New KFC drive through for Gatwick?
Could we be seeing a KFC drive-through restaurant at Gatwick after all? A second application has been submitted to build a KFC drive through at Gatwick Airport. A plan for the site – on land off Ring...
View ArticleGatwick sees 24 consecutive months of passenger growth
An increase in destinations offered and more passengers per plane enabled Gatwick Airport to increase passenger numbers by 7.2% in February compared with February 2014. More than 2.4 million...
View ArticleGatwick passengers numbers up 9.2% in March
Gatwick witnessed its busiest March on record with passenger numbers up by 9.2% compared to the same period last year. Figures just released show that the airport saw 2.96 million passengers pass...
View ArticleEE tops mobile data speeds at Gatwick
Mobile phone provider, EE, offers the fastest mobile network data speeds at Gatwick Airport, a test by RootMetrics has revealed. EE’s network obtained an all-round score of 97.2 with an upload speed of...
View ArticleCrawley Hackney Cab drivers request Gatwick ranks
Crawley Hackney cab drivers are once again calling on Gatwick to allow them to ply their trade at the airport after the police launched a crackdown on unauthorised taxi drivers “loitering” in Gatwick...
View ArticleGatwick sees 26 consecutive months of passenger growth
More than two consecutive years of passenger growth at Gatwick surely signals that the airport justifies a second runway? Figures just released show that almost 3.2 million passengers passed through...
View ArticleGatwick oil reserves underestimated
It appears that the amount of oil under the Weald has been significantly underestimated, the BBC reports. Analysing data, the UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) estimates that there are around 271 million barrels...
View ArticleGatwick sees 27 consecutive months of passenger growth
“Choosing airport competition over monopoly is the only answer that is right for the whole of the UK.” That’s the view of Gatwick CEO, Stewart Wingate, speaking as the latest Gatwick passenger numbers...
View ArticleGatwick sees 28 consecutive months of passenger growth
Gatwick Airport is disputing the Airport Commission’s recommendation that the next new runway should be built at Heathrow Airport. Citing more than two years of consecutive growth and its busiest June...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic to relocate Crawley headquarters
Virgin Atlantic is relocating its Crawley headquarters and reducing its staff levels by 500, the Crawley News reports. The job losses will come from all its offices, including ones in the US,...
View ArticleGatwick set for record-breaking summer
It may not have come out on top of the Airports Commission’s findings, but Gatwick is certainly flying high in the passenger stakes. The airport is expecting a record-breaking summer with more than 6.8...
View ArticleGatwick sees 30 months of consecutive passenger growth
Tweet More than 4.3 million passengers passed through Gatwick Airport last month – the airport’s busiest ever July – marking two-and-a-half years of consecutive monthly growth. Passenger numbers were...
View ArticleGatwick meet and greet parking company fined £7,000 for misleading customers
Tweet A two-year operation by Trading Standards has resulted in the prosecution of a Gatwick meet and greet parking company, the Daily Mail reports. Airport Parking Limited claimed to offer secure...
View ArticleGatwick inches closer to 40m passengers per year
Tweet Gatwick Airport is edging ever closer to reaching the 40-million-passenger-per-year mark after a very busy August. 4.53 million passengers passed through the airport last month, a 3.7% increase...
View ArticleBA’s North Terminal lounge to close
Tweet In little over a year’s time British Airways will move all its Gatwick flights to the South Terminal while all easyJet’s flights will operate to and from the North Terminal. The announcement...
View ArticleGatwick introduces Premium Passport Control to speed up arrivals
Tweet Fed up waiting at Passport control when landing at Gatwick? Now you don’t have to as Gatwick has introduced its Premium Passport Control. This new premium service is available to all passengers...
View ArticleRecord-breaking October at Gatwick
Tweet Gatwick Airport is heading for three years of consecutive passenger growth. The airport’s busiest October ever saw more than 3.6 million passengers pass through the airport, a 7.8% increase on...
View ArticleRecord numbers at Gatwick
With the Government still undecided about which airport should be permitted to build the next runway, Gatwick is continuing to see a record number of passengers pass through the airport. If passenger...
View ArticleGlobal record for Gatwick
What a 2015 Gatwick has had. The year ended as it started with a record-breaking month – December saw 2.7 million passengers pass through the airport, up 4.7% on the previous year. Every month in 2015...
View ArticleGatwick sees 30 months of consecutive passenger growth
More than 4.3 million passengers passed through Gatwick Airport last month – the airport’s busiest ever July – marking two-and-a-half years of consecutive monthly growth. Passenger numbers were up by...
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