gatwick airport news
March 2010
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
March 2009
31.03.09 Which? slam airline APD refund fees
28.03.09 Former Gatwick dweller faces jail for breaching ASBO again
27.03.09 ABTA call on Government to axe APD
25.03.09 BA shift two routes to Heathrow; axe others
23.03.09 Report says Gatwick worth as little as £1.3bn
22.03.09 Bomb hoax today
19.03.09 Airlines not compensating passengers for lost luggage
19.03.09 Marriott open new Gatwick hotel
17.03.09 Competition Commission vets bidders
17.03.09 easyJet launch Gatwick charges High Court battle
13.03.09 Bidders given an extra month
12.03.09 New restaurants and shops for the North Terminal
12.03.09 Astraeus ‘not for sale’
11.03.09 Virgin may consider short haul network
09.03.09 UK airports to be forced to focus on passengers and environment
08.03.09 Aer Lingus boss says half of Europe's airlines will fail
04.03.09 Drop in passengers for Monarch
03.03.09 Man in court over bomb threats
02.03.09 easyJet CEO slams 'barmy' UK airport regulation
February 2009
27.02.09 NATS age discrimination
25.02.09 BAA says sale 'on schedule'
24.02.09 BA flight hit by lightening
24.02.09 Thomas Cook to charge luggage fee
23.02.09 easyJet steward admits being drunk on plane
20.02.09 Airport sues Ryanair for £1.2m in unpaid fees
19.02.09 Ryanair introduce inflight calls, texts and emails
18.02.09 BAA may sell more airports
17.02.09 Another bidder drops out
15.02.09 Leading bidder drops out
12.02.09 Downturn hits airport hotels
11.02.09 Aer Lingus to create 160 jobs
10.02.09 Aer Lingus slash fares on new routes
09.02.09 Ferrovial expect sale by April
09.02.09 Regional flights to London switching from Heathrow to Gatwick
05.02.09 Norwegian expands network
04.02.09 Fluid spill closes runway
04.02.09 easyJet to compete with Aer Lingus on Gatwick routes
03.02.09 Airport sales ‘to be tax exempt’
03.02.09 BAA axe Borders stores at Heathrow and Gatwick
02.02.09 Snow closes airports
January 2009
31.01.09 Airport wins award
30.01.09 Ryanair announce Marseille flights
29.01.09 Thomson airways most punctual charter airline
28.01.09 Air Europa confirm Madrid flights
27.01.09 Virgin pay freeze
26.01.09 Hochtief fails to make sale shortlist
20.01.09 New Mexico City flights launched
19.01.09 Five or six bids for Gatwick Airport
18.01.09 Saga cover scheduled airline failure
15.01.09 BAA could claim human rights breach on forced airport sales
15.01.09 London City owners to bid for Gatwick
11.01.09 Virgin Nigeria suspend Gatwick flights
10.01.09 easyJet passengers plan legal action over 32 hour delay
10.01.09 Gatwick drug smuggling mum jailed
08.01.09 Airport sale will raise 'significant premium'
06.01.09 Monarch scheduled passengers up 6.5% in 2008
02.01.09 Aer Lingus to relaunch Knock flights
02.01.09 40 passengers ‘run amok’ on Gatwick flight
December 2008
31.12.08 Virgin to launch Puerto Rico flights next winter
29.12.08 Five groups bidding for Gatwick
26.12.08 Virgin and easyJet out of Gatwick bidding
26.12.08 BAA expects Gatwick to raise £1.8bn
25.12.08 Man charged after big heroin find
24.12.08 Monarch add scheduled summer sun flights
24.12.08 Continental Cleveland flights to switch from Gatwick to Heathrow
23.12.08 Which slam in-flight food costs
19.12.08 New Gatwick base for Aer Lingus
18.12.08 Secret plans for second runway
17.12.08 Virgin to withhold payment over airport closure
14.12.08 Gatwick Express to run to Brighton from tomorrow
13.12.08 Falling passengers to hit Gatwick sale price
13.12.08 Flybe announce Gatwick – Newquay flights
12.12.08 easyJet announce four new routes
11.12.08 Extreme weather closes Gatwick
09.12.08 IATA paints bleak picture for airlines
