:Gatwick Airport

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File:Douglas DC-6 EC-AUC TASSA LGW 29.08.64 edited-2.jpg in front of the then-new terminal at Gatwick Airport in 1964]]

File:BAC_111-201AC_One-Eleven,_British_Caledonian_Airways_AN1809004.jpg with the main terminal building at Gatwick Airport in 1973]]

The land on which Gatwick Airport stands was first developed as an aerodrome in the late 1920s. The Air Ministry approved commercial flights from the site in 1933, and the first terminal, "The Beehive", was built in 1935. Scheduled air services from the new terminal began the following year. During the Second World War, the airport was taken over by the military and was known as RAF Gatwick. After the war, the airport returned to its civilian capacity. The airport proper was built in the mid-1950s opening in 1956. The airport buildings were designed by Yorke Rosenberg Mardall between 1955 and 1988.{{cite book| first=Alan| last=Powers| title=In the Line of Development: FRS Yorke, E Rosenberg and CS Mardall to YRM, 1930–1992| year=1992| publisher=RIBA Heinz Gallery| isbn=1-872911-20-X}}

In the 1960s, British United Airways (BUA) and Dan-Air were two of the largest British independentindependent from government-owned corporations airlines at Gatwick, with the former establishing itself as the dominant scheduled operator at the airport as well as providing a significant number of the airport's non-scheduled services and the latter becoming its leading provider of inclusive tour charter services.Cooper, B., Got your number, Golden Gatwick, Skyport, Gatwick edition, Hounslow, 6 June 2008, p. 12 Further rapid growth of charter flights at Gatwick was encouraged by the Ministry of Aviation, which instructed airlines to move regular charter flights from Heathrow. Following the takeover of BUA by Caledonian Airways at the beginning of the following decade, the resulting airline, British Caledonian (BCal), became Gatwick's dominant scheduled airline during the 1970s. While continuing to dominate scheduled operations at Gatwick for most of the 1980s, BCal was also one of the airport's major charter airlines until the end of the 1970s (together with Dan-Air, Laker Airways and British Airtours).Iyengar, K., Bermuda Bloomers, Golden Gatwick, Skyport, Gatwick edition, Hounslow, 8 February 2008, p. 18

As a result of conditions imposed by Britain's Monopolies and Mergers Commission on the takeover of BCal by the then newly privatised British Airways (BA) at the end of the 1980s, Dan-Air and Air Europe assumed BCal's former role as Gatwick's dominant scheduled short-haul operator while BA continued in BCal's erstwhile role as the airport's most important scheduled long-haul operator. Following the demise of Air Europe and Dan-Air (both of which had continued to provide a significant number of charter flights in addition to a growing number of scheduled short-haul flights at Gatwick) in the early 1990s, BA (having purchased Dan-Air) began building up Gatwick into a secondary hub (complementing its main hub at Heathrow). These moves resulted in BA becoming Gatwick's dominant airline by the turn of the millennium.Iyengar, K., The only way is up, Golden Gatwick, Skyport, Gatwick edition, Hounslow, 11 April 2008, p. 16Iyengar, K., Heading North, Golden Gatwick, Skyport, Gatwick edition, Hounslow, 9 May 2008, p. 16 BA's subsequent decision to de-hub Gatwick provided the space for easyJet to establish its biggest base at the airport and become its dominant airline.{{cite web |url=http://www.anna.aero/2012/08/02/easyjets-biggest-base-at-london-gatwick-reaches-50-aircraft-and-almost-100-routes/ |title=easyJet's biggest base at London Gatwick has 50 aircraft and almost 100 routes; Spain remains No. 1 market in summer (> Airline Analysis) |publisher=Anna.Aero |date=12 August 2012 |access-date=4 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205013444/http://www.anna.aero/2012/08/02/easyjets-biggest-base-at-london-gatwick-reaches-50-aircraft-and-almost-100-routes/ |archive-date=5 February 2017 |url-status=live }}

