifteen minutes. Passengers being dropped... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/south-terminal-forecourth/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:33:37 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/sixth-meet-the-buyers-event/ BAA Gatwick recently hosted the sixth annual Meet the Buyers event at the Gatwick Hilton Hotel which brings together local suppliers with key buyers. In all 150 suppliers from 129 companies met with representatives from 28 buying organisations from around the airport. The event was officially opened by Laura Moffatt, MP for Crawley and exhibitors and delegates were welcomed by Andy Flower,... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/sixth-meet-the-buyers-event/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:33:15 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/corporate-responsibility-report-06-07/ BAA Gatwick publishes its Corporate Responsibility website and report this week, which details the airport’s progress on environmental, economic and social performance during 2006 - 2007, as well as a range of information about how the airport manages corporate responsibility. The report also details successful partnership projects with local authorities, airlines, the local community and... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/corporate-responsibility-report-06-07/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:30:48 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-airport-watch-scheme/ Gatwick Airport’s businesses are joining forces with Crawley’s Business Watch scheme to become one of the first formal Airport Watch schemes in the country. Strongly supported by BAA Gatwick and Sussex Police, in order to promote Crime Reduction at Gatwick through partnership working, Airport Watch will form a satellite of the highly successful Crawley and Gatwick Business Watch. Membership wil... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-airport-watch-scheme/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:16:26 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/summer-off-to-flying-start/ Gatwick is set to benefit from the UK’s wet and grey summer with an estimated 532,000 passengers arriving and departing from the airport over the coming weekend (Friday 27 through to Monday 30 July). The most popular getaway destinations are Palma De Mallorca, Malaga, Dalaman, Faro, Alicante,  Dublin, Corfu,  Edinburgh, Tenerife and Mahon. The busiest day is forecast  to be Sunday 29 July when... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/summer-off-to-flying-start/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:04:44 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-monitoring-centre/ An integrated monitoring centre serving both North and South Terminals opened for business on Wednesday  1 August. The new centre merges six operational centres across both Terminals into one state of the art facility in the South Terminal. The integrated Gatwick Monitoring Centre (GMC) allows for stronger team work between North and South Terminals and across operational and planning... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-monitoring-centre/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:04:23 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/august-bank-holiday-advice/ Over 510,000 passengers are expected to travel through Gatwick Airport over the August Bank Holiday weekend (Friday 24 – Monday 27 August inclusive). The busiest day is expected to be Friday 24 August when over 134,000 passengers will pass through the airport. Most popular destinations this August include Palma De Mallorca, Malaga, Dalaman, Faro, Alicante, Corfu, Dublin, Mahon, Edinburgh and... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/august-bank-holiday-advice/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:04:00 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-enjoys-a-busy-september/ BAA Gatwick Airport had a busy September, handling over three and a half million passengers, an increase of 3.9% on the same month last year. This compares to an overall increase across BAA’s seven UK airports of 2.9%. Particular growth was seen at Gatwick in European scheduled traffic, which grew by 11.3% compared with September last year and North Atlantic traffic, up 10.7%. “We are very... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-enjoys-a-busy-september/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:03:36 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/change-for-trolley-service/ BAA Gatwick is to introduce a new coin-deposit system for baggage trolleys as part of an overall improvement of services to the airport’s passengers. From 17th October, passengers will need a one pound, one Euro or 25 US cent coin, or a re-usable BAA disc to use a trolley. This is then refunded when the trolley is returned to a collecting point. The changes are being made to make trolleys more... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/change-for-trolley-service/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:03:16 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/t99/ BAA Gatwick has been crowned “Best UK Airport” for the fourth time at the prestigious Travel Bulletin Awards Ceremony, held at London’s Landmark Hotel this week. Travel Bulletin is one of the UK’s leading weekly trade magazines and their annual Travel Awards ceremony recognizes the achievements of top companies across the leisure and travel industry. Voted for by travel agents nationwide, Gatwi... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/t99/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:02:53 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/half-term-holidays-has-flying-start/ As families take advantage of the school half term this week to take a break before the start of Christmas preparations, BAA Gatwick got ready for a busy weekend, helping passengers get their holidays off to a flying start. Nearly half a million passengers passed through the airport over the four day weekend (Friday 19 to Monday 22 October). Friday was the busiest day with around 115,000... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/half-term-holidays-has-flying-start/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:02:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/south-entrance-building-work/ As part of BAA Gatwick’s £850 million pound investment in putting the passenger first, an extensive refurbishment of the South Entrance Building in South Terminal, will start next Monday, 29 October. The work will include a replacement of both the floor and ceilings. To enable these works, the South Entrance Building, the first entrance to South Terminal reached on the terminal forecourt... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/south-entrance-building-work/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:01:52 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/onward-travel-centre/ As part of BAA Gatwick’s commitment to increase the use of public transport by passengers and staff, a new Onward Travel Centre will open in the South Terminal on Monday 29 October. Located in the arrivals hall, on the site of the former smoking area, the centre is conveniently placed for arriving passengers and will bring together a wide selection of onward travel choices for passengers. These... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/onward-travel-centre/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:58:34 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-transport-forum/ BAA Gatwick has launched its future Surface Access Strategy at the  Gatwick Area Transport Forum held at the Sofitel Hotel, North Terminal yesterday (Tuesday 30 October). The Forum brings together public transport providers, local authorities, representatives from the airport community and other key stakeholders and forms an important part of Gatwick’s sustainable development agenda. The event... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-transport-forum/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:57:19 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-staff-make-a-difference/ Not so much a case of pulling rabbits out of hats, staff from BAA have been putting rabbits into new hutches at a local epilepsy charity centre as part of the national Make a Difference Day. BAA Gatwick has provided £6000 to pay for supplies to build a new small animal enclosure, with wheelchair access, based at the farm at The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE)’s campus in... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-staff-make-a-difference/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:53:20 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/busy-october/ Over three million passengers travelled through BAA Gatwick Airport in October - an increase of 4.9% on October 2006. This compares to an overall increase of 3.5% across BAA’s seven UK airports and a combined total of 13.2 million passengers. Gatwick’s North American traffic grew by 11.3% compared with October last year and other long haul traffic increased by 13.1%. Healthy growth was also see... