Gatwick Blog

The latest buzzword in social media has to be Twitter – the microblogging site that allows you to post micro-messages of 140 characters or less and communicate with just about anyone.
At first glance, Twitter can seem confusing and, initially, lots of people just don’t ‘get it’, but once you do it’s a great communication medium, [...]

Last Thursday, 1 July, Gatwick Airport hosted an official ‘handover’ event to mark the completion of the new inter-terminal shuttle – the first major milestone in its £1 billion development programme.
The original inter-terminal shuttle at Gatwick was installed more than 20 years ago and was removed from service in September last year having completed more [...]

Gatwick Airport is set to break out of the BAA mould by announcing a new brand and the commencement of a £1 billion investment programme.
It’s now six months since Global Infrastructure Partners completed its purchase of Gatwick from BAA, and the billion pound investment is set to see Gatwick go head to head with its [...]

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 [...]