gatwick airport news
September 2010
03.09.10 easyJet Palermo flights go year round
01.09.10 Mexicana suspends flights after rescue deal fails
01.09.10 More Virgin pilot talks next week
August 2010
30.08.10 Police investigate laser incident
28.08.10 Virgin to boost Caribbean services
26.08.10 Gatwick expects busy weekend
26.08.10 Iceland Express announce three new US links from Gatwick
24.08.10 Airport selects companies for £1bn upgrade
24.08.10 Insolvency firm predicts more misery for holidaymakers
23.08.10 Monarch help Kiss customers
21.08.10 Monarch extend online check-in
20.08.10 Companies step in to help Kiss customers
19.08.10 Concerns raised about Kiss tow years ago
18.08.10 Kiss flights collapse hits 73,000 holidaymakers
17.08.10 IATA report increase in premium travel
17.08.10 Ryanair announce Faro flights
16.08.10 Oven smoke causes flight emergency
14.08.10 Monarch increase Spanish holiday flights this winter
13.08.10 Passengers down 3.1% in July
12.08.10 Spanish air traffic controllers call off strike
12.08.10 Smuggler jailed for 20 years for cocaine in rum bottle death
12.08.10 APH highlight differences in airport and airline check in times
11.08.10 Mexican reinstate flights !
10.08.10 Man in hospital after being hit by bus
09.08.10 Mexicana suspend flights
08.08.10 Poor road layout could have caused fatal crash
08.08.10 Gatwick publish environmental strategy
07.08.10 $14 ESTA fee announced
07.08.10 Gatwick parking company retains Parkmark
06.08.10 Zimbabwe ‘plane crash’ just drill !
06.08.10 easyJet announce Gatwick – Luxor flights
05.08.10 Strike planned by Spanish air traffic controllers
04.08.10 Mexicana files for Bankruptcy protection
03.08.10 Vinci win forecourt job
02.08.10 Baggage system failure causes flight delays
01.08.10 easyJet launch night check-in
01.08.10 Gatwick seeks feedback from social networkers
July 2010
31.07.10 IATA say demand for flights showing strong growth
30.07.10 Iceland Express New York flight extended
30.07.10 Police seek Gatwick confidence fraudster
29.07.10 New easyJet boss sets cutting delays at key aim
29.07.10 Gatwick offers free fake tan !
27.07.10 Ryanair slam easyJet in Mugabe ad
26.07.10 New technology to cut emissions and delays
26.07.10 Drug smugglers jailed
25.07.10 Last minute summer holiday price crash
25.07.10 Gatwick driver hospitalised after baggage tug crash
25.07.10 Two guilty over fatal Gatwick car park crash
23.07.10 easyJet slam plans to give CAA more power over airports
23.07.10 Seville becomes Ryanair’s 44th base
21.07.10 Blue Aurigny guarantees 'lifeline' flights
21.07.10 Monarch adds more summer sun flights from Gatwick
20.07.10 BA most punctual Gatwick airline
19.07.10 Less than 50% of easyJet flights on time
17.07.10 Holiday company collapse strands 16,000 abroad
16.07.10 Passengers down 0.8%
14.07.10 Big drop in foreign trips
12.07.10 Ash cloud has no lasting affect on airport hotels
10.07.10 Which? slam airlines over tax reclaim charges
08.07.10 Post office says people waste £28m buying euros at the airport
07.07.10 APCOA to take over Gatwick Airport car parks
06.07.10 NATS profits fall
05.07.10 IATA says passenger growth returns but Europe lags rest of world
04.07.10 New German airline to launch Gatwick flights
03.07.10 Airline association scraps baggage league table
01.07.10 Terminal shuttle reopens today
01.07.10 Iceland Express extend Gatwick – New York flights
June 2010
30.06.10 Flybe mark Leeds Bradford flight anniversary
