Gatwick Airport News
Gatwick Airport marks the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
As the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations sweep the nation this weekend, Gatwick Airport will be hosting its very own British-themed street party to welcome the guests that are expected to travel through Gatwick today.
Passengers diverted as Gatwick undergoes maintenance
Weather conditions at London Gatwick Airport saw more than 1,000 passengers diverted to other airports last night as the main runway underwent repairs. Plans had been in place to utilise an emergency runway at the airport during the planned upgrade work, but weather conditions made this impossible.
Gatwick continues to emerge as Heathrow rival
Gatwick has continued its emergence as a serious rival to London Heathrow airport with the launch of its summer schedule. Korean Air commenced services between Gatwick and Seoul on April 28th, followed shortly afterwards by Air China, which started flights to Beijing on the May 2nd.
Air China launches Gatwick services
Air China is expanding its London network with a non-stop service from Gatwick to Beijing International Airport four times a week. The Airbus A330-200 aircraft will depart Gatwick at 1300 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Gatwick first UK airport recognised by Twitter for excellent customer service support
Gatwick Airport’s efforts to keep passengers informed with up-to-the minute details during disruptive weather, flight delays and everyday airport activity has been recognised by Twitter. Gatwick is the first UK airport to be listed as a trusted news source with Twitter’s ‘blue tick’ of authority – a social media honour Twitter entitles to profiles to authenticate that a legitimate source is authoring Tweets.
British Airways to slash 170 jobs
British Airways has today unveiled a new cost cutting plan which has put hundreds of jobs at Gatwick Airport under threat. 400 ramp workers will see their jobs outsourced while 170 employees will be made redundant if the proposals come into effect.
Caribbean Airlines set to commence London to Trinidad service
Caribbean Airlines is launching flights from Piarco, Trinidad to Gatwick, London, with four weekly non-stop flights on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, starting 14 June 2012. Tickets for the new service, which be operated by a 767 – 300 ER aircraft, will go on sale today.
Gatwick calls for better rail links to compete with Heathrow
Leading industry experts, Arup, have published a report - Supporting UK growth and global market access: the case for high quality rail services to Gatwick Airport. The report outlines a vision for ensuring that the UK’s busiest rail network and its second largest airport are properly integrated, supporting the UK’s future international connectivity and the needs of the commuter.
The Goring to bring royal service to Gatwick
Gatwick Airport has announced a new scheme that sees London’s quintessentially English five star hotel The Goring coaching its customer-facing staff on how to provide all passengers with a personal service fit for royalty. Providing top notch service was identified by the Airport Passenger Panel as a defining factor in an airport experience.
Jamie Oliver arrives at Gatwick Airport
Gatwick to be the FIRST airport in the world to offer a Jamie’s Italian and Union Jack’s designed exclusively for passengers to enjoy in the North Terminal
Gatwick Airport boosts top management as development continues
Gatwick Airport is pleased to announce Willie McGillivray and Derek Hendry have joined the executive management team. Willie McGillivray joined the executive management team last December as product development director responsible for identifying and developing new products and services that best meet the different customer needs.
Gatwick Airport adds Korean Air to new Asia focus
Gatwick Airport has confirmed Korean Air - the national carrier of South Korea - is to launch three weekly flights from Gatwick to Seoul on April 29th this year from the newly renovated North Terminal. Korean Air was recently voted Asia’s Leading Airline First Class by the World Travel Awards.