From 1978 to 2008, many flights to and from the United States used Gatwick because of restrictions on the use of Heathrow implemented in the Bermuda II Agreement between the UK and the US.{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%201999.html |title=Bermuda 2 initialled, Air Transport |work=Flight International |date=2 July 1977 |page=5 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208084614/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%201999.html |archive-date=8 February 2012 |url-status=live}} The EU–US Open Skies Agreement, which became effective on 30 March 2008, led several airlines to downsize their transatlantic operations at Gatwick in favour of Heathrow. Continental Airlines was the second transatlantic carrier (after American Airlines){{cite web |url=http://news.icm.ac.uk/leisure/aa-ends-gatwick-operations/365/ |title=AA ends Gatwick operations |website=Institute of Commercial Management |date=17 March 2008 |access-date=15 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006033750/http://news.icm.ac.uk/leisure/aa-ends-gatwick-operations/365/ |archive-date=6 October 2011 }} to leave Gatwick after it decided to transfer the seasonal Cleveland service to Heathrow on 3 May 2009.{{cite journal| journal=Aviation Week & Space Technology| volume=169| number=10| date=15 September 2008| title=Goodbye Gatwick| page=16}}{{cite news |last= Done |first= Kevin |date= 9 September 2008 |title= Continental closes Gatwick operation |work= Financial Times |url= https://www.ft.com/content/89075f0a-7e99-11dd-b1af-000077b07658 |access-date= 6 October 2023 |archive-date= 15 October 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231015224128/https://www.ft.com/content/89075f0a-7e99-11dd-b1af-000077b07658 |url-status= live }}

US Airways, Gatwick's last remaining US carrier, ended its service between Gatwick and Charlotte on 30 March 2013.{{cite press release |url=http://www.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/pressreleases.html |title=US Airways Announces Schedule for Charlotte to London Heathrow Service and Opens Flights for Sale |publisher=US Airways |date=17 December 2012 |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126223852/http://www.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/pressreleases.html |archive-date=26 January 2013 |url-status=live}} This left Gatwick without a scheduled US airline for the first time in 35 years.{{cite web |url=http://www.clippedb.org/hive/documents/braniff_history.html |title=Braniff History – Braniff History Time Line: 1978 |publisher=clippedb.org (The Association of Former Braniff Flight Attendants) |access-date=18 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602165143/http://www.clippedb.org/hive/documents/braniff_history.html |archive-date=2 June 2013}} Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Delta Air Lines announced its intent to launch service between Gatwick and Boston in the summer of 2020, which would have made it the first US airline to service Gatwick since the withdrawal of the US Airways service in 2013, but the massive global travel downturn placed these plans on indefinite hold.{{cite press release| url=https://news.delta.com/delta-virgin-atlantic-boost-summer-flying-between-us-and-uk-2020| title=Delta, Virgin Atlantic boost summer flying between U.S. and U.K. in 2020| publisher=Delta Airlines| date=15 August 2019| access-date=15 August 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815144837/https://news.delta.com/delta-virgin-atlantic-boost-summer-flying-between-us-and-uk-2020| archive-date=15 August 2019| url-status=live}} In 2021, JetBlue became the first US airline to serve Gatwick since 2013, with services to New York–JFK and Boston.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

On 17 September 2008, BAA announced it would sell Gatwick after the Competition Commission published a report about BAA's market dominance in London and the South East. On 21 October 2009, it was announced that an agreement had been reached to sell Gatwick to a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), which subsequently also bought Edinburgh Airport in 2012,as of May 2012 for £1.51 billion. The sale was completed on 3 December.{{cite news |date=21 October 2009 |title=BAA agrees Gatwick airport sale |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8317662.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=11 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022030124/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8317662.stm |archive-date=22 October 2009 |url-status=live}} In February 2010, GIP sold minority stakes in the airport of 12% and 15% to the South Korean National Pension Service and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) for £100 million and £125 million, respectively. The sales were part of GIP's strategy to syndicate the equity portion of the original acquisition by issuing bonds to refinance bank debt. Although this entails bringing additional investors into the airport, GIP aims to retain management control.{{cite news| last1=Fenton| first1=Susan| last2=Roumeliotis| first2=Greg| title=Abu Dhabi wealth fund buys into Gatwick Airport| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-gatwick-abu-dhabi-idUSTRE61403S20100205| access-date=11 February 2015| work=Reuters|location=London| date=5 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211222626/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2010/02/05/us-gatwick-abu-dhabi-idUSTRE61403S20100205| archive-date=11 February 2015| url-status=dead}}{{cite press release |url=http://www.gatwick-airport-uk.info/gatwickairport240210.html |title=Gatwick Airport News: GIP to replace bank debt with bonds |publisher=Gatwick Airport |date=24 February 2010 |access-date=15 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718155205/http://www.gatwick-airport-uk.info/gatwickairport240210.html |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}