29.06.10 Roadworks near Gatwick
29.06.10 Airport parking company highlights best and worst airlines for delays
28.06.10 EU and US agree air traffic cooperation
27.06.10 easyJet plane in flight emergency
25.06.10 Monarch summer 2011 flights on sale
23.06.10 ERA welcome Government APD decision
23.06.10 Passengers slam UK airlines in Which? Survey
22.06.10 New identity is part of £1bn revamp
22.06.10 Gatwick owner plans more debt
21.06.10 Passengers down 4.1% in May
21.06.10 Airline refuses to fly ‘too fat’ passenger
19.06.10 US pension fund buys 12.7% airport stake
19.06.10 Campaign group welcomes Government airports taskforce
18.06.10 Spotters get security briefing
16.06.10 BA announce Cancun flights
15.06.10 PSPs for Thomas Cook in-flight entertainment
15.06.10 New transport busses for Gatwick Airport
14.06.10 WWF asks Government to cut 'excessive' flights
13.06.10 Work starts on flood defence scheme
12.06.10 Bad weather hits flight punctuality figures
11.06.10 Airlines won't get ash crisis compensation
10.06.10 Check-in kiosk provider sought
09.06.10 'Wonderful' noise benefit of ash cloud crisis
07.06.10 IATA predicts airline profits - but not in Europe
06.06.10 CAA catering team wins award
04.06.10 easyJet announce Gothenberg flights
02.06.10 Airlines meet ministed over ash compensation bid
01.06.10 Airport appoints online PR agency
May 2010
31.05.10 Iraqi airline closes; cancels Gatwick flights
29.05.10 easyBus expands Earls Court service
27.05.10 Gatwick Airport group needs two regular travellers
26.05.10 Virgin could merge if BA – AA deal approved
26.05.10 Campaigners slam Gatwick noise action plan
25.05.10 Branson calls for Government to recognise 'crucial' role of aviation
24.05.10 PR account moved
23.05.10 Flights expert predicts 'airfares bonanza'23.05.10 Flights expert predicts 'airfares bonanza'
22.05.10 Mixed results on ash in engines
18.05.10 New ash flight rules announced
17.05.10 Ash closures move south
17.05.10 Airlines slam new ash flights ban
15.05.10 Flybe: Government's APD plans a 'smokescreen for tax rises'
14.05.10 Renovated cycle track reopens
12.05.10 Passengers down 20.2%
12.05.10 African plane heading for Gatwick has crashed in Libya
12.05.10 Flybe and easyJet seek to take advantage of BA strikes
10.05.10 Sevenoaks bus axed
07.05.10 Record on time performance for BA
06.05.10 Ash closures cost European airports €250m
05.05.10 Passengers let down as another plane is impounded
04.05.10 Air Southwest launch winter 2011 flights
03.05.10 Weekend flights up to five times more expensive
03.05.10 Gatwick Airport car fire
02.05.10 Plane that flew historic Iraqi flight impounded
01.05.10 Ash chaos will not influence travel plans
01.05.10 AUC criticise airlines over ash compensation information
April 2010
30.04.10 Liquids ban to be lifted by 2013
28.04.10 Airfares to jump on ash crisis and souring fuel costs
27.04.10 ABTA: stranded passengers will be back this week
27.04.10 £2000 taxi ride to get stranded passengers home
26.04.10 Iraqi flight touches down at Gatwick
26.04.10 United and Continental in ‘advanced merger talks’
25.04.10 EU ministers to meet on ash cloud chaos
25.04.10 New easyBus Gatwick – Earls Court service to take off
21.04.10 Airport hotels benefit from flight chaos
21.04.10 Stranded passengers given airport parking bill assurance
19.04.10 Ash chaos costs TUI £5m a day
19.04.10 Airport parking and the volcano disruption
18.04.10 User group to discuss body scanners
