gatwick airport news
May 2008
16.05.08 Investigation launched after security failed to stop 5 inch knife
15.05.08 CAA warn non-ATOL flight sellers of possible legal action
15.05.08 Aviance closing Gatwick base
15.05.08 Row over Gatwick – Guernsey route
14.05.08 Monarch pulls flights from Worldspan and Sabre
10.05.08 Drug smuggling mums jailed
09.05.08 Man died on Monarch Larnaca flight
09.05.08 Bird strike grounds Air Zimbabwe Gatwick bound flight
08.05.08 Arora / Accor to open new Gatwick hotel
08.05.08 Delta shut Gatwick lounge
08.05.08 Teenage Gatwick drug smuggler jailed
06.05.08 Councillor supports MAG Gatwick bid
06.05.08 Air Transat Gatwick – New Brunswick flights take off
05.05.08 MAG reported to be interested in Gatwick
04.05.08 Government spending over £1.25m a year on Heathrow and Gatwick Airport lounges
03.05.08 International air traffic growth slows: IATA urge consolidation
02.05.08 easyJet prepare for busy weekend
01.05.08 Delta marks 30 years of London flights
01.05.08 Monarch releases more winter flights
April 2008
30.04.08 South Africa’s Nationwide latest airline to fail
30.04.08 20% to cancel summer holiday over financial worries
29.04.08 Spain’s Albertis interested in Gatwick
29.04.08 BAR adds to plane tax criticism
28.04.08 Advantage says IATA 'turning clock back 30 years' with e-ticketing
28.04.08 Gatwick policing deal agreed
27.04.08 AITO want airlines included within protection scheme
26.04.08 Gatwick Airport gangmaster jailed for tax fraud
25.04.08 Clickair to launch Vigo flights
25.04.08 Monarch announce Gatwick 2008/09 winter schedule
24.04.08 easyJet scrap Bucharest route
24.04.08 Air hostess faces £80,000 bill after failed Gatwick fall case
24.04.08 Zoom to add over 60 staff at Gatwick
23.04.08 Staff shortage means longer wait at passport control this summer
23.04.08 BAA break-up would revive Gatwick runway plan
23.04.08 Man fractures spine at Gatwick
21.04.08 Buyers circling Gatwick
20.04.08 Nut problem for Thomsonfly
18.04.08 BA add New York flights plus short haul routes
16.04.08 New parking / traffic marshals
16.04.08 easyJet launch ‘early bird’ Belfast – Gatwick service
15.04.08 easyJet to challenge Gatwick price rises
15.04.08 Iceland Express to launch flights from Gatwick
14.04.08 More airline failures forecast
14.04.08 Eurostar poll says short haul flying to become 'socially unacceptable'
14.04.08 Oasis collapse hits thousands
13.04.08 bmi to challenge airport price increases
12.04.08 Jail for probation officer caught with £20,000 worth of cocaine in bra
12.04.08 Virgin highlights Gatwick Airport lounge with GMTV sponsorship
11.04.08 ERA welcome EC carbon trading comments
11.04.08 TAP increases cabin baggage allowances at Gatwick
10.04.08 ERA and ACI to work together on airport congestion
09.04.08 Oasis in liquidation; stops flying
08.04.08 Zoom to offer Guyana flights this winter
07.04.08 EU clears mobile calls on planes
07.04.08 IATA cuts 2008 airline industry profit forecast again
06.04.08 Snow hits flights
04.04.08 Air Southwest most punctual at Gatwick last year
03.04.08 New Boarders Agency launched
02.04.08 1 in 5 Gatwick weighing scales faulty
02.04.08 ABTA and FTO to merge
01.04.08 Flybe offer double points on Gatwick flights
March 2008
30.03.08 Plane declares 'full emergency'
30.03.08 Malta welcomes first easyJet flight
29.03.08 Campaign groups plan 'fossil fools day'
28.03.08 Thomas Cook Airlines prepares for takeoff
27.03.08 Budget airlines want shake-up of EU air traffic control
27.03.08 Gatwick drug mule happy in jail
27.03.08 Cosmo available from airport vending machines
26.03.08 Gatwick to drop one bag rule
26.03.08 In flight mobile calls set for take off
26.03.08 Study: agents websites better than airlines
25.03.08 BA prepare to launch new routes
24.03.08 Staff shortages blamed for airport queues
23.03.08 easyJet legal challenge to airport charge increases?