The Californian state pension fund CalPERS acquired a 12.7% stake in Gatwick Airport for about $155 million (£104.8 million) in June 2010.{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65H4ZC20100618 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201071553/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65H4ZC20100618 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 February 2013 |title=Calpers acquires 12.7 percent stake in Gatwick Airport |website=Reuters |date=15 June 2010 |access-date=15 August 2010 |first=Jim |last=Christie}} On 21 December 2010, the A$69 billion (£44 billion) Future Fund, a sovereign wealth fund established by the Australian government in 2006, agreed to purchase a 17.2% stake in Gatwick Airport from GIP for £145 million. This transaction completed GIP's syndication process for the airport, reducing its stake to 42% (although the firm's extra voting rights meant it still controlled the airport's board).{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c92adca-0c73-11e0-8408-00144feabdc0.html#axzz18lAMAJ4A |title=Future Fund gets Gatwick go-ahead |newspaper=Financial Times |location=London |date=21 December 2010 |access-date=16 November 2021 |first=Martin |last=Arnold |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224071755/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c92adca-0c73-11e0-8408-00144feabdc0.html#axzz18lAMAJ4A |archive-date=24 December 2010 |url-status=live}}

In August 2020, the airport announced plans to cut over a quarter of its employees as a result of a planned company restructuring caused by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned cuts will bring the total workforce of the airport to 1,900; before the start of the pandemic it was 3,300, however, an additional 785 jobs were cut earlier in 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/825ad395-2c82-4c81-a2e4-fe97b6eb238a |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/825ad395-2c82-4c81-a2e4-fe97b6eb238a |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Gatwick to cut a quarter of its staff as part of restructuring |newspaper=Financial Times |last=Georgiadis |first=Philip |date=26 August 2020 |access-date=26 August 2020}} In August 2021, it was reported that Gatwick's operators were in talks with lenders following posting first-half-year net losses of £ 245m.{{cite news |last1=Ralph |first1=Philip Giorgiadis and Oliver |title=Gatwick in talks with lenders as losses mount |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ccbe4745-fef0-4599-bfa9-c9470cb51f0e |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/ccbe4745-fef0-4599-bfa9-c9470cb51f0e |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=Financial Times |location=London |access-date=16 August 2021}}