08.12.08 Sharp drop in visits to airline websites
07.12.08 BA to cut flights / jobs by 15%
06.12.08 Ferrovial want bids by January 19
06.12.08 Former BA boss joins Citi Gatwick bid
05.12.08 Four groups stalk Gatwick
03.12.08 Police say laser pranksters will be treated as ‘terrorists’
03.12.08 Longer delays for holiday flights
November 2008
30.11.08 Gatwick Airport auction kicks off this week
30.11.08 3i plan Gatwick bid
26.11.08 Ryanair to switch Dusseldorf flights from Stansted to Gatwick
26.11.08 Bee Gee bag problem at Gatwick
24.11.08 Manchester Airport to join Virgin Gatwick bid
23.11.08 Flybe and Cheapflights call for rethink on air tax
21.11.08 Monarch to operate Caribbean flights
19.11.08 Cimber to launch Denmark flights
18.11.08 Ryanair announce two new routes
16.11.08 easyJet wins judicial review of Gatwick charges
16.11.08 Northwest axe Gatwick – Detroit flights
16.11.08 Gatwick wins award
15.11.08 Councils agree to work together on Gatwick
14.11.08 easyJet and Virgin to back airport bid
14.11.08 TUI cut charter flight capacity again
12.11.08 Menzies axe 600 airport jobs
12.11.08 Iceland Express to switch from Stansted to Gatwick
11.11.08 BA stewardess stole up to £100,000 charity money
10.11.08 Airlines ‘only partially implement EU pricing rules’
10.11.08 AOA presses Government on air tax changes
09.11.08 easyJet plane makes emergency landing
08.11.08 BA cuts flights next summer
06.11.08 Mexicana confirm flights schedule
05.11.08 More undercover airport hotels for Holiday Extras
04.11.08 3i consider airport bid
04.11.08 MP: Gatwick failed to spot knife
02.11.08 BA staff Facebook comments published
01.11.08 Newspaper reviews ‘worst Gatwick Hotel’
01.11.08 BA to axe Gatwick – Dublin route
October 2008
31.10.08 Virgin sack 13 cabin crew over Facebook comments
30.10.08 easyJet announce new Copenhagen flights
29.10.08 Hundreds stranded by airline failure
29.10.08 Visits to travel websites down 4.6%
26.10.08 Holiday airlines new infant baggage allowance
26.10.08 Families penalised by airline baggage rules
26.10.08 Next to open giant store at Gatwick
25.10.08 Citigroup and Vancouver Airports join airport bid race
25.10.08 Gatwick terminal switch for Qatar Airways
25.10.08 New Gatwick – Mexico flights planned
24.10.08 BA prepares to launch daily New York flights
24.10.08 Flybe boosts Gatwick – Newcastle route
23.10.08 Omar air increases Muscat service
22.10.08 Seven arrested over holiday flights scam
21.10.08 Accident causes traffic chaos
21.10.08 Gatwick Airparks car park promotes disabled access
19.10.08 Replica bombs get through security checks
19.10.08 It’s official, women pack too much and men don’t
18.10.08 Stansted expansion 'could hit Gatwick'
17.10.08 £1000 reward for Gatwick car park arsonists
16.10.08 Clickair cuts Gatwick routes
15.10.08 Abu Dhabi Airports plans Gatwick bid
15.10.08 Gatwick car park blaze – hotel operator revealled
13.10.08 Astraeus to stop passenger flights
13.10.08 Fire at car park near Gatwick
12.10.08 Fare increases hit flight demand; global warming doesn't
11.10.08 Aviation faces ‘year of hell’
11.10.08 New holiday flights company steps into gap left by XL
10.10.08 12 months jail for drunk who forced plane landing
10.10.08 OAG: economy hits winter flight schedules
08.10.08 BA to move Atlanta flights to Heathrow
08.10.08 BA to launch Gatwick – St Kitts and Nevis flights
07.10.08 ABTA boss refused boarding on easyJet flight
06.10.08 Air travel growth continues to slow
04.10.08 easyBus reduce London bus link fares
03.10.08 Budget open new Gatwick car hire facility
01.10.08 HSBC and RBS to advise BAA on Gatwick sale
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