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London Gatwick Airport (LGW)

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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London Gatwick sees 23rd successive month of passenger growth

10 February 2015 | By Gatwick Airport

Gatwick achieved its 23rd successive month on month growth in January, with more than 2.3 million passengers flying through the airport...

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New designs show how Gatwick will be world’s most efficient two-runway airport

19 January 2015 | By Gatwick Airport

An expanded Gatwick would be the world’s most efficient two-runway airport - flexible and responsive to meet the changing needs of passengers and airlines - as new images and an animation produced by Sir Terry Farrell released today show...

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Record-breaking 2014 for Gatwick fuelled by broad range of growth

12 January 2015 | By Gatwick Airport

More than 38 million passengers flew through Gatwick in 2014 – an increase of 7.6%...

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Gatwick wins Wildlife Trust’s Biodiversity Benchmark Award

18 December 2014 | By Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport has been awarded The Wildlife Trust’s Biodiversity Benchmark Award for the first time...

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London Gatwick Airport increases runway capacity to 55 flights per hour and estimates an additional 2 million passengers on a single runway assisted by Amadeus A-CDM Portal

18 December 2014 | By Amadeus

Amadeus, a leading technology partner for the global travel industry, announces that London Gatwick Airport (LGW) is the first to implement Amadeus’ cloud-based Airport-Collaborative Decision Making Portal (A-CDM) to improve collaborative decision-making processes...

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Airports Commission publishes consultation on shortlisted options for a new runway

12 November 2014 | By Airports Comminssion

An assessment of proposals for additional runway capacity at Gatwick and Heathrow airports has been published...

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Public Health England: Enhanced Ebola screening process

16 October 2014 | By Public Health England, Department of Health and NHS England

Public Health England began enhanced screening for Ebola at Heathrow airport...

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Identity assurance through biometrics at Heathrow

13 October 2014 | By Dr Nicholas Whitehead

Dr Nicholas Whitehead, of Engineering Consultancy Atkins, discusses how the use of biometrics can help us realise secure and seamless passenger journeys

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Politicians and aviation experts discuss the future of aviation policy at CILT’s Liberal Democrat conference fringe debate in Glasgow

10 October 2014 | By The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

CILT’s fringe debate at this week’s Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow saw key industry figures discuss their vision for the future of aviation to a packed room of industry professionals...

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Birmingham Airport backs Gatwick expansion to deliver greater competition across UK airports

2 October 2014 | By Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport and Gatwick join forces in call for a strong network of airports across Britain...

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World record for NATS controllers at Gatwick Airport

4 September 2014 | By NATS

Air traffic controllers at Gatwick Airport handled a total of 906 movements on 29 August, breaking their own world record for air traffic movements in a day from a single runway...

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New approach to safety regulation for aviation industry

5 June 2014 | By The UK Civil Aviation Authority

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has released more information about its new approach to the safety regulation of the aviation industry...

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London Gatwick sets aside £30 million as a resilience fund following recommendations of review into Christmas Eve flooding

26 February 2014 | By Gatwick Airport

Following the unprecedented weather and the subsequent flooding that caused disruption to passengers at London Gatwick on Christmas Eve, David McMillan, a Non-Executive Director of Gatwick Airport, was commissioned by the Gatwick Airport Board to review the airport community's response on the day...

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Gatwick unveils new rail station platform

3 February 2014 | By London Gatwick

London Gatwick has opened Platform 7 at its Gatwick Airport rail station, as a £53m joint project with Network Rail is completed...

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London Gatwick announces most innovative noise mitigation scheme in Europe

3 February 2014 | By Gatwick Airport

London Gatwick has announced it is significantly expanding its noise insulation scheme, making it the most innovative of any airport in Europe...

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