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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

BAA has finally relinquished control of Gatwick airport to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
The new owners are promising a new era of competition between the London Airports, more efficient operations, and a better passenger experience – as a regular traveller through Gatwick, I can’t wait!
Sir David Rowlands, the newly-appointed Chairman of Gatwick’s Board, said: “Gatwick is [...]

BAA has today confirmed the formal completion of its sale of Gatwick Airport to Global Infrastructure Partners.

This week has seen the official launch of the face scanners at Gatwick Airport.
The scanners, which were officially launched on Monday by Home secretary Alan Johnson, scan passengers’ faces and compares the image with photos in the passengers’ passports. Only passengers with the new biometric passports can use the scanners.
The scanners are currently being used [...]

Controversial face scanners were officially launched by Home Secretary Alan Johnson at Gatwick Airport yesterday.
Trials of the scanners have been conducted at Manchester airport and Stansted, and they are currently being used at Birmingham, Manchester, Stansted, Cardiff and Bristol airports. Their use is intended to speed up passport checks at the airport.
Passengers with biometric passports [...]

It looks like things could be improving for Gatwick Airport after it saw an increase in passenger traffic last month – the first time since May 2008.
Figures just released show that more than 2.8 million passengers passed through Gatwick airport during October 2009, compared with 2.77 million last October – an increase of 1.8%.
“It is [...]

Taylor Woodrow has won a £31.3m contract to redevelop Pier Two at Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal.
The redevelopment will see the number of stands on the South side of the pier increase from nine to 13 preparing the airfield for future demolition and the redevelopment of Pier One. Improvements to the gaterooms will also be made.