Gatwick: Britain’s second-busiest airport boosted by new airlines and station revamp March 21, 2024 The international hub near Crawley, West Sussex, said it had returned to traffic levels of 94 per cent of what it was in 2019 - in July and October.
Passengers to Gatwick face delays as train operators brace for heavy rain January 4, 2024 With heavy rain due in the south east and London area on Thursday night and Friday morning, Network Rail reiterated warnings to check before travelling.
Passengers face flight delays after Gatwick Airport system outage December 9, 2023 Travellers faced hours of delays at Gatwick Airport on Saturday after a system outage grounded flights. Passengers flying to and from the West Sussex airport reported planes being stuck on the tarmac after the problems hit at around 8am. The airport said the air traffic control outage had since been fixed, but apologised for ongoing [...]
Gatwick Airport: 42 cancellations as thousands disrupted by air traffic control shortages September 15, 2023 Thousands of airline passengers have been impacted by cancelled, delayed or diverted flights due to a lack of air traffic control staff (ATC) at Gatwick airport. The airport confirmed a short notice staff absence in its ATC tower, managed by National Air Traffic Services (Nats), which meant 42 flights were cancelled or diverted while dozens [...]
Air traffic control chaos: Over a quarter of UK flights nixed as Heathrow crippled August 29, 2023 Over a quarter of flights to and from UK airports were cancelled yesterday, revealing the huge and ongoing impact of the network-wide air traffic control failure currently disrupting the sector. According to aviation analytics firm Cirium, 790 departures and 785 arrivals were cancelled, equating to 27 per cent of all flights from the UK. Heathrow [...]
Gatwick Airport expecting ‘severe disruption’ as fresh August Bank Holiday strikes announced August 9, 2023 Gatwick Airport is facing “severe disruption” with fresh industrial action later this month, as 230 ground handlers and passenger assistance workers will walk out in a feud over pay. Members of the Unite Union will strike on eight separate days – between Friday 18 August and Monday 21 and Friday 25 and Monday 28 – [...]
Holidaymakers warned of ‘financial sting’ with airport parking – but which is the worst culprit? August 4, 2023 Holidaymakers are being charged up to four times more for airport parking if they pay on arrival rather than in advance, according to new research. Consumer group Which? said its analysis of prices at 16 UK airport car parks revealed the “serious financial sting”. It compared prices for a week’s stay in mid-August paid for [...]
Gatwick Airport: Almost 1,000 staff to strike for eight days bringing summer travel chaos July 14, 2023 Gatwick Airport baggage handlers and check-in staff will stage eight days of strikes from later this month in a dispute over pay. The announcement comes after the Unite members had backed walking out in a ballot. Unite said workers will strike for four days beginning on Friday 28 July ending on Tuesday 1 August, then a further [...]
15,000 EasyJet passengers hit by flight cancellations at Gatwick due to stormy weather June 12, 2023 Easyjet has cancelled flights affecting over 15,000 passengers, as thunderstorms and poor weather conditions across the UK and Europe caused significant disruption. The budget airline cancelled 54 flights on Sunday and 55 on Monday due to take-off from Gatwick Airport. Easyjet said that “thunderstorms in the Gatwick area restricted the number of arrivals and departures [...]
New transatlantic airline Global buys first plane May 29, 2023 A new UK-US airline, Global, which is intending to launch flights across the Atlantic by spring 2024, has officially announced the acquisition of its first plane. The company said this morning that it had acquired an Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger plane, according to the PA news agency. It confirms last week’s revelation’s in [...]