Gatwick Blog

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.

Finally, more than a year after BAA announced that it was putting Gatwick airport up for sale, the airport operator has revealed that it has agreed the sale of the UK’s second busiest airport to Global Infrastructure Partners, which already owns London City Airport.
The sale, which is expected to complete on 3 December 2009, will [...]

Hi, this is a new take on the traditional Wordpress ‘hello world’ first blog post!
This brand new Gatwick blog aims to offer hints, tips, news and advice about travelling through Gatwick, but also cover anything to do with Gatwick, after all Gatwick is not just the airport!
If you live, work or are travelling through Gatwick [...]