The former BAA Limited (now Heathrow Airport Holdings) and its predecessors, BAA plc and the British Airports Authority, owned and operated Gatwick from 1 April 1966 to 2 December 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1966/1966%20-%201009.html |title=British Airports Authority in Business, Air Transport ... |work=Flight International |date=14 April 1966 |page=584 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306205544/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1966/1966%20-%201009.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/at-a-glance/history/ |title=History |publisher=Gatwick Airport |year=2014 |access-date=11 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222014646/http://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/at-a-glance/history/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 }} The airport is owned and operated by Gatwick Airport Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ivy Holdco Limited,{{cite web| title=Ivy Holdco Limited| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=214465235| website=Bloomberg| access-date=30 September 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930131044/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=214465235| archive-date=30 September 2017| url-status=live}} owned by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), itself owned by BlackRock.{{cite web| url=https://www.gatwickairport.com/globalassets/documents/business_and_community/investor_relations/year_end_2017/ivy-holdco-limited-consolidated-financial-statements_31-march-2017.pdf |title=Ivy Holdco Limited, Annual Report 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805181724/http://www.gatwickairport.com/globalassets/documents/business_and_community/investor_relations/year_end_2017/ivy-holdco-limited-consolidated-financial-statements_31-march-2017.pdf |archive-date=5 August 2017 |url-status=live}} In December 2018, Vinci announced that it would acquire a 50.01% majority stake for £2.9bn, with a GIP-managed consortium of investors (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Australia's sovereign wealth fund and two public pension funds in California and South Korea) owning the remaining 49.9%.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/dec/27/gatwick-airport-sold-to-french-group|title=Gatwick airport: majority stake sold to French group| last=Kollewe| first=Julia| date=27 December 2018| newspaper=The Guardian| location=London| access-date=27 December 2018| language=en-GB| issn=0261-3077| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227115925/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/dec/27/gatwick-airport-sold-to-french-group| archive-date=27 December 2018| url-status=live}}{{cite web| title=Our Owners and Management| url=https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/ownership-management/| website=Gatwick Airport| access-date=6 May 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506085458/https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/ownership-management/| archive-date=6 May 2020| url-status=live}} The sale was completed by the middle of 2019.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46691846| title=French firm to control Gatwick Airport| date=27 December 2018|last=Leggett|first=Theo| work=BBC News|location=London| access-date=27 December 2018| language=en-GB| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227213052/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46691846| archive-date=27 December 2018| url-status=live}}

In September 2023, Margaret Ford, Baroness Ford was announced as the new Chair of Gatwick Airport.{{cite web |title=Baroness Ford appointed as new chair of London Gatwick |url=https://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/news/baroness-ford-appointed-as-new-chair-of-london-gatwick-266e-40f32.html |website=Gatwick Airport |access-date=5 November 2023 |archive-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105153948/https://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/news/baroness-ford-appointed-as-new-chair-of-london-gatwick-266e-40f32.html |url-status=live }}

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On 31 May 2008, Virgin Holidays opened the V Room, Gatwick's first lounge dedicated to their long-haul leisure travellers. On 25 January 2017, the lounge moved to the North Terminal together with the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse as part of the airline moves that saw British Airways and Virgin Atlantic exchange their previous terminal locations and easyJet consolidated in the North Terminal.{{cite web |url=http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/attheairport/clubhouses/vroom.jsp |title=V Room – The new Lounge at Gatwick |website=Virgin Atlantic |access-date=11 February 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140211210230/http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/attheairport/clubhouses/vroom.jsp |archive-date=11 February 2014 |url-status=live}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2016/12/21/virgin-holidays-unveils-new-gatwick-v-room/ |author=Caswell, Mark |title=Virgin Holidays unveils new Gatwick v-room |journal=Business Traveller |date=21 December 2016 |access-date=4 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118172654/https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2016/12/21/virgin-holidays-unveils-new-gatwick-v-room/ |archive-date=18 November 2018 |url-status=live}} On 9 April 2009, an independent pay-for-access lounge opened in the South Terminal. Gatwick also has a conference and business centre, and several on- and off-site hotels ranging in class from executive to economy.

The airport has Anglican, Catholic and Free Church chaplains, and there are multi-faith prayer and counselling rooms in each terminal. A daily service is led by one of the chaplains."Chaplain's Corner – with Gatwick chaplain Sister Jo Threlfall", Skyport, Gatwick edition, Hammersmith, 29 April 2011, p. 9

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Before the sale, BAA planned an £874 million investment at Gatwick over five years, including increased capacity for both terminals, improvements to the transport interchange and a new baggage system for the South Terminal.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukaccs.info/gatwick/acc240408.pdf |title=Gatwick Airport Consultative Committee |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717165619/http://www.ukaccs.info/gatwick/acc240408.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=live }} Passengers passing through the airport are informed about the redevelopment programme with large mobile barcodes on top of construction hoardings. Scanning these transfers information on the construction to the user's smartphone.{{cite news |title=Giant barcodes at UK airport to lead visitors on "Discovery Tour" |website=The Next Web |date=4 November 2010 |url=https://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/11/04/giant-barcodes-at-uk-airport-to-lead-visitors-on-discovery-tour/ |access-date=5 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512070942/http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/11/04/giant-barcodes-at-uk-airport-to-lead-visitors-on-discovery-tour/ |archive-date=12 May 2011 |url-status=live}}

