The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today visited Gatwick to hail the airport’s decision to boost its investment in the airport by an additional £200 million. 

Sadiq Khan also underlined his support for the construction of a second runway at the airport. He called on the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, to support the capital’s economy by making a final decision on airport expansion in the South East a top priority, and he urged that decision to be in favour of Gatwick. 

Gatwick Airport has for the first time been recognised in the Sunday Times prestigious Top Track 100 as one of Britain’s largest private companies.  After a record 12 months of growth, Gatwick debuted at number 86 in the Top Track 100 which ranks Britain’s biggest companies with sales over £700m.

Gatwick Airport once again teamed up with the Gatwick Diamond Initiative this week as joint sponsor of the annual Gatwick Diamond Meet the Buyers event, connecting large national buying organisations to local SMEs in the Gatwick Diamond area. Now in its 15th year, the event has a proven track record of generating significant new business for local companies. In the past six years it has been attended by almost 1500 local businesses with more than £22.5 million of business predicted to have been won as a result.

This week we have also reported our busiest-ever June with long haul routes rocket 24% year on year.  We are seeing strong growth right across the board, in across the UK which grew 7.4% as a whole with Belfast routes +103%, Newquay +34% and Inverness +13% year on year. Stewart Wingate said: “ June’s passenger figures are the latest part of Gatwick’s ongoing long-haul success story demonstrating once again the unrivalled potential that an expanded Gatwick would deliver for Britain.”