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Gatwick Airport submits summary of new evidence supporting its second runway case to Airports sub-Committee

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Commission drastically underestimated Gatwick’s growth and made fundamental mistakes Once corrected, analysis shows that the benefits of Gatwick expansion exceed those of either Heathrow options Second runway low risk and can be guaranteed quickly – by 2025 GATWICK, UK, 2016-Sep-28 — /Travel PR News/ — Gatwick Airport has submitted a summary of new evidence supporting… Read the full press release

Norwegian announces new routes from London Gatwick to Keflavik, Iceland and Rovaniemi, Finland

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LONDON, 2016-Aug-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Low-cost airline Norwegian continues its UK expansion today, by putting on sale two new routes from London Gatwick to Keflavik, Iceland and Rovaniemi, Finland. From 30th October, Norwegian will add its first UK service to the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. Three weekly flights will operate direct to Keflavik throughout… Read the full press release

Gatwick Airport achieved its busiest-ever June with long-haul routes rocket 24% year on year

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Long-haul growth in June rockets 24% year on year, whilst Gatwick has been announced as the European airport with the most new long-haul routes Chinese carrier Tianjin Airlines arrived at the airport in June with routes to Hong Kong and Cape Town starting this autumn. Gatwick CEO Stewart Wingate said: “June’s passenger figures are the… Read the full press release

Norwegian marks 2nd anniversary of its transatlantic flights from the UK to the U.S.

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LONDON, 2016-Jul-08 — /Travel PR News/ — Norwegian is this week celebrating the 2nd anniversary of its unique low-cost long-haul flights from the UK to the U.S. Norwegian first launched transatlantic flights from Gatwick Airport to three U.S destinations in July 2014, with the aviation industry divided on whether the ‘low-cost long-haul’ venture would succeed. Two… Read the full press release

Gatwick Airport launches its new Pier 1 facility housing an entirely new baggage system

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£186 million facility houses state-of-the-art baggage and early bag store systems Development improves efficiency and reduces delays both on and off the airfield Passengers to long haul flights up in May, with numbers to North America up over 40% LONDON, 2016-Jun-15 — /Travel PR News/ — Gatwick marked its busiest-ever May today (+5.8%) by launching its… Read the full press release

Norwegian launches new direct route to Las Vegas from London Gatwick

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Norwegian’s award-winning low-cost transatlantic flights continue as Las Vegas becomes eighth US destination LONDON, 2016-May-25 — /Travel PR News/ — Norwegian is continuing the expansion of its trailblazing low-cost long-haul network by launching a new direct route to the bright lights of Las Vegas from London Gatwick. Norwegian passengers don’t need to be high rollers to… Read the full press release

Gatwick CEO Stewart Wingate: Three years of consecutive month and month growth

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3.1 million passengers travelled through Gatwick in March, +5.8% year on year, marking three years of consecutive month on month growth Norwegian’s Boston route kicks off Gatwick’s summer of long-haul with 20 new routes including Hong Kong, Cape Town, Vancouver, Lima and Costa Rica Gatwick CEO Stewart Wingate said:“Three years of consecutive month on month… Read the full press release

Gatwick Airport achieves another milestone in its £2 billion transformation programme with the opening of Pier 5

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Caroline Ansell MP opens Pier 5 – an £80 million project for Gatwick Airport Bigger gate rooms and better facilities for arriving and departing passengers Growth in number of stands set to drive more growth at the airport LONDON, 2016-Feb-03 — /Travel PR News/ — Another milestone in Gatwick’s £2 billion transformation programme was reached today… Read the full press release

London Gatwick announced 2.5 years of consecutive month-on-month traffic growth and achieved its busiest ever July with 4.3 million passengers travelling through the airport

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Gatwick’s 2.5 years of consecutive growth far outstrips Airports Commission forecasts 4.3 million passengers pass through the airport in July, +6.4% on previous year Gatwick CEO Stewart Wingate said: “These results put us ten years ahead of the forecasts used by the Airports Commission to predict future air traffic movements and how that relates to… Read the full press release

London Gatwick announces its busiest June ever with 5% increase in passengers on the previous year; further illustrates its case for expansion

