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Gatwick becomes first UK airport to open sensory room
The new, free-to-use sensory room provides a calming space for passengers with special needs to relax in before their flight.
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Gatwick Airport is the second busiest airport in the United Kingdom after London Heathrow. Located south west of London near the town of Crawley, London Gatwick has one operational runway and two passenger terminals.
Of all the London airports, Gatwick is unique in its provision of the three main business models: full service, no frills and charter.
Gatwick’s three main resident airlines are British Airways, EasyJet and Norwegian.
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Tech failure at Gatwick Airport caused chaos during busy summer rush
A recent hardware dilemma by Vodafone at Gatwick Airport caused the flight announcement screens to crash, but is a manual contingency plan enough of a back-up for such a major UK airport?
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Gatwick Airport: Leading in technological innovation
As Gatwick Airport puts its customer satisfaction at the front of its development plan, Development Director, Bronwen Jones, reveals how an investment in technological advances is an investment in the passenger.
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Finavia adds more routes to Lapland from Gatwick, in new deal with easyJet
As Lapland’s tourism continues to boom, easyJet is providing a new route from London to Rovaniemi, which is scheduled to begin 31st October 2018
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London Luton Airport has busiest ever start to summer holidays
London Luton Airport has seen passenger numbers increase in July 2018, with 1.67 million passengers recorded, up three per cent on 2017.
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Incentives for Gatwick staff who use new smartphone app to car share
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Staff who give lifts to colleagues are allocated preferential airport parking via an innovative smartphone app, with each shared journey being validated so that vehicle miles and subsequent reduction in emissions are tracked and recorded.
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Menzies and Airline Service merger raises competition concerns
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has raised concerns that the merger of Menzies and Airline Services will have adverse effects for the competition within the airport services industry.
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‘One Too Many’ campaign launched to raise awareness of flying responsibly
The ‘One Too Many’ campaign is the first-of-its-kind to bring the main Aviation Industry partners together to raise awareness of the need to fly responsibly
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Top 20 family-friendly airports in the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands
Which airports in the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands are the most family friendly? Find out below.
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easyJet launches doorstep baggage collection for Gatwick flyers
Airportr will collect passenger's baggage and take it to easyJet's bag drop area to make travelling with hold luggage less stressful.
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Airports across globe to drive autonomous technology forward
Autonomous technology is set to increase productivity of airport operations by cutting costs, freeing up land, reducing emissions and improving safety.
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Electric car services runs from Gatwick supporting carbon neutral status
Gatwick's carbon neutral status will be reinforced by their most recent partnership with Bluecity car rental, an electric car-sharing scheme, similar to Santander Cycles in the capital.
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Report finds 60 per cent of Gatwick local exports are destined for non-EU markets
Brexit may pose less of a problem for businesses near Gatwick, with 60 per cent of its local exports already going to markets outside the EU.
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Four UK airports still failing to deliver ‘good’ service to disabled passengers
A report said that although 16 airports have been classified as 'very good', four still not meet the standards set by the Civil Aviation Authority.
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Passenger figures are up and Gatwick is set for a very busy summer holiday period
Ahead of the summer holiday period Gatwick Airport is expecting its passenger numbers to continue to rise as they did through June.
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