17.04.10 Man injured in car park crash
12.04.10 CityLine Swiss add Angouleme flights
11.04.10 Flybe announce Nantes flights
11.04.10 BA add Gatwick – Jersey flights
10.04.10 Passengers up 3%
10.04.10 Gatwick appoint new finance director
09.04.10 Airport forced to change its signs
07.04.10 Heinz baked beans at airport duty free shops
07.04.10 Boingo signs Gatwick wifi deal
02.04.10 Man jailed over 2008 cabin crew sexual assalt
01.04.10 2m set to fly away for Easter
March 2010
30.03.10 GATCOM meeting details
27.03.10 Gun man jailed
27.03.10 Four new easyJet routes take off from Gatwick
26.03.10 Weather hits flight punctuality
26.03.10 Virgin pilots threaten strike over pay
23.03.10 Iron Maiden singer to fly fans to show
22.03.10 Gatwick airport parking company world cup draw
21.03.10 T-shirt storm at Gatwick
16.03.10 eBoarder blocks drug smuggler
15.03.10 UK airport passengers down by post war record
15.03.10 Gatwick managers told to re-apply for their jobs
14.03.10 Flybe add capacity during BA strike
13.03.10 IATA halve 2010 airline loss estimate
12.03.10 Passengers up 3.2%
10.03.10 10% discount on Gatwick Express
09.03.10 Monarch adds Easter Canaries flights
08.03.10 Airport parking mystery shopper results
07.03.10 Air Southwest Oyster card deal
06.03.10 Border staff to strike next week
February 2010
24.02.10 GIP to replace bank debt with bonds
22.02.10 BAA report bigger losses on Gatwick sale loss and pension costs
21.02.10 UK airport car parking most expensive in world
20.02.10 Monorail to open ahead of schedule
19.02.10 Roadworks to create dedicated link to M23
14.02.10 Passengers down 5.4%
13.02.10 Servisair open new Gatwick Airport lounge
09.02.10 Monarch boss quits
08.02.10 New owner does not plan second runway
08.02.10 Rail company criticised over Gatwick plans
06.02.10 BA to axe business class on short haul flights
06.02.10 Holidayextras offer airport hotel taxi transfer service
05.02.10 Abu Dhabi buys 15% stake in Gatwick
05.02.10 Gatwick praised for public transport links
03.02.10 Busy January for Monarch
02.02.10 Korean pension fund to buy airport stake
01.02.10 New airport boss targets Heathrow and Stansted airlines
January 2010
30.01.10 2009 worst year in aviation history
29.01.10 Air Seychelles add weekly flight
29.01.10 Biggest US airport parking company bankrupt
27.01.10 Gatwick hotel detention centre plans rejected
23.01.10 easyJet add four more summer sun routes
18.01.10 New owner slammed over snow closures
16.01.10 Virgin confirm 10 plane purchases
16.01.10 Monarch add Gatwick – Faro flights
14.01.10 Heavy snow hits flights again
11.01.10 APD unfair say business travellers
10.01.10 Thomas Cook launch online check-in for charter flight passengers
09.01.10 Airport and easyJet argue over snow problems
09.01.10 Aer Lingus confirm Gatwick flight cuts
08.01.10 Aer Lingus to axe flights
07.01.10 Weather continues to disrupt flights
06.01.10 Snow closes Gatwick
December 2009
31.12.09 Monarch boss upset over ‘next airline to go bust’ bets
31.12.09 easyJet Gatwick flight diverted by weather – then hit by lightening
27.12.09 Flight emissions tool launched
18.12.09 Snow closes Gatwick
16.12.09 Brussels Airlines switch flights to Heathrow
16.12.09 ‘Significant’ improvement in Gatwick flight punctuality
15.12.09 easyJet lose Gatwick charges legal challenge
08.12.09 Campaigners slam MPs runway call
08.12.09 easyJet criticised over 9½ hour flight delay
07.12.09 Government committee call of better flight protection