23.03.08 24 hour Dot2dot Gatwick service
21.03.08 Cosmos to resume Kenya flights
21.03.08 Easier transfers at Gatwick for Southwest / BA passengers
20.03.08 Over 55’s ‘cause holiday havoc’
20.03.08 UK airports ready for Easter rush
19.03.08 Virgin ad banned
18.03.08 Problems at Gatwick Airport
17.03.08 Counter terrorism initiative launched
16.03.08 Airlines to be forced to pay cancellation compensation
16.03.08 Green ‘passport’ scheme launched
14.03.08 Gatwick has highest passenger rise in 2007
13.03.08 Aviation industry slam budget APD change
12.03.08 Airlines attack Heathrow and Gatwick fee increases
12.03.08 Virgin Atlantic want mobile phone boarding cards
11.03.08 Monarch breaks £1m in sales via PayPal
11.03.08 CAA announce price caps for Heathrow and Gatwick
11.03.08 Gatwick drug smugglers jailed
10.03.08 Weather hits flights
10.03.08 Virgin green initiatives criticised
09.03.08 Astraeus axe Canada flights; Monarch to take over
09.03.08 Gatwick still running Windows 95
08.03.08 Free Guinness for Gatwick Express passengers
07.03.08 Airport misery boost ferries
06.03.08 £5 toll lane for Gatwick and Heathrow considered
06.03.08 Flybe add Aberdeen - Gatwick flights
05.03.08 Airport staff 'to trial ID cards'
05.03.08 Government ends airport lounge subsidy
05.03.08 German flights could be hit by strike action
03.03.08 Homeless Gatwick chef freed
03.03.08 Avis expands 3 minute promise to UK airports
02.03.08 Macquarie would bit for BAA airports
February 2008
29.02.08 Dot2 extend London transfer service hours
28.02.08 Flight eco-labeling ‘will have little affect on holidaymakers’
28.02.08 Monarch to sell through all four GDS
27.02.08 New ‘who flies where’ website launched
27.02.08 Nine years for Gatwick drug smuggler
26.02.08 American to move Dallas flights to Heathrow
25.02.08 Charity says more than 40 sleep rough at Gatwick each year
24.02.08 BAA accused of rigging performance figures
23.02.08 New tax rules to extend to airport lounges
22.02.08 Record January for Cheapflights
21.02.08 Cheapflights defend aviation on emissions
21.02.08 New stay and 4 day parking package at Gatwick Sofitel
20.02.08 easyJet 'furious' at charges rise
20.02.08 Heathrow and Gatwick have worst delays
19.02.08 Homeless chef jailed after living at Gatwick for 3 years
19.02.08 easyJet says GB Airways load factor above 85%
19.02.08 KD Avia Kaliningrad flights to go daily
18.02.08 Fuel spill exercise announced
17.02.08 Cocaine smuggling couple jailed for 20 years
17.02.08 Warning after Gatwick puppy saved
16.02.08 Gatwick looks forward to 2008 growth
15.02.08 Avis launch child seat fitting service
13.02.08 General strike grounds Greek flights today
13.02.08 Passengers warned of connecting flight pitfalls
12.02.08 Zoom announce two new US routes
12.02.08 Gatwick – Kenya charter flights resume
11.02.08 Emergency for Gatwick bound plane hit by lightening
11.02.08 NATS selects Era vehicle tracking for surface safety at Gatwick
10.02.08 Airlines 'unethical'
09.02.08 Gatwick moves closer to relaxing hand baggage rules
09.02.08 Sunvil switch Kalamata flight from Gatwick to Heathrow
08.02.08 Thomsonfly hold seat sale
07.02.08 Clickair announce Bilbao flights
07.02.08 BA to add long-haul Gatwick flights
05.02.08 Airport parking and hotels company offers hand baggage advice
02.02.08 Monarch reach Malaga flights milestone
02.02.08 easyJet launch Gatwick – Thessaloniki flights
01.02.08 New flight tax to target long haul flights and heavy planes
