Gatwick Blog

After three months of promising growth, passenger numbers fell at Gatwick in January.
Although 1.87 million passengers passed through the airport in January, passenger numbers were severely affected by the adverse weather conditions.
Passenger numbers fell by 5.4% in January when compared with the same period last year. Traffic figures for the 12 months to the end [...]

Norwegian has announced the launch of flights to Gatwick from its base at Stockholm-Arlanda.
Flights will launch on 29 April 2010 and operate daily except Saturdays.

Gatwick Express services will operate every half  hour this Sunday, 21 February 2010.
The Gatwick Express half-hourly service will depart London Victoria Station at 00 and 30 minutes past the hour.
From Gatwick Airport services will operate at 20 and 50 minutes past the hour.

Gatwick Airport reported its third consecutive month of growth in passenger numbers in December.
The airport handled a total of 2,120,800 passengers in December compared with 2,089,900 – a 1.5% increase on December 2008.
Although passenger numbers increased during the last quarter of 2009, overall, the airport saw a reduction in terminal passengers of 5.3% in 2009 [...]

After booking this year’s holiday, spare a thought for your airport parking and consider all your options before booking.
There are lots of parking options available at Gatwick Airport and it’s well worth exploring all types of parking and their convenience, as well as your budget, before booking. The following tips should help you decide which [...]

With around 400,000 passengers expected to flock to Gatwick Airport in search of a welcome half-term break, the airport has issued the following advice to help passengers avoid delays when passing through security:

Plan your journey to the airport and arrive at least two hours before your flight departs.
Check with your airline on restrictions [...]

Although there may be many businesses disappointed by the news, local residents and home owners will be breathing a sigh of relief after Gatwick airport’s new owners ruled out the possibility of a second runway, the Argus reports.
In a meeting with the Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign (GACC), Gatwick chairman Sir David Rowlands said: “The simple [...]

Following on from its purchase of the HSBC headquarters in Canary Wharf last year, the South Korea’s National Pension Service is to invest in Gatwick airport.
The NPS, the world’s fifth largest pension fund, is to take a 12 percent stake of the UK’s second largest airport.

West Sussex County Council is urging motorists to take extra care on the roads, as temperatures plummet this week and next.
With freezing conditions forecast the county’s gritters will be treating roads where possible. However, because of the pressures on salt supplies nationally the County Council will only be able to treat A and B roads.
Drivers [...]