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Gatwick achieves record passenger numbers in 28th consecutive month of growth 3.8 million passengers pass through the airport, +5% on previous year Long-haul routes growing fastest at the airport, +8% on the 12 months to last June  Gatwick CEO Stewart Wingate said: “The growth of our transatlantic routes, which from May will include Boston, is… Read the full press release

Exceptional growth: Gatwick Airport demonstrates once again why the airport is the best and only deliverable choice for the UK’s next runway

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LONDON, 2015-6-29 — /Travel PR News/ — Gatwick Airport announces exceptional growth with annual results demonstrating once again why the airport is the best and only deliverable choice for the UK’s next runway. CEO Stewart Wingate said today’s results show why momentum and support has grown rapidly for Gatwick where a new runway can be… Read the full press release

Emirates increases its capacity to London Gatwick Airport with the introduction of second daily A380 service

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DUBAI, U.A.E., 2015-4-20 — /Travel PR News/ — Emirates, a global connector of people, places and economies, has launched a second daily A380 service to London Gatwick Airport. Due to passenger demand, Emirates has taken the decision to immediately upgrade its EK15/16 route that was previously operated by a Boeing 777. The A380 will add a… Read the full press release

Record breaking traffic figures in March for Gatwick; expects to serve more than 40 million passengers next year

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Gatwick announces that it expects to serve more than 40 million passengers next year – a decade ahead of DfT predictions made in its January 2013 UK Aviation Forecast Record breaking traffic figures announced for March with 2.96 million passengers travelling through the airport – an increase of 9.2 per cent compared to the previous… Read the full press release

New poll reveals SME leaders across UK prefer Gatwick to be expanded

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Small businesses and SMEs from all around the UK want Gatwick expanded Institute of Directors says Gatwick “leads on regional destinations” OECD report: high charges from an expanded Heathrow would “discourage” more UK domestic flights LONDON, 2015-3-5 — /Travel PR News/ — A new YouGov poll published today has shown small and medium sized business… Read the full press release

Gatwick Airport: Industry analyst Chris Tarry looked at a number of the key areas that the Airports Commission has highlighted as central to the UK’s runways debate

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Leading aviation analyst Chris Tarry outlines the industry developments and emerging trends that point to the future shape of the aviation market   Chris Tarry: “To dwell in the past rather than look at what is likely to happen in future will result in London’s aviation market failing to realise its full potential”  Gatwick CEO: “Gatwick… Read the full press release

New polling figures released show continued support for Gatwick expansion over Heathrow

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In crucial year for airports expansion debate, latest polling shows Londoners continue to back Gatwick over Heathrow Growing support for Gatwick included as one of “15 reasons for 2015” why Gatwick is the obvious choice for expansion LONDON, 2015-1-6 — /Travel PR News/ — With 2015 marking a crucial year when the Airports Commission will… Read the full press release

Gatwick Airport celebrates its 5th anniversary under independent ownership and outlines £1billion investment plan to further transform the airport in the coming years

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6 million more passengers in 5 years through greater competition and investment Further £1billion plan outlined to continue airport’s transformation Gatwick CEO: “It’s been an incredible five years and this is just the start” LONDON, 2014-12-2 — /Travel PR News/ — Gatwick Airport this week celebrates its 5th birthday under independent ownership and has outlined… Read the full press release

Gatwick Airport announces August 2014 traffic performance summary

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Nearly 4.4 million passengers chose to fly through Gatwick in August – up 8.2% on the prior year – making it the busiest month in Gatwick’s history Gatwick handled 906 air traffic movements in a day on its single runway – a world first North Atlantic routes performed strongly as Norwegian Air announced it will… Read the full press release

Govia and Gatwick to work together to provide more seamless transition for passengers between rail and air

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Gatwick’s partnership with Govia will transform rail services to and from Gatwick Airport Brand new Gatwick Express and Thameslink trains plus more reliable services will connect even more people to Gatwick and the region Gatwick will be ‘second runway ready’ by road and rail by 2021 LONDON, 2014-9-16 — /Travel PR News/ — The launch… Read the full press release

Norwegian celebrates its first ever flights between London Gatwick and the U.S.