01.02.08 easyJet complete GB Airways takeover
January 2008
31.01.08 Part of Gatwick evacuated over WWII smoke-shell discovery
31.01.08 Flybe announce Newcastle flights to Gatwick, Aberdeen and Rennes
30.01.08 Campaigner fined over Gatwick deportation protest
29.01.08 TUI to shut 100 high street travel agencies
29.01.08 Luton Airport flight diverted to Gatwick over engine problems
28.01.08 BA and Virgin ‘to step up airport protests’
28.01.08 Air Malta adds summer flights from Gatwick and Manchester
27.01.08 Low cost airline launches carbon offset scheme
26.01.08 Astraeus wet lease plane to BA
25.01.08 Europcar launch new fast-track car rental at Gatwick
25.01.08 Roadworks at Gatwick to hit passengers getting to or from car parks
24.01.08 Man in court over weapons find
24.01.08 Global credit crunch to have 'moderate effect' on travel in 2008
23.01.08 Gatwick test bed for immigration and customs merger
23.01.08 Thomsonfly hold 35% off all flights seat sale
22.01.08 Sterling offer organic food on flights
21.01.08 CAA introduces online bridstrike reporting system
20.01.08 Flybe claims best punctuality figures on London - Jersey route
20.01.08 Jet2 sale on Gatwick - Newcastle Airport route
19.01.08 OFT clear easyJet GB Airways purchase
18.01.08 Driver fined £213 after breaking down in Gatwick McDonalds car park
17.01.08 Air traffic controllers announce green initiative
17.01.08 BA announce improved Gatwick - Caribbean connections
17.01.08 Suspended sentence for Gatwick Airport rage man
16.01.08 MP told Gatwick Airport jobs safe
16.01.08 BAA says investment in Gatwick paying dividends
16.01.08 Monarch and BA switch web addresses
15.01.08 Flybe to take over Aberdeen Airport - Gatwick route
15.01.08 Europa Hotel Gatwick named as one of Britain's dirtiest
14.01.08 Google report reveals how UK consumers search for travel
13.01.08 Air travellers want quicker airport check-in and less queues
13.01.08 Monarch is 'the low fare airline that cares'
12.01.08 CAA says flights growth hit by economy and trains
11.01.08 New EU airport directive rules could increase air fares
11.01.08 Ban on Kenya charter flights
11.01.08 Airline association welcomes baggage allowance changes
10.01.08 clickair to launch online check-in at Gatwick
10.01.08 New weather forecasting system at UK airports
10.01.08 Astraeus co-founder resigns
09.01.08 Sex on duty police officer sacked
08.01.08 Airports and passengers 'coping well' with new hand baggage rules
08.01.08 MEP calls for 'consistent' EU rules on airline baggage
08.01.08 Monarch adds routes from Manchester and Gatwick
07.01.08 22 airports remove one bag limit
07.01.08 BAA want an extra £2 for two bag passengers at Gatwick
06.01.08 Confusion fear over one bag rule change
06.01.08 Emergency landing for Flybe Gatwick - Jersey flight
05.01.08 easyJet calls on CAA to reject BAA bid to increase baggage fees
04.01.08 easyJet to maintain one bag rule 'to avoid confusion'
03.01.08 Monarch carry 3.7m passengers in 2007
02.01.08 Iron Maiden plane takes off from Gatwick
02.01.08 GB Airways summer flights available on easyJet.com
December 2007
29.12.07 Many UK airports not ready for two bags switch over
27.12.07 Man killed in motorway incident near Gatwick
24.12.07 Fog clears but airports still struggling
24.12.07 Big drugs find at Gatwick
23.12.07 More fog delays for Christmas travellers
23.12.07 Packaged holidays will soar in price next summer after mergers
23.12.07 Map of noise levels around Gatwick revealed
