Latest News from Gatwick

Gatwick have submitted new evidence to all members of Cabinet sub-Committee on airports.  Momentum appears to be building for a possible Government announcement on

 the runway this month.  As the sub-Committee starts to consider where to expand aviation capacity in the South East, Gatwick’s new report contains substantial additional analysis – including information obtained under FOI request – that supersedes the now discredited Airports Commission Final Report.  Once corrected, analysis shows that the benefits of Gatwick expansion exceed those of either Heathrow options.  The second runway is low risk and delivery can be guaranteed quickly – by 2025.  Read More 

New route to Moscow to start from Gatwick Airport - Aeroflot, the national flag carrier of Russia launches a daily service to Sheremetyevo from London Gatwick on 15 November 2016.  Another great route launched as one of the 20 new long-haul routes from Gatwick Airport this year. Read More

Gatwick recognised for positive biodiversity impact - Gatwick Airport has scooped two prestigious awards for its commitment to protecting and enhancing the natural biodiversity of the local greenspace surrounding the airport.  The airport has retained its Wildlife Trusts’ Biodiversity Benchmark Award (an independent verification of Gatwick’s biodiversity programme) for the third year running and, for the first time, been awarded a CIRIA Big Biodiversity Award.  Gatwick’s biodiversity greenspace includes 75 hectares of thriving woodlands, grasslands and wetlands, inhabited by hundreds of species of mammals, insects and bees, many of which are rare or protected, now flourishing as a result of Gatwick’s biodiversity programme. Gatwick’s biodiversity team works collaboratively with a wide range of organisations and external experts to ensure it follows best practice while working closely with conservation organisations and local experts, ably assisted by an active programme of volunteers and community groups. Read More