In the summer of 2013, Gatwick introduced Gatwick Connect, a free flight connection service to assist passengers changing flights at Gatwick whose airlines do not provide a full flight connection service. On 15 September 2015, the service was rebranded as GatwickConnects.{{cite press release |url=http://mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2015/15-09-15-new-world-first-gatwick-connects-booking-service-launched.aspx |publisher=Gatwick Airport |title=New world-first GatwickConnects booking service launched, providing more choice and more competitive fight options |date=15 September 2015 |access-date=18 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918013658/http://mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2015/15-09-15-new-world-first-gatwick-connects-booking-service-launched.aspx |archive-date=18 September 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Gatwick hopes for greater connectivity |last=Otley |first=Tom |magazine=Business Traveller |date=31 December 2016 |url=http://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2016/12/31/gatwick-hopes-greater-connectivity |access-date=31 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118164243/https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2016/12/31/gatwick-hopes-greater-connectivity/ |archive-date=18 November 2018 |url-status=live}} It is available to passengers connecting on several major airlines.{{cite web |url=http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/redefining-airport-hubs-self-connectivity-the-next-vital-piece-in-the-industrys-advancement-225855 |title=Redefining airport hubs: (Self)-connectivity: the next vital piece in the industry's advancement – Gatwick Airport is another example where self-connection matters |website=CAPA Centre for Aviation |date=29 May 2015 |access-date=6 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601010155/http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/redefining-airport-hubs-self-connectivity-the-next-vital-piece-in-the-industrys-advancement-225855 |archive-date=1 June 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ttgdigital.com/news/gtmc-gatwick-no-longer-bucket-and-spade-airport/4691670.article#commentsubmitted |title=GTMC: Gatwick no longer 'bucket-and-spade airport' |website=TTG Digital |date=5 June 2014 |access-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607014507/http://www.ttgdigital.com/news/gtmc-gatwick-no-longer-bucket-and-spade-airport/4691670.article#commentsubmitted |archive-date=7 June 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://gatwickairport.com/at-the-airport/flight-connections/GatwickConnectsFAQs/ |title=GatwickConnects FAQs |publisher=Gatwick Airport |year=2017 |access-date=11 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112162547/http://gatwickairport.com/at-the-airport/flight-connections/GatwickConnectsFAQs |archive-date=12 November 2016 |url-status=live}}

Gatwick operates as a single-runway airport although it has two runways; the northern runway (08L/26R) can only be used when the main runway (08R/26L) is out of use. The UK Integrated Aeronautical Information Package gives the Takeoff Run Available (TORA) of its main runway (08R/26L) as 3,255 m when aircraft take off in a westerly direction (26) and 3,159 m when takeoffs occur in an easterly direction (08). The documentation lists the respective TORA for the northern runway (08L/26R) as 2,565 m in both directions. Nearly three-quarters of takeoffs are towards the west (74% over 12 months). Both runways are {{convert|148|ft|m|abbr=on}} wide; they are {{convert|656|ft|m|abbr=on}} apart,"Gatwick Runway Options Consultation" (Section 2: Our runway options / 2.1 Features common to all options – The length of the runway), Gatwick Airport Limited, April 2014, p. 16 which is insufficient for the simultaneous use of both runways. During normal operations the northern runway is used as a taxiway,{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%203094.html |title=Gatwick runway deal agreed, Air Transport |work=Flight International |date=25 August 1979 |page=569 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306205026/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%203094.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%203288.html |title=BAA reveals Gatwick expansion plans, Air Transport |work=Flight International |date=8 September 1979 |page=757 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306204526/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%203288.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=live}} consistent with its original construction (although it was gradually widened).{{cite web |url=http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/history.asp |title=History – 1958 |website=Gatwick Aviation Society |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002201253/http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/history.asp |archive-date=2 October 2011 |url-status=live}}