22.12.07 Severe fog causes flights problems for thousands
22.12.07 40,000 lose holidays as firm collapses
22.12.07 Airports gear up for 'busiest day'
21.12.07 BAA strike ballot result due
20.12.07 Zoom announce Fort Lauderdale and San Diego flights
19.12.07 easyJet launch one route, announce another
15.12.07 Nigerian Virgin crew member jailed over drug smuggling
13.12.07 Police apologise for unlawful stop and search
13.12.07 Monarch adds Google search facility on website, reduces emails by 30%
13.12.07 Holiday Extras rebrands Q-Park airport car parks to Airparks
12.12.07 IATA cuts next year's air industry profits forecast
12.12.07 GB Airways cancels Gatwick - Fez route ahead of easyJet takeover
12.12.07 McDonald's targets Gatwick parking abusers
11.12.07 Air rage incidents reach record high
10.12.07 Virgin Gatwick bound plane gets stuck in mud in Antigua
09.12.07 Nationwide resume Johannesburg flights
07.12.07 Early snow boost for meet and greet airport parking
06.12.07 Two new US routes for Zoom next summer
06.12.07 Holiday Extras wins Thomas Cook Airport Parking Contract
05.12.07 Gatwick picks up Telegraph award
04.12.07 London councils slam plans to scrap Gatwick rail link
04.12.07 Holiday airlines claim big emissions saving
03.12.07 Nationwide say not leased plane to operate Gatwick flights
01.12.07 Christmas appeal launches Monday
November 2007
30.11.07 easyJet flight cancellations to Italy today
30.11.07 easyJet announces new Gatwick to Thessaloniki flights
29.11.07 Motorist threatened after car park crash
28.11.07 Gatwick policewoman wins sex discrimination case
28.11.07 Oasis launch Hong Kong - Gatwick seat sale
28.11.07 Zoom adds ski flights from Belfast and Gatwick
28.11.07 Flybe wants Aberdeen - Gatwick route
27.11.07 BA announce new holiday hot spot destinations for the spring
26.11.07 Oman Air begins Muscat flights
26.11.07 Air Malta to expand operations to the UK after holiday charter deal
24.11.07 Revamped airport lounge opens
23.11.07 New Gatwick flight for Porto Santo
22.11.07 easyJet Gatwick flights to increase by 30%
21.11.07 Croatian Football head 'arrested at Gatwick for shoplifting'
20.11.07 IATA oppose EU carbon trading scheme plan
20.11.07 East Midlands, Gatwick and Heathrow pick up awards
18.11.07 Gatwick and Heathrow suffer worst delays in Europe
16.11.07 Report suggests ways of cutting environmental impact of flights
16.11.07 Gatwick cocaine smuggler jailed for 6 years
15.11.07 OFT invites comment on easyJet purchase of GB Airways
15.11.07 Gatwick Express to treat passengers to Beaujolais Nouveau
13.11.07 BAA director says airport break-up would be 'distracting'
13.11.07 EC says 200 airline websites 'misleading'
12.11.07 Airline charges for ski equipment vary
11.11.07 UK holidaymakers think green but won't pay to go green
11.11.07 Monarch to recycle cabin waste on Gatwick flights
10.11.07 BA cancel Gatwick flights over cabin crew shortages
08.11.07 Drunken football fans turfed off flight
07.11.07 Monarch carrying out advertising review
06.11.07 Sterling to run summer Malmo flights
05.11.07 London City 'would bid for Gatwick'
03.11.07 UK airports get dirty bomb scanners
02.11.07 Travelling to and from airport is the most stressful part of trip
02.11.07 Jamaican minister calls Gatwick slots 'junk' in Virgin row
01.11.07 Lastminute.com predict winter holiday boom
October 2007
31.10.07 Monarch add extra Christmas and New Year flights
30.10.07 Virgin Jamaica flights take off today
