Easter holiday disruption at Gatwick airport as operations workers strike over pensions Red Handling staff including baggage handlers and flight dispatchers are taking industrial action over the Easter Bank holiday weekend There is set to be major disruption at Gatwick, the UK's second biggest...

More than 170 business groups have written to the UK government in support of Gatwick airport's dual runway plans. Gatwick currently operates as a single runway airport. The airport's Northern Runway is limited to acting as a taxiway and is only available when the Main Runway is out of use. Bu...

Gatwick is trialling new Smart Stand technology, which the airport claims could "revolutionise" the way aircraft turns are managed. The first-of-its-kind trial, which is being run with easyJet, enables a turn co-ordinator (TCO) to manage an aircraft turn from a control room, record turn events au...

London’s Gatwick Airport temporarily evacuated part of its South Terminal on Friday due to a security incident, prompting a swift response and heightened precautions. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), the airport confirmed that no one would be permitted entry to the South Terminal ...

British Airways and easyJet are going head to head in a recruitment battle for new pilots at Gatwick Airport. The Times newspaper reports that the airlines are increasing recruitment efforts for new pilots amid shortages brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. easyJet is offering captains £1...

More than 4,600 workers at Gatwick Airport will receive an average pay increase of 8.3 per cent. The UK trade union Unite secured pay rises for the airport workers, who are employed by 11 different companies at the airport. The figures were released after around 400 Wilson James passenger assi...

In 2018 after years of public and political debate, the UK government backed the development of a third runway at London Heathrow. Since then, progress has been caught up in ongoing legal issues and of course the pandemic – and all that has happened since continues to create further complications....

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has called for the resignation of NATS CEO Martin Rolfe after Gatwick airport's air traffic control system collapsed again over the weekend. The failure led to passengers facing hours of delays after an air traffic control (ATC) outage grounded dozens of flights. It com...

As winter beckons, Norse Atlantic Airways has introduced these ideal winter sun routes, offering passengers direct access to the warm shores and vibrant cultures of Montego Bay and Barbados. Flights to Barbados from London operate up to five times a week with fares starting from £449 return. Flig...

Commuters between Reading and Gatwick Airport are facing travel disruptions until 17:30 today due to an increased number of trains requiring repairs simultaneously on this route. The Great Western Railway service has been impacted, leading to cancellations and reduced train frequencies. The unexpec...

Wizz Air has announced that more than 5 million passengers have travelled from London Gatwick with the airline to 26 destinations in 16 countries. The 5 millionth passenger was welcomed with a €200 voucher this week on a flight from Faro Airport to London Gatwick. This milestone comes at the...

Further industrial action has been announced by ASLEF, the train drivers' union, as members push for better pay. The strikes are set to impact 16 companies including Gatwick Express, which provides the rail passenger service between London Victoria, Gatwick Airport and Brighton. ASLEF has decl...

Baroness Margaret Ford of Cunningham has been appointed as the new chair at Gatwick Airport, it announced on Tuesday. Baroness Ford is one of the most experienced chairs in the UK having chaired four public companies and acted as senior director on a further fo...

RAAC has been found onsite at Gatwick and Heathrow airports, amid the school concrete crisis. Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), which is estimated to have a lifespan around 30 years, is less durable than traditional concrete and has been used in the construction of public sector buil...

Image credit: Olivier Cabaret Passengers at London Gatwick can now fly to a choice of 50 long-haul destinations, after the airport landed a new Ethiopian Airlines service to Addis Ababa. The new route will operate three times per week from 21 November and is Gatwick’s first direct flight to th...