In October 2018, the airport announced that it was "exploring how to make best use of its existing runways, including the possibility of bringing its existing standby runway into routine use".{{cite news |title=Airport second runway 'by the back door' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-45861559 |work=BBC News |location=Tunbridge Wells|publisher=BBC English Regions|date=15 October 2018 |access-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015110120/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-45861559 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |url-status=live}} One scenario would see 08L/26R used for departing narrow-body aircraft only, while the longer 08R/26L would be used for wide-body take-offs and all landings; widening 08L/26R would also increase the centreline separation slightly. New technology could also be used to increase capacity on the main runway, and, in the longer term, the airport remains interested in constructing a new runway to the south.{{cite news |title=Gatwick floats back-up runway for single-aisle departures |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/gatwick-floats-back-up-runway-for-single-aisle-depar-452816/ |access-date=18 October 2018 |work=Flight Global |date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103224541/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/gatwick-floats-back-up-runway-for-single-aisle-depar-452816/ |archive-date=3 November 2018 |url-status=live}}

In 2023, plans were announced to expand the second runway and make it operational for regular use.{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Will |date=4 July 2023 |title=London's Gatwick Airport Expects Second Runway – AirlineGeeks.com |url=https://airlinegeeks.com/2023/07/04/london-s-gatwick-airport-expects-second-runway/ |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=AirlineGeeks.com – LIVE. LOVE. AVIATION. |language=en |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705224000/https://airlinegeeks.com/2023/07/04/london-s-gatwick-airport-expects-second-runway/ |url-status=live }}

The main runway uses a Category III Instrument Landing System (ILS). The northern runway does not have an ILS; when it is in use, arriving aircraft are radar vectored to intercept an RNAV (GNSS) approach, providing the aircraft is equipped and the operator has approval. This approach is satellite-based and is also available for the main runway. When an RNAV approach is not possible, assistance from the approach controller using surveillance radar, an "SRA approach" is available. This involves heading instructions and altitude callouts supplied by the Air Traffic Controller.{{cite web |url=http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=93&Itemid=142.html |title=NATS – London Gatwick Aerodrome Approach Charts |publisher=Nats-uk.ead-it.com |access-date=15 August 2010 }}{{dead link|date=November 2023}} On both runways, a continuous descent approach is used to minimise the environmental effects of incoming aircraft, particularly at night.{{cite web |title=Flight Evaluation Report 2006/07 |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/assets//B2CPortal/Static%20Files/FEU%20Report%202006-07.pdf |access-date=26 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227080554/http://www.gatwickairport.com/assets//B2CPortal/Static%20Files/FEU%20Report%202006-07.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}

Night flights are subject to restrictions;{{cite press release| title=Tighter regulation| url=http://gatwickairport.com/business-community/aircraft-noise/what-were-doing/tighter-regulation/| publisher=Gatwick Airport| access-date=11 February 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211224516/http://gatwickairport.com/business-community/aircraft-noise/what-were-doing/tighter-regulation/| archive-date=11 February 2015| url-status=live}} between 11 pm and 7 am, noisier aircraft (rated QC/8 and QC/16) may not operate. From 11.30 pm to 6 am (the night quota period) there are three limits: Number of flights, a Quota Count system, limiting total noise permitted{{cite web |title=Night noise |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/aircraft-noise/air-traffic-noise-explained/noise-around-the-airport/night-noise/ |publisher=Gatwick Airport |access-date=11 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222014440/http://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/aircraft-noise/air-traffic-noise-explained/noise-around-the-airport/night-noise/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 }} and no night QC/4 flights.