06.12.09 Man faces jail after airport gun threat
05.12.09 Government to cut controlling stake in NATS?
04.12.09 GIP plan Gatwick stake sale
02.12.09 New ski flight announced
November 2009
30.11.09 New owners to send in a team of fixers
29.11.09 Lightening strike for easyJet plane
29.11.09 Drug smuggling nurse avoids jail
28.11.09 Airparks Gatwick offer customers a free car wash
26.11.09 EU clear airport sale
26.11.09 Crash causes Gatwick rush hour chaos
25.11.09 Virgin open Gatwick lounge
24.11.09 Gatwick Airport parking scam exposed
22.11.09 Astronaut gets airport role
21.11.09 Government will not call in terminal plans
20.11.09 European Court clarify flight delay compensation rules
15.11.09 FHR names customer's top Gatwick car parks
10.11.09 Iceland Express announce new flights
09.11.09 Flights down 9% this year
07.11.09 Tories would axe ‘absurd’ APD bandings
07.11.09 Warning of winter airline failures
06.11.09 Virgin Puerto Rico flights take off tomorrow
04.11.09 Virgin fear of flying course on iphone
03.11.09 Campaigners say second runway 'a non starter'
02.11.09 Taylor Woodrow win South Terminal Pier 2 contract
02.11.09 BA launch Gatwick – Sharm El Sheikh flights
01.11.09 APD rise comes in
01.11.09 Virgin call on Cameron to axe further APD rises
October 2009
31.10.09 Rolls Royce win $720m Virgin engines order
30.10.09 Virgin lose comms director
28.10.09 BAA losses up 51 percent
27.10.09 BA is number one to the Caribbean
26.10.09 Sixth birthday celebrations for Air Southwest
24.10.09 BA extend early bag drop
23.10.09 New owners urged to focus on short haul
23.10.09 Gatwick Express driver wins award
23.10.09 Gatwick monorail upgrade moves a step closer
22.10.09 New airport owner plans lower fares and no queues
22.10.09 easyJet raise Gatwick monopoly concerns
21.10.09 BAA announce Gatwick sale
21.10.09 Gatwick terminal and car park expansion put on hold
20.10.09 Scientists reveal quick / cheap liquids test
20.10.09 Steep fall in revenues at Heathrow and Gatwick hotels
19.10.09 Airport sale ‘this week’
19.10.09 BA prepare to increase Barbados flights
17.10.09 Council to discuss terminal expansion plans
16.10.09 Gatwick is 'best airport'
15.10.09 Airport sale ‘progressing, but not imminent’
15.10.09 Gatwick flight laser incident
14.10.09 Border Agency slam Gatwick hotel immigration centre application
13.10.09 Qatar make gas fuel flight
12.10.09 TUI cancel Boeing Dreamliners
12.10.09 Woman born on plane celebrates 18th – with a flight
11.10.09 Campaign group want terminal expansion enquiry
11.10.09 Gatwick thief has jail term cut
09.10.09 8 years for drug smuggling air steward
08.10.09 Airport sale talks progressing
07.10.09 Demonstration over Gatwick hotel detention centre plans
02.10.09 Airline boss calls end to air travel’s ‘golden age’
02.10.09 easyJet announce Gatwick – Dusseldorf flights
01.10.09 MP objects to North Terminal expansion plans
01.10.09 Iceland Express to offer Gatwick – New York connection
September 2009
29.09.09 Transit closed until next summer
29.09.09 Gatwick hotel wants to become a detention centre
28.09.09 Technology could halve airport security queues
26.09.09 Widening gap between business and economy fares
26.09.09 Seven years for Gatwick drugs smuggler
25.09.09 Transavia to launch Rotterdam flights
22.09.09 Travel recovery 18 months away
21.09.09 Business visitors down 25% this year
19.09.09 New home for sniffer dogs
18.09.09 12% drop in overseas travel