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/busy-october/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:52:14 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-pick-up-another-award/ BAA Gatwick has picked up yet another award, this time Favourite UK Leisure Airport at the British Travel Awards 2007. The British Travel Awards are presented to those travel organisations who receive the most votes from tens of thousands of consumers in polls conducted through Sky Travel TV, The Sunday Times, CBS Outdoor bus poster advertising, Yahoo! travel pages and Consumer Data. The award... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-pick-up-another-award/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:51:45 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-executive-lounge-arrive/ A new executive lounge opened today for passengers travelling through the North Terminal at Gatwick. The new facility, named the Aviance Lounge and operated by Aviance, part of the Go-Ahead plc group, is situated on the first floor in the departure lounge and has been developed for passengers as an alternative relaxation area to the main departure lounge,  as well as an area to work in prior to... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-executive-lounge-arrive/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:51:21 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/t90/ BAA Gatwick employees have raised £1,500 for BBC Children In Need and the money is still rolling in. ID centre staff organised a raffle and dressed up as cowgirls (and a horse!) to collect money from fellow BAA Gatwick employees. Tickets are still being sold and prizes include a Tom Tom sat nav, dinner for two at Frankie and Benny’s, free car rental for a weekend, champagne, spirits, wine, tedd... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/t90/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:34:42 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-welcome-for-passengers/ A new arch at Gatwick's North Terminal greets passengers travelling to the airport by road. The arch was transported from Terminal 3 at Gatwick’s sister airport, Heathrow, as part of BAA’s work to recycle construction materials. It follows the successful reception of the South Terminal welcome arch which was erected in 2004. Jo Astor, retail director, said: “We are delighted that the arch has... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-welcome-for-passengers/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:34:08 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/britains-favourite-airport/ BAA Gatwick is celebrating winning its third award this year, having been voted Favourite British Airport by readers of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers . The award, presented at the ABTA Convention in Tenerife, came after 30,000 people voted BAA Gatwick as their favourite airport, ahead of Manchester and Birmingham. “Yet again, I am delighted that Gatwick has won an award voted for by... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/britains-favourite-airport/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:33:31 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/christmas-with-carols-at-gatwick/ BAA Gatwick launched its Christmas Charity Appeal on Monday 3 December with the aid of the Mayor of Crawley, Mercury FM and choristers from Ifield Community College, Crawley. In the traditional setting around the Christmas Tree in the South Terminal Arrivals Hall, The Worshipful The Mayor of Crawley, Councillor Sally Blake, joined Chris Oxlade, breakfast presenter on Mercury FM and students fro... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/christmas-with-carols-at-gatwick/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:33:03 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/checker-cars/ Following an extensive exercise, BAA Gatwick has awarded the tender for the provision of taxi services at the airport to Checker Cars, the current provider. As part of the new contract, Checker Cars has undertaken to make a number of improvements to the service they provide airport users, including the replacement of a significant part of its fleet with new people carrier vehicles. These will b... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/checker-cars/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:32:31 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/35-million-barrier/ BAA Gatwick handled 132,964 more passengers in November this year compared to the same month last year, an increase of 6.2%. The BAA Group of seven UK airports saw an overall increase of 1.5% in passenger traffic during the month (year-on-year). In the twelve months to the end of November 2007, Gatwick Airport handled over 35 million passengers for the first time. November saw an increase of... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/35-million-barrier/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:30:43 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/hand-baggage-restrictions-remain/ Following the announcement by the Department for Transport to relax hand baggage restrictions at some UK airports, BAA Gatwick reminds passengers that the current one-bag rule per person continues. An ongoing construction project is underway to upgrade existing, as well as expand, security facilities at the airport, which will mean this rule will be relaxed in the near future. The complexity of... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/hand-baggage-restrictions-remain/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:30:17 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/steady-passenger-growth/ Nearly 2.5 million passengers travelled through Gatwick Airport last month, an increase of 2.7% on December 2006. Healthy growth in the Irish, European and North Atlantic markets helped to achieve greater numbers. There was a 19.7% boost in passengers travelling to and from the Republic of Ireland, an 11.7% rise in North Atlantic passengers and the European scheduled traffic market continued to... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/steady-passenger-growth/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:28:14 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/northern-perimeter/ On Monday 28 January construction works will begin on a section of the Northern Perimeter Road near Gatwick’s North Terminal. The works will last for 10 weeks in total and are part of BAA’s ongoing investment in Gatwick’s infrastructure. During this time, passengers using the Summer Special and North Terminal Flight Path long stay car parks can expect some delays to their journey. BAA Gatwick... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/northern-perimeter/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:27:12 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/hand-baggage-restrictions-relaxed/ From Monday 11 February, passengers on flights connecting through the North Terminal at Gatwick will be able to travel with more than one piece of hand luggage (subject to the airline’s permission). Passengers on connecting flights through the South Terminal have been able to travel with more than one piece of luggage since 7 January. BAA Gatwick reminds passengers that the one bag rule per... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/hand-baggage-restrictions-relaxed/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:26:43 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/further-growth-2008/ Gatwick’s traffic figures continued to grow in the New Year with over two million passengers travelling through the airport in January. A leap of 22.4% in the number of passengers travelling to Ireland and the continued steady growth of European scheduled traffic (5.6%) ensured overall growth of 1% compared to January 2007. However, the domestic market declined by 6.7% and small decreases were... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/further-growth-2008/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:26:23 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/emergency-exercise/ An exercise will take place at Gatwick Airport on 5 March 2008, between 7 pm and 10 pm, to test plans to deal with a major fuel leak. Although the likelihood of such a leak is low, legally required plans are in place and these need to be tested. The airport will operate normally during the exercise and passengers and the public will not be affected, although they may notice additional emergency... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/emergency-exercise/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:25:51 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/closure-northern-entrance/ As part of BAA Gatwick’s investment in improving facilities for our passengers, the link bridge between Multi-storey Car Park 3 and the Northern Entrance Building (South Terminal) will be closed to allow reflooring work to take place. The existing carpet will be removed, repairs effected and new flooring laid. The link bridge will be closed from 22:00 hours on Sunday 24 February until 05:00 hou... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/closure-northern-entrance/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:25:26 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/air-southwest-new-business/ Business customers travelling with Air Southwest from London Gatwick will be able to take advantage of a brand new package of benefits from today. The new ‘Business Plus’ service will provide passengers with fully flexible business fares which can be booked on-line at www.airsouthwest.com , including a range of added-value extras. Air Southwest flies four times a day, seven days a week from... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/air-southwest-new-business/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:25:01 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/february-passenger-growth/ Over 2,300,000 passengers travelled through Gatwick Airport in February, a 3.4% increase on February last year (not including this year’s extra leap day). The growth trend in the Irish market continued with an increase of 29.6% in the number of passengers travelling to and from Ireland. The European market also contributed to the growth with a 10% expansion in European scheduled traffic and 1.9... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/february-passenger-growth/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:24:38 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-easter-getaway/ Gatwick Airport is getting ready for a busy Easter with over 600,000 passengers expected to travel through the airport over the bank holiday period (Thursday 20 March through to Tuesday 25 March). Sunday 23 March is expected to be the busiest day with around 108,000 passengers travelling through the airport. The most popular destinations this Easter are Geneva, Malaga, Dublin, Tenerife, Orlando... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-easter-getaway/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:19:00 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/cabin-baggage-restriction/ On 31 March, passengers travelling from Gatwick will be able to carry more than one bag through security. The government restriction limiting passengers to one item of cabin baggage was lifted at all other BAA airports on 7 January 2008, and in the Gatwick Airport transfer security areas in February. The Department for Transport (DfT) originally granted the airport an extension of the restricti... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/cabin-baggage-restriction/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:18:22 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/landing-zone/ The Gatwick Skills Centre’s ‘Landing Zone’ opened this week to provide an e-learning area in the South Terminal’s staff restaurant. The Landing Zone is the ‘shop window’ of the Gatwick Skills Centre which provides training and skills development for airport employees. The success of the centre led it to expand to provide staff with an area to search for airport jobs, catch up on training course... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/landing-zone/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:17:57 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-and-easy-jet/ BAA Gatwick Airport’s passenger numbers continued to grow last month with over 2.8 million passengers travelling through the airport - a leap of 8.1% compared to March 2007. The number of passengers travelling to and from Ireland continued to increase with a 44.8% growth rate. European scheduled traffic rose by 13.9% and European charter traffic rose by 12.4%. The domestic market decreased by... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-and-easy-jet/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:17:35 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/vinci-park/ BAA Gatwick has awarded the contract to provide a new traffic marshalling service at the airport to Vinci Park, commencing 21 April 2008. The aim of the scheme is to continue to improve traffic flows and security around the UK’s second busiest airport, with special emphasis on perimeter roads and forecourts, from where the new traffic marshals will operate. The new service forms a key element i... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/vinci-park/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:17:15 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/police-services/ BAA Gatwick, Sussex Police and the Sussex Police Authority have agreed the terms under which policing services will be provided over the coming year. Under the Civil Aviation Act 2006, the Police Service Agreement (PSA) secures the future arrangements for the policing of the airport and its funding. It also specifies the level of policing provided by Sussex Police to ensure that the airport is ... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/police-services/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:16:55 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/star-volunteers/ This week Gatwick Airport’s Managing Director, Andy Flower, presented cheques worth nearly £22,000 to airport staff who volunteer in the local community. The BAA ‘I-Volunteer’ Awards were established to celebrate the efforts of staff who volunteer for deserving charities and projects. In the four years since its launch, I-Volunteer has donated nearly £400,000 towards the good causes supported b... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/star-volunteers/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:16:33 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/best-for-queue-times/ Passengers have rated Gatwick as the best out of the busiest 10 airports in Europe for waiting times at security. This result is part of the largest and most reputable survey of passengers in the world, and is carried out every quarter by the Airports Council International (ACI). ACI is the global trade body of airports, and the passenger survey is translated into a number of different language... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/best-for-queue-times/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:13:45 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/icing-on-the-cake/ Today, on the 50th birthday of Gatwick’s South Terminal, students from Central Sussex College in Crawley are quite literally providing the icing on the cake! Rising to the challenge, they have spent the last week baking and icing a special birthday cake that they are delivering personally to the South Terminal as part of today’s celebrations. Matthew Hart (19) from Horsham, Edward Palmer (21),... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/icing-on-the-cake/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:13:16 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/meet-the-buyer-event/ BAA Gatwick yesterday hosted the seventh annual Meet the Buyer event at the Gatwick Hilton Hotel. The event brings together local suppliers with key buyers from around the airport. Following a business breakfast, the event was officially opened by Laura Moffatt, MP for Crawley, and exhibitors and delegates were welcomed by Andy Flower, Managing Director BAA Gatwick Airport and Henry Smith, Lead... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/meet-the-buyer-event/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:12:26 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/appeal-of-christmas-at-gatwick/ An unusual group of passengers passed through London Gatwick Airport this week as preparations got underway for the launch of the airport’s annual Christmas appeal. An army of over 100 freshly repainted Father Christmas collecting boxes were being distributed around the airport’s terminal buildings ahead of the official launch of the appeal by His Worship the Mayor of Crawley, Councillor Doctor... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/appeal-of-christmas-at-gatwick/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:10:02 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/security-investment/ As part of Gatwick’s continued investment in security, refurbishment of the airport’s Northgate external control post is about to start. Facilities at Northgate, which manages the access route for retail stock to airside shops among other things, are to be improved to help keep the airport safe and secure and provide a high level of service to retail business partners and passengers. Once work... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/security-investment/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:07:42 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/getting-set-for-summer/ As the schools break up for the long summer holiday, BAA Gatwick is preparing for a busy weekend, with the start of the summer peak period. Over the four days from Friday to Monday, over half a million passengers are expected to travel through the airport with Spain and Turkey topping the list of popular destinations for early summer holidays. Malaga, Palma de Mallorca and Dalaman are the top... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/getting-set-for-summer/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:07:21 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/church-leaders/ BAA Gatwick is welcoming around a hundred Anglican Bishops over the next few days, as they visit the United Kingdom to attend the Lambeth Conference. The conference, which is one of the Anglican Communion’s Instruments of Communion is held every ten years at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is giving over 800 Bishops from around the world the opportunity to meet for worship,... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/church-leaders/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:06:09 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/industrial-action/ Unite, the Trade Union which represents some members of Swissport's ground handling operation at Gatwick, has announced its intention to strike on Monday 25 and Friday 29 August. Swissport is responsible for baggage handling and check-in, and therefore their action may have an impact on some Gatwick passengers. Strike action is planned to take place from 03:00 to 03:00 - a 24 hour period - on... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/industrial-action/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:03:46 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/xl-airways/ Following the announcement earlier today that XL Airways has ceased trading, BAA Gatwick offers the following advice for passengers: • In the first instance, XL Airways customers who have concerns about their booking are advised to contact their travel agent or tour representative • Passengers are advised not to travel to Gatwick Airport today • BAA Gatwick is working closely with the appointed... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/xl-airways/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:01:37 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/landmark-moment/ The sale of Gatwick Airport is a "landmark moment" in the airport's history but it is "business as usual" during the sale process, according to managing director Andy Flower. Commenting on the sale announcement by BAA today, Mr Flower said: "Today's announcement by BAA represents a landmark moment in the long and proud history of Britain's second largest airport. I know this was a difficult... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/landmark-moment/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:01:18 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/best-uk-airport/ BAA Gatwick has won the Travel Bulletin Star Award for Best Major UK Airport for the fifth time at the prestigious Travel Bulletin Awards Ceremony, held at London’s Landmark Hotel last week. Travel Bulletin is one of the UK’s leading weekly trade magazines and their annual Travel Awards ceremony recognises the achievements of top companies across the leisure and travel industry. Voted for by... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/best-uk-airport/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:00:29 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/noise-insulation/ Around 1,000 homeowners are set to benefit from a new scheme, introduced by BAA Gatwick, to provide insulation against noise from the airport. The BAA Gatwick Noise Insulation Scheme for Homes, which has its roots in BAA Gatwick’s Sustainable Development Strategy, will provide funding to meet 100% of the cost of secondary glazing (or 50% of the cost of standard or high-specification double glaz... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/noise-insulation/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:59:12 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/american-national-football-league/ Gatwick Airport welcomed two National Football League teams to the UK this week in preparation for the NFL Bridgestone International Series game to be played at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 26 October 2008. The New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers arrived at Gatwick on Monday morning aboard flights from Charlotte, North Carolina and Buffalo, New York respectively and were quickly and smoothly... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/american-national-football-league/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:58:19 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/community-project/ Staff from across Gatwick Airport will volunteer this week to help 'Outreach 3 Way', a local charity that helps adults with learning disabilities. Located a mile south of the western end of Gatwick’s runway, Outreach 3 Way’s site will benefit from a new pathway, created along a field, which will enable their clients to have safe, wheelchair suitable access to the dropping off point for taxis an... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/community-project/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:56:39 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/british-travel-award/ Gatwick Airport has been voted best UK airport for leisure travel by passengers and the travel industry. The award was presented to Gatwick Airport by leading comedian Frankie Boyle, on a great night for some of Gatwick’s airlines. The airport’s biggest airline, easyJet, picked up Best Low Cost/No Frills Airline; Monarch was named Best Leisure Airline and British Airways was named Best Schedule... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/british-travel-award/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:56:19 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/office-fair-trading/ Gatwick Airport has this week supported a European-wide initiative to warn holidaymakers about Spanish bogus holiday clubs that cost tourists millions of pounds every year. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) Scambusters team joined local trading standards officers and advisers from Consumer Direct, the government-funded telephone and online service offering information and advice on consumer... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/office-fair-trading/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:55:21 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/church-of-england/ The Church of England has shown a commitment to London Gatwick Airport with the re-licensing of the Anglican Chaplain, Father Jonathan Baldwin. In a service today at the airport’s South Terminal Chapel, conducted by Bishop Lindsay Urwin, the Area Bishop of Horsham, Father Jonathan gave a Declaration of Assent giving his allegiance to the Bishop and the Church of England. He was formally granted... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/church-of-england/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:54:53 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/appeal-of-christmas/ An unusual group of passengers passed through London Gatwick Airport this week as preparations got underway for the launch of the airport’s annual Christmas appeal. An army of over 100 freshly repainted Father Christmas collecting boxes were being distributed around the airport’s terminal buildings ahead of the official launch of the appeal by His Worship the Mayor of Crawley, Councillor Doctor... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/appeal-of-christmas/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:54:22 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/high-sheriffs/ Sir Richard Kleinwort, High Sheriff of West Sussex and Mr Hugh Burnett, High Sheriff of East Sussex visited London Gatwick Airport yesterday. The High Sheriffs met with Andy Flower, Managing Director London Gatwick Airport, and Andrew McCallum, the airport’s Head of Communications, who outlined Gatwick’s plans to invest nearly £1bn to revitalise the airport over the next five years. Sir Richard... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/high-sheriffs/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:52:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/skills-centre/ Laura Moffatt, MP for Crawley, yesterday opened the new Gatwick Skills Centre facilities at Gatwick Airport. Laura was joined by Andrew McCallum, Head of Communications, Gatwick Airport; Russell Strutt, Principal Central Sussex College and Caroline Wood, Deputy Area Director of Sussex for SEEDA, the South East England Development Agency which provided financial support in the initial stages.... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/skills-centre/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:51:50 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/christmas-with-carols/ London Gatwick Airport has launched its Christmas Charity Appeal (Monday 1st December) with the aid of the Mayor of Crawley and choristers from Ifield Community College, Crawley. The choristers led communal singing of carols and Christmas songs around the traditional Christmas Tree in the South Terminal Arrivals Hall. The Worshipful The Mayor of Crawley, Councillor Howard Bloom officially... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/christmas-with-carols/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:50:19 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/runway-re-opens/ Gatwick Airport is pleased to confirm that its single runway has re-opened following an earlier closure due to exceptional weather conditions overnight. Around 100 in and outbound flights were affected and passengers travelling from Gatwick today are advised to contact their airline for the latest flight information, as there may be some resulting disruption. Gatwick Airport apologises for the... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/runway-re-opens/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:46:30 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/runway-closure/ Due to exceptional  weather conditions overnight and a sudden fall in temperature on Wednesday 10 December, the runway and taxi-way areas at Gatwick Airport were closed at approximately 06:50 on Thursday 11 December, for essential maintenance and de-icing works. At 08:45 approximately 60 inbound and outbound flights have been affected and a number of flights diverted to other airports including... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/runway-closure/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:45:46 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/christmas-getaway/ With the festive season just around the corner, Gatwick is gearing up to welcome more than one million passengers who are expected to travel through the airport between Friday 19 December and Thursday 1January (inclusive). Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 December are set to be the busiest days with around 106,000 people expected to fly in and out of Gatwick on each of them. During this busy travel... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/christmas-getaway/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:45:24 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/legal-commitments/ London Gatwick Airport has signed a new legal agreement with West Sussex County Council and Crawley Borough Council. The agreement outlines how the airport’s operation, growth and environmental impacts will be managed responsibly. It underpins the important relationship between the airport owner and its local authorities with responsibility for planning, environmental management and highways. T... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/legal-commitments/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:47:42 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/top-travel-award/ &nbsp; Members of the winning airlines at Gatwick join Andy Flower, Managing Director London Gatwick Airport, to celebrate the award. From left to right: Chloë Madden (Monarch Airlines); Susan Franks (Emirates); Helena Hilfiker (Virgin Atlantic); Patricia Mitchell (British Airways); Andy Flower (Managing Director London Gatwick Airport); Annabel Turner (Virgin Atlantic); Kelly Morton (Monarch... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/top-travel-award/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:46:56 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-norway-routes/ London Gatwick Airport is welcoming a range of new routes for passengers with the expansion of the route network of Norwegian, one of its existing airlines. Norwegian, which already operates a programme from London Gatwick Airport, is set to start operating a three-times daily service to Oslo, twice-daily to Copenhagen and daily services to Bergen, Stavanger and Aalborg. A twice-weekly service ... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-norway-routes/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:46:37 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/regulatory-review/ London Gatwick Airport welcomes the Government's consultation on future economic regulation of UK airports. At this exciting time in the airport’s history the DfT review presents an important opportunity for Gatwick Airport participate in the creation of a regulatory framework that will enable us to deliver a high quality service for passengers and business partners, and continue to develop and... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/regulatory-review/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:46:18 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/south-terminal-upper-forecourt/ As part of the £1 billion investment to revitalise London Gatwick Airport over the next four years, and enhance existing security measures, the Upper Forecourt, South Terminal will be closed to all traffic from 19:30 hours on Sunday 5 April until 18:00 hours on Friday 22 May. As a result of this closure, services which normally operate from the Upper Forecourt will be relocated to the Lower... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/south-terminal-upper-forecourt/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:19:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/easter-getaway/ London Gatwick Airport gears up for the Easter getaway, with even more choice in the air and on the ground. With the Easter weekend just days away, London Gatwick Airport is looking forward to welcoming over a million passengers through the airport between the schools breaking up (Friday 3 April) and the end of the Easter weekend (Tuesday 14 April). And this summer the airport is offering... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/easter-getaway/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:17:29 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/busy-bank-holiday/ http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/busy-bank-holiday/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:15:48 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/reigate-and-banstead/ (image ) From left to right: The Mayoress, Mrs Mary Newstead MBE; The Worshipful the Mayor of Reigate and Banstead, Councillor Roger Newstead; Andy Flower, Managing Director London Gatwick Airport; The Deputy Mayor, Councillor Nick Harrison; and the Deputy Mayoress, Mrs Pamela Harrison London Gatwick Airport welcomed a visit by The Worshipful the Mayor of Reigate and Banstead, Councillor Roger... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/reigate-and-banstead/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:13:01 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/consultation-regulation/ London Gatwick Airport has submitted its response to the Department for Transport's review of airport economic regulation. This is the first time Gatwick has responded to a major policy consultation affecting its core business separately from BAA. With the sale of the second busiest UK airport ongoing, it makes clear that, while its response represents the views of Gatwick Airport's management... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/consultation-regulation/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:12:41 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/southern-rail/ London Gatwick Airport welcomes the news this morning that Southern, the largest railway operator from the airport, has retained the Southern Central franchise. Southern has been awarded the new franchise, which will start on 20 September 2009 and will run for five years ten months until 25 July 2015. "We are pleased that Southern has retained this important franchise and that they will continu... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/southern-rail/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:12:09 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/swine-flu/ If travelling to an affected area With the situation constantly changing, we advise passengers to check with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or call  0845 850 2829 for the latest information. If returning from an affected area The Health Protection Agency advise passengers to monitor their health closely for seven days. If during this period you develop the sudden onset of fever, accompanie... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/swine-flu/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:11:50 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/fight-punctuality/ London Gatwick Airport has welcomed the publication today of the CAA punctuality statistics for the period January to March 2009 showing an overall improvement in charter flight punctuality from the airport. Gatwick has the largest charter operation of all those airports that are monitored for the statistics and saw the average delay for charter flights reduce from 30 minutes to 25 minutes,... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/fight-punctuality/ Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:11:26 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/draft-noise/ London Gatwick Airport has launched a 16 week public consultation on its draft noise action plan. The noise action plan, which is to be published to comply with the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006, is a five year plan highlighting the actions London Gatwick Airport will take to manage and mitigate noise arising from aircraft departing from and arriving at the airport. The plan wi... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/draft-noise/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:25:08 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/north-kent/ A new luxury coach service linking North Kent with London Gatwick Airport has been introduced. Operated by Excel coaches, the service is jointly funded by London Gatwick Airport and supported by Kent County Council and Medway Council. The service operates every two hours departing from Chatham Docks, calling at Hempstead, Maidstone, Sevenoaks and Godstone en route to Gatwick Airport. “One of ou... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/north-kent/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:24:14 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/planning-law/ London Gatwick Airport welcomes the opportunity, as a major infrastructure provider, to respond to the Department for Communities and Local Government Consultation on the Pre-Application Consultation and Application Procedures for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. London Gatwick Airport is the 2nd largest airport in the UK and is the world’s busiest single runway airport. The... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/planning-law/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:22:59 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/high-court-decision/ We are pleased that the High Court judgment has found in favour of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), following a challenge brought by easyJet into the CAA’s process for determining charges at Gatwick Airport for the period 2008-2013. Gatwick Airport is entirely dependent on the success of its airlines. We will continue to work hard with easyJet and other airlines to raise the standards of... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/high-court-decision/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:11:46 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/opens-doors-to-noise/ London Gatwick Airport is hosting its first public session on the content of its draft noise action plan on Thursday 9 July 2009. Members of the public, residents and local interest groups are invited to hear more about the detail and to ask questions on Gatwick’s recently launched draft noise action plan. Two sessions will be held on Thursday 9 July between 15.30 – 16.30 and 19.00 – 20.00 at t... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/opens-doors-to-noise/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:11:17 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/young-engineers/ Gatwick’s engineers, fire service and police helped inspire the young technicians of the future when they staged the national final of a racing baggage buggy challenge at the airport last Friday. Some 13 teams of young finalists from all over the country came to race their model airport baggage buggies in a car park close to the main runway, in the annual BAA Challenge run in partnership with... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/young-engineers/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:09:24 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/mayor-of-london/ London Gatwick Airport has submitted responses to the Mayor of London’s Economic Development Strategy and Transport Strategy – Statement of Intent. These responses are in addition to the overall London Plan and the three documents are intended to be read together. “We recognise the importance of transport investment decisions made within Greater London, to our airport,” Andy Flower, Managing... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/mayor-of-london/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:04:52 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/flybe-diversion/ London Gatwick Airport confirms that the runway was briefly closed earlier today following an emergency landing by a FlyBe Dash-8 aircraft. Emergency vehicles were in attendance. The aircraft operating from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Cardiff diverted to London Gatwick Airport landing at 12.26pm (local). All 46 passengers were evacuated from the aircraft and there are no reported injuries.... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/flybe-diversion/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:04:31 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/run-for-sun/ London Gatwick Airport confirms that the runway was briefly closed earlier today following an emergency landing by a FlyBe Dash-8 aircraft. Emergency vehicles were in attendance. The aircraft operating from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Cardiff diverted to London Gatwick Airport landing at 12.26pm (local). All 46 passengers were evacuated from the aircraft and there are no reported injuries.... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/run-for-sun/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:49:47 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/punctuality-improves/ Figures published today by the Civil Aviation Authority today have shown an improvement in the punctuality of flights from London Gatwick Airport. The figures, covering the period from April to June 2009 show the overall on-time performance (defined as early to 15 minutes late) of scheduled flights increased by 11 percentage points. This now means that 81% of scheduled flights from the airport... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/punctuality-improves/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:49:14 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/final-public-event/ London Gatwick Airport will be hosting its final public session on the content of the draft noise action plan on Thursday 17 September 2009. The formal 16 week public consultation started on 18 June 2009 and will close on 7 October 2009. Everyone that is interested in the content of the plan is invited to attend the event to learn more about the draft plan. Members of Gatwick’s senior team will... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/final-public-event/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:48:44 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-shuttle/ &nbsp; The inter-terminal transit system at London Gatwick Airport, installed in 1987, is about to be replaced as part of the airport’s £1bn investment programme. The existing transit, which has now completed more than two and a half million miles, will be removed from service on 28 September this year with the two new shuttles coming into service in May and July next year. The new shuttle service... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/new-shuttle/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:48:18 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/september-traffic/ London Gatwick Airport has reported its best year-on-year traffic figures since May 2008. BAA has today released passenger and movement statistics for its seven UK airports for September 2009 and, while overall numbers for Gatwick were down by 0.5% in September, the airport recorded strong growth in important domestic and European scheduled markets (+5.8% and +8.7% respectively). Excluding Nort... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/september-traffic/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:47:59 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/officially-the-best/ London Gatwick Airport was recognised as the best major UK airport at the Travel Bulletin Star Awards last night, beating nearby Heathrow and northern contender Manchester Airport With millions of pounds worth of investment being made in the UK’s second largest airport, travel agents have declared that Gatwick is officially the best and is set to get even better. “Yesterday was a great day for... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/officially-the-best/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:47:37 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/farewell-transit/ London Gatwick Airport said good bye to the inter-terminal transit train this week as the system’s carriages were removed from the track. In an operation, planned with military precision, the six carriages were lifted by heavy crane on to lorries to begin their final journey to a recycling plant in Berkshire. In the last twenty-one years the carriages have carried in the region of one hundred... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/farewell-transit/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:47:18 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airport-sold/ London Gatwick Airport has been sold by BAA to an entity controlled by Global Infrastructure Partners for £1.51 billion. Of the sale price, £55 million is conditional on future traffic performance and the buyer’s future capital structure. Proceeds will be used to repay part of BAA’s existing debt. Andy Flower, managing director of London Gatwick Airport  said: “Today’s announcement is a landmar... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/airport-sold/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:46:55 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/aviation-emissions/ London Gatwick Airport today backed calls for a global approach to reducing aviation emissions, in a hard-hitting report issued by the Airport Operators’ Association (AOA). The report, “The Contribution of Aviation to the UK Economy”, warned that a UK-only approach to managing aviation’s impact on climate change, would leave Britain up to £30bn a year worse off and lead to a reduction of almost... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/aviation-emissions/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:46:32 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/pasenger-figures/ October 2009 is the first month since May 2008 which has seen an increase in passenger figures, year-on-year. According to figures issued today more than 2.8 million passengers used Gatwick during October 2009, compared to 2.77 million in October 2008, an increase of 1.8%. European scheduled traffic has increased by the highest margin (9.3%), whilst flights to the Republic of Ireland and the... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/pasenger-figures/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:45:33 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/fire-training-service/ London Gatwick Airport has launched a commercial training service to share the highly trained skills of its team with other fire-fighting organisations and aviation businesses across the world. At an open day event, held in East Horsley, David Stretch, London Gatwick Airport’s Director of Customer Service and Jason Ivey, the Airport Fire Manager, unveiled the new service to airport fire manager... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/fire-training-service/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:45:12 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/global-infrastructure/ Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has announced the following appointments to the Board of London Gatwick Airport, to take effect following completion of the acquisition. GIP reached agreement with BAA Airports Limited to acquire London Gatwick Airport in October and expects to complete the acquisition in the first week of December. GIP will be investing through Ivy Bidco Limited, a company... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/global-infrastructure/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:44:44 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gip-control/ The new owners of Gatwick Airport, Global Infrastructure Partners, promised to kick-start a new era of competition between London’s airports and pledged more efficient operations and a better passenger experience following completion of the acquisition. GIP is bringing a transition team to support Gatwick’s management, to apply modern process management best practice to improve Gatwick’s... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gip-control/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:44:17 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/november-growth/ For the second consecutive month London Gatwick Airport has recorded positive year-on-year traffic growth. Last month Gatwick handled more than two million passengers, an increase of 4.5% over the same month last year, and an increase of around 88,000 passengers compared to November 2008. A breakdown by market shows growth in passengers flying to Europe on scheduled services, including easyJet,... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/november-growth/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:43:45 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-continues-improve/ Flight punctuality performance at London Gatwick improved significantly during the period from July to September 2009, according to statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority. On-time performance for charter traffic increased from 55 per cent in quarter three 2008, to 72 per cent for the same period this year. The punctuality of scheduled services also improved, increasing from 64 per cent in... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-continues-improve/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:41:42 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/british-airways/ Following the announcement earlier today that Unite, the Union representing British Airways cabin crew members, has announced its intention to strike during Christmas and New Year, London Gatwick Airport would like reassure passengers that it is working closely with British Airways to minimise any potential disruption. We advise passengers expecting to travel with British Airways between 22... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/british-airways/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:47:50 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/flyglobespan/ Following the announcement that the airline operator Flyglobespan has gone into administration, all its flights from London Gatwick Airport have been cancelled and will not be rescheduled. Anyone due to fly with Flyglobespan from Gatwick Airport should follow the advise issued at www.flyglobespan.com (external link). Alternative flights to many of Flyglobespan’s destinations are available from... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/flyglobespan/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:47:29 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/christmas-gateway/ With more than one million passengers set to fly through Gatwick between Saturday 19 December and Sunday 3 January, the airport is gearing up for one of the busiest periods in the calendar. This weekend will see nearly 188,000 people travelling through the airport with 95,000 on Saturday and 93,000 on Sunday. The busiest weekend overall will be January 2 and 3 January, when more than 250,000... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/christmas-gateway/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:47:05 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/x-factor/ X-Factor runners-up Stacey Soloman and Olly Murs brought a touch of Christmas sparkle to London Gatwick Airport yesterday, Wednesday 16 December, for the launch of The Gatwick Factor, which is helping raise money for Great Ormond Street. Entertaining passengers in what was their first gig since last weekend’s X Factor grand final, Stacey and Olly sang a medley of their favourite songs from this... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/x-factor/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:46:42 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/runway-reopens/ Gatwick Airport's runway re-opened at 07.33 following the earlier closure resulting from heavy overnight snowfall. Our teams worked throughout the night in challenging conditions to re-open the runway as soon as it was safe to do so. A number of inbound and outbound flights have been affected and passengers are advised to contact their airline for the latest flight information. At 8.15am there... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/runway-reopens/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:46:08 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/currently-closed/ The runway at Gatwick Airport was closed at 15.19 for essential de-icing work and remains closed while this work takes place. We are working closely with our airline and business partners to re-open the runway as soon as it is safe to do so. Passengers travelling from Gatwick today are advised to allow extra time for their journey to the airport and contact their airline for the latest flight... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/currently-closed/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:45:49 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-reopens/ Gatwick Airport has now re-opened following the earlier runway closure. A number of inbound and outbound flights have been affected and passengers are advised to contact their airline for the latest flight information. We regret the disruption caused to our passengers’ travel plans, but the safety and security of aircraft and passengers are our number one priority. The temporary closure of the... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-reopens/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:45:21 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/usa-travel-information/ Passengers travelling to the United States of America from London Gatwick Airport should expect additional security measures to be carried out prior to boarding the aircraft. Passengers are advised to check with their airline for specific travel advice and to limit their hand baggage to one item to help minimise waiting times. Security at London Gatwick Airport will always be our highest priori... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/usa-travel-information/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:45:00 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/runway-opens/ Gatwick Airport has now re-opened following the earlier runway closure. There has been significant disruption to inbound and outbound flights and passengers are advised to contact their airline for the latest flight information. We regret the disruption caused to our passengers' travel plans, but the safety and security of aircraft and passengers are our number one priority. The temporary closu... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/runway-opens/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:44:21 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/haiti-earthquake/ A 70-strong search and rescue team from across the UK, plus two special search dogs, travelled out of Gatwick today, together with eight NGO experts and a cargo of heavy rescue equipment, to link into the international rescue operation in Haiti. They were amongst the first passengers to depart from Gatwick following the earlier runway closure as a result of heavy snowfall. Development Secretary... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/haiti-earthquake/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:43:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/green-stamp/ Gatwick Airport today (Tuesday 3 August), announces the launch of its first sustainability plan as an independent airport and becomes the largest UK airport to achieve the Carbon Trust Standard, signalling its commitment to become a sustainable airport. The plans - called a ‘Decade for Change’ - sets out the airport’s environmental targets across its business activities for the next 10 years wi... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/green-stamp/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:46:48 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/social-media/ London Gatwick Airport is actively inviting passengers to feedback on Twitter by placing physical prompts around the airport. As part of a pilot programme, information screens will, from this week, carry messages, suggesting how comments can be fed back to the airport via the micro-blogging platform. This is the first stage of a programme that integrates the airport's social media and customer... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/social-media/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:05:16 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/traffic-june-2010/ Performance in major markets holds strong despite a 0.8% decline in traffic   Jun-10 Jun-09 Growth (%) Jul-09 - Jun-10 Jul-08 - Jun-09 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 3,046.7 3,070.0 -0.8% 31,737.0 35,574.8 -2.6% Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 329.0 321.2 2.4% 3,592.5 3,593.1 0.0% Ireland 112.0 131.6 -14.9% 1,305.1 1,430.0 -8.7% European scheduled 1,476.6 1,475.... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/traffic-june-2010/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:52:35 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-shuttle/ From TODAY, passengers flying through Gatwick can travel on the new state-of-the-art inter-terminal shuttle, two months ahead of schedule in time for our busy summer period when four million people are expected to travel through the airport FIRST major milestone in Gatwick’s £1 billion investment programme to modernise the airport, providing a better experience for passengers as we aim to becom... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-shuttle/ Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:45:41 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/take-off/ Summer starts at Gatwick Airport as new brand is revealed Launch signals roll-out of £1 billion investment programme to improve facilities and deliver great service New Gatwick competing to become London's 'airport of choice' for passengers and airlines Gatwick Airport today (Monday 21 June) revealed its new brand identity, heralding the start of a £1 billion plan to transform the airport. ... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/take-off/ Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:07:00 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/traffic-january-20101/ Passenger numbers decline as volcanic ash clouds cause airspace closures across UK airports   Apr 10 Apr 09 Growth (%) May 09 -  Apr 10 May 08 - Apr 09 Growth (%) Total terminal passengers (000s) 2,056.5 2,577.5 -20.2% 31,875.7 33,026.4 -3.5% Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 234.2 301.3 -22.3% 3,597.1 3,622.8 -0.7% Ireland 79.8 121.1 -34.1% 1,350.8 1,431.3 -5.6% European... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/traffic-january-20101/ Mon, 10 May 2010 15:47:25 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/innovative-for-airport-security/ London Gatwick Airport is working closely with the Department for Transport (DfT) to develop the best solutions for airport security, following the announcement last week by the Secretary of State, Lord Adonis. These will include the extended use of explosive trace detection, greater use of explosive detection trained police dogs and exploring options for the introduction of body scanners, in... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/innovative-for-airport-security/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:12:14 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/december-2009-traffic/ December 2009 marked the third consecutive month of growth in passenger numbers at London Gatwick Airport. Note: Origins and destinations are classified according to ultimate origin or destination of aircraft in the case of multi-sector flights. Note: Figures for the market sectors have been rounded. Totals as per traffic summary. Stewart Wingate, London Gatwick Airport’s Chief Executive Office... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/december-2009-traffic/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:12:13 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/half-term-holidaymakers/ Nearly 400,000 holidaymakers will head off from London Gatwick between Friday 12 and Monday 15 February, marking the start of the schools’ first half-term break of the year. Sunday 14, St. Valentine’s Day, is set to be the busiest, with nearly 100,000 passengers travelling through Gatwick to traditional hotspots including Malaga and Tenerife and winter destinations such as Geneva and Grenoble.... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/half-term-holidaymakers/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:12:12 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/construction-partners/ London Gatwick Airport’s two main construction partners, Taylor Woodrow and Costain, have been highly praised by the Considerate Constructors Scheme, following a recent audit. Started in 1997, the scheme was established by members of the industry to improve the image of construction. Membership of the scheme is voluntary and all participating companies sign up to a code of practice which includ... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/construction-partners/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:12:11 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/traffic-january-2010/ Weather disruption drives year on year decline in passenger numbers in January 2010 following strong growth in Q4 2009.   Jan10 Jan09 % growth Feb09 - Jan10 Feb09 - Jan09 % growth Total terminal passengers (000s) 1,874.0 1,980.8 -5.4% 32,263.2 33,939.3 -4.9% Market comparison:             UK + Channel Islands 217.7 235.0 -7.4% 3,653.6 3,706.1 -1.4% Ireland 77.9 99.2 -21.5% 1,412.9 1,438.8 -1.8%... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/traffic-january-2010/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:12:10 GMT http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/lift-on/ London Gatwick’s new inter-terminal shuttle came a step nearer to completion today, following the successful crane lift of the new carriages onto the track. In a delicate engineering operation lasting over two days six new cars, each weighing 14 tonnes, were lifted 15 feet before being lowered onto the track that runs between North and South Terminals. The cars will now undergo a period of... http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/lift-on/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:12:02 GMT