Air traffic control services are outsourced. In 2014 a proposed contract award for air traffic control services was suspended due to errors in the airport operator's procurement process, which was governed at the time by the European Union's rules on procurement in the energy, telecommunications, transport and water sectors. Consideration of the legal case brought by NATS UK discussed whether the court's approach to resolving such cases should consider the American Cyanamid principles reflected in UK national procurement law or a different "balance of interests" test, as proposed by NATS, which was less likely to allow a proposed contract award where damages paid to a successful challenger might be an adequate legal remedy. Use of the "balance of interests" test was ruled out by Mr Justice Ramsey.Referred to in England and Wales High Court (Technology and Construction Court), [https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/TCC/2018/200.html Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and another v Lancashire County Council [2018] EWHC 200], paragraph 18, delivered on 8 February 2018, accessed on 30 September 2024

The airport is policed by the Gatwick District of Sussex Police. The district is responsible for the entire airport (including aircraft) and, in certain circumstances, aircraft in flight. The 150 officers attached to this district include armed and unarmed officers, and community support officers for minor offences. The airport district counters man-portable surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS) by patrolling in and around the airport and a separate sub-unit has vehicle checks around the airport."Guarding Gatwick", Airports – September/October 2007 (Key Publishing), p. 17

Access to airside portions of the airport is controlled and maintained by the airport's team of security officers, regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority.{{Cite web |title=Aviation security overview {{!}} Civil Aviation Authority |url=https://www.caa.co.uk/commercial-industry/security/aviation-security-overview/ |access-date=19 August 2023 |website=www.caa.co.uk |archive-date=19 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819111926/https://www.caa.co.uk/commercial-industry/security/aviation-security-overview/ |url-status=live }} Brook House, an immigration removal centre of Immigration Enforcement, was opened near the airport on 18 March 2009 by the then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.{{cite news |date=18 March 2009 |title=Illegal immigrant centre opened |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7950704.stm |newspaper=BBC News |access-date=12 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407144935/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7950704.stm |archive-date=7 April 2016 |url-status=live }}

The airport is a base for scheduled airlines British Airways (BA), easyJet, Wizz Air, and charter operators such as TUI Airways. Gatwick is unique among London's airports in its representation of the three main airline business models: full service, low-cost and charter.{{cite web |url=http://www.baa.com/assets/B2CPortal/Static%20Files/lgw_interim_masterplan.pdf |title=Our vision for Gatwick, 1.12, 1 Introduction, Gatwick Interim Master Plan |page=7 |date=October 2006 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728043101/http://www.baa.com/assets/B2CPortal/Static%20Files/lgw_interim_masterplan.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=live }} As of October 2016, these respectively accounted for 26.6%,excluding scheduled regional air services 61.3% and 13.1%including scheduled regional air services of Gatwick's seat capacity.{{cite web |url=http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/london-airports-and-a-new-runway-heathrow-the-business-champion-but-the-biggest-growth-is-elsewhere-307562 |title=London airports and a new runway: Heathrow the business champion but the biggest growth is elsewhere |publisher=CAPA Centre for Aviation |date=21 October 2016 |access-date=23 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022144433/http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/london-airports-and-a-new-runway-heathrow-the-business-champion-but-the-biggest-growth-is-elsewhere-307562 |archive-date=22 October 2016 |url-status=live }}

By late 2015, easyJet flew over 100 routes from Gatwick with a fleet of more than 60 aircraft.{{cite press release |url=http://corporate.easyjet.com/~/media/Files/E/Easyjet-Plc-V2/pdf/investors/results-centre/2015/2015-full-year-results-presentation.pdf |title=Full year results analyst and investor presentation |publisher=easyJet |date=17 November 2015 |access-date=20 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121094436/http://corporate.easyjet.com/~/media/Files/E/Easyjet-Plc-V2/pdf/investors/results-centre/2015/2015-full-year-results-presentation.pdf |archive-date=21 November 2015 }}{{cite web |url=http://mediacentre.easyjet.com/stories/8918 |title=easyJet confirms move to single terminal at London Gatwick (> Media > News) |publisher=EasyJet |date=23 January 2015 |access-date=24 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150124231738/http://mediacentre.easyjet.com/stories/8918 |archive-date=24 January 2015 }} The airport is the carrier's largest base and its 16 million passengers per year accounted for 45% of Gatwick's 2013 total{{cite news| title=easyJet cleared for takeover at Gatwick Airport| url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/easyjet-cleared-for-takeover-at-gatwick-airport-nptv28j80n8| last=Lea| first=Robert| date=27 March 2014| newspaper=The Times| location=London| access-date=16 November 2021| url-access=subscription| archive-date=17 November 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117045353/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/easyjet-cleared-for-takeover-at-gatwick-airport-nptv28j80n8| url-status=live}} (ahead of Gatwick's second-largest passenger airline: BA, whose 4.5 million passengers comprised 14% of total passenger traffic in 2011–12).1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012{{cite press release |url=http://corporate.easyjet.com/media/latest-news/news-year-2011/15-04-2011a-en.aspx |title=2011 easyJet launches first route to Seville |publisher=EasyJet |date=15 April 2011 |access-date=15 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423014755/http://corporate.easyjet.com/media/latest-news/news-year-2011/15-04-2011a-en.aspx |archive-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/about/facts-figures/ |title=Gatwick facts & stats – Destinations and airlines |publisher=Gatwick Airport |access-date=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124132451/http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/about/facts-figures/ |archive-date=24 November 2012}}