30.10.07 Thomsonfly mourn Derek Davidson
29.10.07 Passenger chaos as clocks fail to go back
28.10.07 One South Terminal entrance closed from tomorrow
27.10.07 Misconduct charge for sex on duty police inspector
26.10.07 Onward travel centre opens on Monday
25.10.07 Virgin to move Barbados flights to Heathrow
25.10.07 Unlicensed taxi driver banned after falling asleep while driving family to Gatwick
24.10.07 Spain most popular half term destination
23.10.07 Virgin to open new airport lounge for leisure passengers at Gatwick
22.10.07 flyMonarch first with PayPal flight payments
22.10.07 Waterless carwash for Gatwick Airport
19.10.07 Ships produce twice as much CO2 as planes
18.10.07 UK airport flight delays getting worse
18.10.07 Three new Gatwick routes for BA
16.10.07 Gatwick is best UK airport
16.10.07 After 14 months, passenger wins compensation from easyJet for cancelled flight
14.10.07 Hundreds of flight ticket websites break EU law
13.10.07 Mobile phone check-in a step closer
13.10.07 Coin deposit introduced on Gatwick luggage trolleys
13.10.07 Holiday Extras boss talks about BCP acquisition
12.10.07 Police turn away four women over people trafficking concerns
12.10.07 A week's parking for £10 when you book an airport hotel
11.10.07 Taxi touting targeted
11.10.07 Sterling announce Gatwick - Malmo flights
10.10.07 Border control finger print trial at Gatwick
09.10.07 Traffic screens installed
08.10.07 BA to launch new Genoa flights next spring
08.10.07 Continental offers free Manhattan helicopter transfers for New York passengers
07.10.07 AOA say APD should be used for green initiatives
05.10.07 Just under 50% of passengers not reclaiming tax on cancelled flights
04.10.07 Four month suspended sentence for air rage passenger
04.10.07 Holiday Extras acquire airport parking rival BCP
03.10.07 Three new easyJet routes take off this week
03.10.07 Watchdog criticises BAA over queues at Heathrow and Gatwick
02.10.07 Monarch decision to scrap Granada flights angers homeowners
September 2007
28.09.07 Air Zimbabwe to add two more weekly Harere flights
28.09.07 Gatwick Airport expansion 'will lead to freak weather'
28.09.07 XL to operate Knock - Gatwick flights
27.09.07 Hotel fined over unathorised airport parking
24.09.07 Flybe adds flights on Gatwick - Jersey route
24.09.07 KD Avia announce timing of winter Russia links from Gatwick Airport
23.09.07 Monarch promotes ex-easyJet director to top role
23.09.07 Two arrested on Gatwick Airport immigration march
23.09.07 Budget airlines boost the world's air traffic
23.09.07 Early release of Summer 2008 flights sees switch from last minute to first minute
22.09.07 No Boarders campaigners protest against Virgin Atlantic
22.09.07 Air Namibia cuts Gatwick flight
21.09.07 BAA factor London Airport sale into refinancing plans
21.09.07 Protest camp near Gatwick opens
21.09.07 Air Berlin buys Condor from Thomas Cook
21.09.07 Air France moves Strasbourg flights from Gatwick to London City
20.09.07 Monarch introduce hold luggage charge
20.09.07 BA to add second daily Gatwick - Orlando flight
19.09.07 Norwegian announce Stavanger flights
18.09.07 Gatwick No Border Camp forced to change site
18.09.07 easyJet to support green tax on flights
18.09.07 Boom in European flights this summer
16.09.07 Pakistan want more fllights to Heathrow and Gatwick
15.09.07 70% of passengers want biometrics at UK airports
15.09.07 Virgin Atlantic finance team has socially responsible team building day
