The Gatwick Airport £2.2 billion expansion will see London Airport move its runway 12 metres north to increase capacity by 100,000 flights each year. The plans to expand Gatwick are to finally go ahead after campaigners lost a bid to take their legal fights against the government to the Court of Appeal. Campaigners Lose Final […]
Travel Radar•Afia Ali10 AugNine airlines operating at London Gatwick Airport (LGW) could face disruption after refuelling staff employed by Menzies on the Shell contract voted on potential industrial action over pay and overtime conditions. Pay dispute threatens summer operations According to Unite the Union, the ballot closes on Aug. 11, with strike action expected to begin shortly afterwards […]
Travel Radar•Andreea Georgescu10 AugAviation News – Legal Challenge Dismissed for Gatwick Airport Expansion London-Gatwick Airport (LGW) will press ahead with plans for its £2.2 billion Northern Runway Project...
The Court of Appeal has rejected a final legal challenge to London Gatwick’s Northern Runway project, clearing the dual runway operation to go ahead.
AviationSource News•Len Varley4 Aug
London-Gatwick Airport (LGW) will press ahead with its plans to deliver a second runway after an appeal against…
AeroTime•Ian Molyneaux4 Aug
The airport says that its expansion will create thousands of new jobs.
Gatwick Airport’s long-awaited expansion has moved a significant step closer after the Court of Appeal dismissed a legal challenge against plans to bring the airport’s Northern Runway into routine use, ending years of uncertainty over the project. The ruling clears one of the final legal hurdles for the scheme, paving [read more]
UK Aviation News•Nick Harding4 AugDue to ongoing geopolitical unrest in the Middle East, AirAsia X (D7) has postponed the debut of its fifth-freedom route from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) via Bahrain International Airport (BAH) to London Gatwick (LGW) from Aug. 27, 2026, to late 1Q27. The airline has not confirmed a specific date within that timeframe and stated […]
Travel Radar•Sunil Raj Kumar30 JulAviationNews – AirAsia X has officially canceled the launch of its highly anticipated route connecting Bahrain and London Gatwick prior to its inaugural flight. The...
London Gatwick Airport's expanding African network soars to new heights with the launch of Air Zimbabwe's nonstop flights to Harare.
London Gatwick has strengthened its position as a major gateway to Africa with the return of Air Zimbabwe's direct flights to Harare after a 14 year absence.
AviationSource News•Len Varley28 JulPassengers travelling to and from Gatwick Airport (LGW), the UK’s second busiest airport, endured long queues for toilets after a major water outage on Sunday morning, July 26. A travel expert said the water problems at Gatwick Airport that forced the closure of toilets and restaurants were “unprecedented”. Passengers’ Reaction to the Water Loss Francesca […]
Travel Radar•Jinnie Ye28 JulThe UK High Court has dismissed an appeal from the London Gatwick Airport (LGW) over temporary airport slot regulations for the Summer 2026 and the Winter 2026/27 seasons. It was confirmed that the ministers were entitled to relax the ‘use it or lose it’ slot rules for airlines during those periods. Gatwick Airport sought a […]
Travel Radar•Michelle Owusuaa27 Jul
London Gatwick customers have a dry Sunday as terminal services shut down.
Air Arabia will launch a third daily Airbus A321LR flight between Sharjah and London Gatwick from October, boosting UK-Asia connectivity.
LONDON - London Gatwick Airport has been affected by a disruption to its water supply, the airport operator said on "X" on Sunday.
aero.uk26 Jul
A day of travel chaos could be on the horizon for London Gatwick Airport as refuelling workers demand a 4.5% pay rise, potentially grounding planes.
How Gatwick handles over 43 million passengers annually with one runway through world-class scheduling, rapid turnarounds, and operational efficiency.
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, a Ryanair (Malta Air) 737-800 suffers an uncontained engine failure after departing Thessaloniki, Greece, resulting in a shattered cabin window and a passenger partially sucked out of the cabin. We discuss the specifics on this accident and its similarities with Southwest 1380. German investigators release their preliminary report on the Lufthansa 787 that suffered a gear retraction last month in Frankfurt. In a first on Flightradar24, nine 7700 squawks happen near-simultaneously—we dig into what happened at Gatwick airport on Tuesday. And the bidding for easyJet heats up as Apollo Global Management bests Castlelake’s bid for the airline. Helpful links for this week’s episode * Ryanair uncontained engine failure * Southwest 1380 * Lufthansa 787 gear retraction in Frankfurt * Gatwick emergencies * easyJet bidders Please check back soon for a transcript of this week’s episode.
Flightradar24 Blog•Flightradar2417 JulAir Zimbabwe will resume its direct Airbus A330 flights between Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare (HRE), and London Gatwick (LGW) after a 14-year hiatus. A long-term Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance package (ACMI) has been carefully brokered by the British company Chapman Freeborn, enabling the airline to restore this important route. The last scheduled flight on this […]
Travel Radar•Kate Angel17 Jul