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Fornebu, Norway, 2014-7-3 — /Travel PR News/ — This week Norwegian celebrates its first ever flights between London Gatwick and the U.S. On Wednesday afternoon, the first flight between London Gatwick and Los Angeles took off, while Norwegian’s first flight between London and New York took off this evening. Friday afternoon, the airline celebrates its inaugural flight… Read the full press release

London Gatwick reports 3.4 million passengers in May; 6.5% increase compared to same month last year

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More than 3.4 million passengers used Gatwick in May – up by 6.5% on the prior year Gatwick is competing in the London market to deliver the best choice, service and fares for passengers European travel, especially business routes, performed strongly – up by 8.8% year-on-year, while long haul also achieved growth LONDON, 2014-6-13 —… Read the full press release

London Gatwick and easyJet join forces to showcase the exceptional experience, facilities and products they have to offer business passengers

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Gatwick achieves record moving annual passenger numbers of 36.5 million – with 20% of passengers now travelling on business Gatwick flies to more destinations than any other London airport – including 46 of the top 50 European business cities Savvy business travellers are choosing Gatwick for its time-saving office to plane door journey and transformed… Read the full press release

London Gatwick explains why expansion at Gatwick is needed in its evidence-based report to the Airports Commission

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Expansion at Gatwick will enable more people to fly to more destinations – 10 million more passengers each year will be able to travel with a second runway at Gatwick than with a third runway at Heathrow Expansion at Gatwick will generate more competition, keeping fares low, and delivering £40 billion more in economic benefits… Read the full press release

London Gatwick reported 2.7 million passengers in March 2014, increase of 5.1% YoY

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• Passenger numbers for the 12 months ending 31 March 2014 up 4.8% • Over 2.7 million passengers passed through London Gatwick in March – up 5.1% on the prior year March 2014 traffic performance summary   Month   Moving Annual Total         Growth   Apr-13 Apr-12 Growth     Mar-14 Mar-13… Read the full press release

Gatwick to pay “Band A Council Tax” to all households affected by noise from second runway

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LONDON, 2014-03-11 — /Travel PR News/ — All households most affected by noise from a second runway at Gatwick would receive annual compensation equivalent to Band A Council Tax (currently £1000) if and when the runway becomes operational, Gatwick Airport announced today. This represents the next stage of Gatwick’s industry leading approach to noise management at… Read the full press release

London Gatwick opens Platform 7 at its Gatwick Airport rail station

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Transport Minister Baroness Kramer officially opens the new platform London Gatwick contributed £7.5m to the project which cost £53m in total London Gatwick is already the best connected airport in the UK, serving 129 direct rail destinations Over 13 million air passengers and more than one million commuters use Gatwick station every year Upgrades are… Read the full press release

London Gatwick Airport announced that Air China will continue operating direct summer 2014 services between Gatwick and Beijing

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Air China to continue its London Gatwick – Beijing service into Summer 2014 Gatwick plays an important role in broadening the UK’s connections to key trading routes London, UK, 2013-11-11 — /travelprnews.com/ — London Gatwick Airport announced today that Air China will continue operating direct services between Gatwick and Beijing into summer 2014. The airline began operating… Read the full press release

Norwegian to start three new non-stop long haul services to North America from London Gatwick

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Competitively priced, new direct long haul routes will operate from Gatwick on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to New York, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale Norwegian’s flights from Gatwick offer more affordable travel with prices significantly less than that of flights operating from Heathrow Norwegian’s entry into the long-haul market from London points to the future… Read the full press release

Airport Commission’s emphasis on noise as central to expansion selection welcomed by London Gatwick as its noise impacts are lower than those of Heathrow

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The Airports Commission has rightly emphasised that aviation noise will be a central issue in any decisions about new airport capacity Gatwick’s noise impacts are many times lower than those of Heathrow because aircraft using our airport do not overfly highly populated areas in London. Nothing in the future can change this basic fact, which… Read the full press release

Gatwick Airport’s Head of Retail Spencer Sheen to host one-hour live Twitter Q&A on Thursday 22 August

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Spencer Sheen’s 30 years of experience includes M&S and international positions Current projects include £21m transformation of South Terminal retail space Questions can be asked live or in advance using #askgatwick via @Gatwick_Airport 2013-08-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — A one-hour live Twitter Q&A will be held from 11am on Thursday 22 August with Gatwick Airport’s Head of… Read the full press release