13.09.07 Council meeting considers Gatwick future
12.09.07 Flybe grounds 6 planes after SAS plane crashes
12.09.07 Over half of travellers think delays are 'out of hand'
12.09.07 Slovakia's main airport carries out squirrel relocation project
12.09.07 Congestion at UK Airports threatens tourist industry
12.09.07 IPO to fund rapid growth at Oasis Hong Kong
12.09.07 Survey finds 90% plan Autumn break
11.09.07 Sex discrimination row over BA wage cuts
11.09.07 Location of Gatwick No Border Camp disclosed
10.09.07 Duped drugs smuggler faces jail
10.09.07 Delta add chauffeur service to Gatwick - New York route
09.09.07 Oman Air to launch daily Muscat flights
09.09.07 Flybe put Easter '08 flights on sale
08.09.07 Bad weather helps Monarch to record month
08.09.07 Thomsonfly puts more summer 2008 flights on sale
07.09.07 Pedestrian seriously injured in taxi crash
06.09.07 MI5 chief held up for an hour at immigration
06.09.07 Goats sacrificed to fix Nepal jet
05.09.07 BAA reward Gatwick staff who worked on busiest day - with £1.50 coffee voucher
05.09.07 Holiday companies fail in legal challenge to air tax rise
04.09.07 Passengers on Flybe Inverness - Gatwick route suffer fresh delays
04.09.07 National Express to start low cost London shuttle service from Gatwick
02.09.07 Thomas Cook boss criticises BAA airport performance
01.09.07 Virgin Atlantic cabin crew reject pay deal
August 2007
30.08.07 Pilgrims on Vatican air warned of danger of holy water
30.08.07 GMB-EMCOR hold talks after workers approve Heathrow / Gatwick strikes
28.08.07 IATA prepares for end of paper tickets
28.08.07 Vatican airline takes off
27.08.07 Passenger told he owes £37 million for flights
26.08.07 Campaign group prepares for protest camp
26.08.07 Conman 'pilot' jailed
24.08.07 New border control uniforms launched at Gatwick
24.08.07 Vote for your least favourite UK airport
24.08.07 Thomsonfly has best on time performance at Gatwick and Manchester
23.08.07 Gatwick prepares for busy weekend
23.08.07 Government backs £1 packaged holiday levy
23.08.07 AUC targets fees on cancelled tickets
22.08.07 Man faces jail over chauffeur con
21.08.07 Maintenance workers plan strikes at Heathrow and Gatwick airports
21.08.07 Gatwick and Dubai Airport groups latest to be linked to bid for BAA airports
21.08.07 Boeing to close training base at Luton Airport, expand at Manchester and Gatwick
20.08.07 BAA appoints bankers over duty free shop sale
19.08.07 Zoom prepares for £100m float
18.08.07 Gatwick suspend motorbike parking charges
17.08.07 Green holiday company wants Government to cut flights
16.08.07 Police Inspector cleared over Gatwick sex romp
16.08.07 Ferries gain from airports 'backlash'
16.08.07 London City Airport 'eyes Gatwick'
15.08.07 Police inspector 'stayed in radio contact' during Gatwick sex session
15.08.07 New Gatwick - Sofia flights from easyJet
15.08.07 Gatwick has worst delays of UK airports
14.08.07 Police Inspector in court over sex romp
13.08.07 Air passengers warned of 45 minute inbound delays at UK airports
13.08.07 Zoom puts summer 2008 flights on sale and expands from Gatwick and Glasgow
13.08.07 Air partner expects profit up 50%
10.08.07 Wizz announce Katowice flights
09.08.07 Gatwick car park employees jailed over wages dispute knife attack
06.08.07 Airlines want air rage passenger blacklist
02.08.07 Greenpeace says it is not behind anti-flying ads
01.08.07 CAA to end regulation of UK - US air fares
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