17.09.09 New car park to be built
15.09.09 Four new Premier Inns at London airports
13.09.09 Campaigners urge public to respond to noise plan
12.09.09 Councillors say noise plan 'inadequate'
11.09.09 Flight punctuality improves
10.09.09 Jobs threat at in-flight service company
10.09.09 Gatwick hotel chef wins Shephards Pie Challenge
05.09.09 Fatal accident causes gridlock and missed flights
03.09.09 Airlines lost £3.7bn in first half
02.09.09 Fraport not interested in BAA's UK airport sales
02.09.09 Gatwick Airport hotel bus crash
August 2009
29.08.09 IATA say airlines in intensive care
28.08.09 TAP Portugal airport strikes could hit flights
28.08.09 BA to add second weekly Gatwick – St Kitts flight
27.08.09 Passengers 'run for the sun' this weekend
26.08.09 Airport strikes off
26.08.09 Chip & Pin introduced at Gatwick car park
25.08.09 Fire at Gatwick Hilton
20.08.09 Swissport respond to strike votes
20.08.09 easyJet Gatwick flight makes French emergency landing
19.08.09 Airport Express alliance to end next month
19.08.09 New Gatwick – Stockholm flights for Ryanair
18.08.09 Swissport respond to airport strike threat
17.08.09 Drug smuggling bin man in court
15.08.09 Monarch to add Canary Islands flights next summer
14.08.09 Flybe add winter Jersey flight
12.08.09 Campaigners criticise noise plan
11.08.09 Flybe Jersey flight forced to divert
05.08.09 WTTC says APD rise is shortsighted
02.08.09 Pro flights group say Labour face voter backlash over APD increases
July 2009
31.07.09 Man charged over gun incident
30.07.09 Over 55's turn to the internet for flights
29.07.09 BAA will only sell Gatwick at the right price
29.07.09 Armed man tasered at Gatwick Airport
29.07.09 Two charged over big Gatwick drugs find
28.07.09 Immigration staff vote to strike
27.07.09 Monarch engineers get taste of life as cabin crew
25.07.09 Emergency landing shuts runway
24.07.09 Flybe add wi-fi at airport lounges
23.07.09 Flight complaints up 11%
22.07.09 Balpa: APD increases ‘will price families off flights’
22.07.09 Ghana crew member held over Gatwick cocaine find
21.07.09 Monorail to close for 8 months from September
21.07.09 Gatwick boom for easyJet
20.07.09 Airside coach crash
19.07.09 Flight emergency
18.07.09 UK flights down 10.5% in June
17.07.09 Airports braced for start of school holidays
16.07.09 MAG withdraw airport bid
16.07.09 Transport Minister tells airports to ‘stop winging’ over APD increases
14.07.09 Gatwick Airport hotels struggling
12.07.09 IATA want APD increases scrapped
12.07.09 Passenger died on Delta Gatwick – Atlanta flight
10.07.09 Campaign seeks increased shop spend
10.07.09 New director at Airport Express
09.07.09 Council raise train station concerns
09.07.09 Train breakdown hits Gatwick passengers
08.07.09 ‘Pictogram’ road signs near Gatwick
08.07.09 Roadworks near Gatwick next week
07.07.09 Bomb hoaxer jailed
06.07.09 Passengers use Facebook to fight for delay compensation
06.07.09 Monarch passengers ‘soar’
05.07.09 Dates announced for noise plan briefings
05.07.09 Body found in Gatwick plane undercarriage
01.07.09 Lorry stuck under bridge causes traffic chaos
01.07.09 Norwich flight diverted to Gatwick
June 2009
30.06.09 Flybe Dusseldorf flights take off
28.06.09 eFly apply to operate Malta route
27.06.09 easyJet lose price rise legal challenge
27.06.09 SkyEurope the first of many to fail this year?
27.06.09 BAA revise forecasts on delayed Gatwick sale
26.06.09 Airlines slashing fares to fill planes
26.06.09 New coach service for Gatwick
25.06.09 Global airlines slash 14m flights
25.06.09 Air Malta add Gatwick flights
25.06.09 BA adjusts Heathrow and Gatwick flight schedule this winter
22.06.09 Thomas Cook, MyTravel and First Choice worst for delays
22.06.09 Hundreds of flights axed this year
21.06.09 Noise plan consultation launched
20.06.09 Thomson rated top for long haul
19.06.09 BA claim punctuality record
17.06.09 Flybe launch phone recycling scheme
16.06.09 Dnx get direct marketing account
15.06.09 Room rates down 20% at airport hotels
12.06.09 Delta suspend Cincinnati flights
11.06.09 Tramp jailed over police assault
10.06.09 Aer Lingus to launch six new routes this winter
09.06.09 Thomas Cook owner goes bust
08.06.09 IATA: airline losses will hit $9bn
08.06.09 BAA and CAA criticise Government’s airport insolvency regulation plan
07.06.09 Flybe Inverness flight emergency
05.06.09 Gatwick car park thefts gang jailed
04.06.09 IATA predict increased airline losses
04.06.09 TAP strike confirmed
03.06.09 Busy weekend of cocaine smuggler arrests
02.06.09 BA announce three leisure routes
02.06.09 TAP strike to hit Gatwick flights
01.06.09 Eye scanners used by 2 million
May 2009
31.05.09 MAG talks to other consortiums about combined bid
31.05.09 Airport parking company to launch travel awards
30.05.09 ABTA to launch summer anti-APD campaign
30.05.09 Lack of business passengers sees BA axe Gatwick – New York route
30.05.09 Man pleads guilty to Gatwick bomb hoaxes
28.05.09 Big drop in visits to airline websites
27.05.09 BAA working on Gatwick 'debrand'
26.05.09 Airlines ask BAA to cut back on improvement plans
25.05.09 Newspaper highlights increasing cost of airport parking
24.05.09 Monarch cabin crew strike threat
21.05.09 BA to launch two new caribbean routes this winter
20.05.09 BAA still talking to ‘multiple bidders’ on Gatwick
20.05.09 13 years for former England cricketer caught smuggling cocaine at Gatwick
19.05.09 Another Gatwick bidder out, but could bid again
14.05.09 Survey shows disatisfaction with UK airports
13.05.09 Citi Gatwick bid rejected
13.05.09 Gatwick Express celebrates 25th anniversary
10.05.09 Sale 'enters last 10 days'
09.05.09 easyJet put winder flights on sale
08.05.09 Virgin announce Puerto Rico flights
08.05.09 Firemen rescue Gatwick Hotel guest who fell in ditch
07.05.09 Flybe puts winder flights on sale
02.05.09 Gatwick bids ‘£200m less than expected’
02.05.09 Air rage postman banned from flying for 5 years
April 2009
30.04.09 Ferrovial confirms 3 bids
30.04.09 Airport health protection stepped up over swine flu
29.04.09 Winning bid not announced for 'days if not weeks'
27.04.09 Aer Lingus Gatwick expansion announcement ‘imminent’
27.04.09 Flybe add Guernsey – Gatwick flights
26.04.09 Credit rating hits Gatwick bids
26.04.09 Lysander reported to be leading Gatwick race
24.04.09 Airport bidders want second runway
23.04.09 Industry slam Budget APD inaction
22.04.09 Monarch flight problems
22.04.09 easyJet Gatwick expansion
19.04.09 Boots store is shop of the year
18.04.09 Date set for final bids
18.04.09 Gatwick seat capacity down 15% last winter
16.04.09 Car crash causes traffic problems
07.04.09 Aer Lingus launch Gatwick base but lose CEO
05.04.09 New route as Flybe makes Gatwick a base
04.04.09 New member for MAG Gatwick bid team
02.04.09 easyJet launch Vienna route
01.04.09 Air Southwest is Gatwick's most punctual airline
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