easyJet, BA and Norwegian Air Shuttle were Gatwick's three biggest resident airlines, although in late 2020 Norwegian announced the closure of its base at Gatwick. According to data from Airport Coordination Limited, these three airlines respectively accounted for 43.3%, 19% and 10.5% of airport slots in April 2018. According to this data, by April 2018 Norwegian had overtaken Virgin Atlantic as Gatwick's number one transatlantic airline by seat capacity, and BA's competitive response to Norwegian's growing commercial threat to its transatlantic business would result in Virgin's relegation to third position among the airport's transatlantic airlines during the 2018 summer timetable period.{{cite web |url=https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/iag-and-norwegian-air-begin-to-tango-411857 |title=IAG and Norwegian Air begin to tango: Norwegian is number three and BA number two at London Gatwick |publisher=CAPA Centre for Aviation |date=24 April 2018 |access-date=2 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616154202/https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/iag-and-norwegian-air-begin-to-tango-411857 |archive-date=16 June 2018 |url-status=live }} easyJet, BA and Norwegian collectively accounted for 65.43% of Gatwick's total passengers in 2016 (easyJet: 40.37% / 17.4 million; BA: 14.39% / 6.2 million; Norwegian: 10.67% / 4.6 million).{{cite news |url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2017/04/20/british-airways-gatwick-traffic-tops-six-million-passengers/ |author=Caswell, Mark |title=British Airways Gatwick traffic tops six million passengers |magazine=Business Traveller |date=20 April 2017 |access-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616153557/https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2017/04/20/british-airways-gatwick-traffic-tops-six-million-passengers/ |archive-date=16 June 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/272465/norwegian-adds-first-asian-market-to-london-long-haul-network/ |author=Maslen, Richard |title=Norwegian adds first Asian market to London long-haul network |website=Routes Online |date=20 April 2017 |access-date=22 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422212003/http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/272465/norwegian-adds-first-asian-market-to-london-long-haul-network/ |archive-date=22 April 2017 |url-status=live }} As per Official Airline Guide (OAG) data for the week of 29 May 2017, their respective international departure seat capacity shares at the airport for summer 2017 are 42.1%, 15.4% and 9.4%.{{cite web |url=https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/norwegian-air-part-1-a-second-uk-long-haul-base-at-edinburgh-matches-virgin-on-gatwick-us-seats-321812 |title=Norwegian Air part 1 – A second UK long haul base at Edinburgh. Matches Virgin on Gatwick-US seats: Gatwick still dominates Norwegian's UK operation (Table: London Gatwick Airport: airlines by share of international seats, week of 29-May-2017) |publisher=CAPA Centre for Aviation |date=9 January 2017 |access-date=9 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110090034/https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/norwegian-air-part-1-a-second-uk-long-haul-base-at-edinburgh-matches-virgin-on-gatwick-us-seats-321812 |archive-date=10 January 2017 |url-status=live}}

In terms of passengers carried easyJet and BA were also among the five largest airlines operating at Gatwick in 2010 (which also included TUI Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines at the time) and the top 10 in 2015.Airways (Forward, D.C., London Gatwick Goes Global – GIP Gets the Goat Farm: Fast Facts – London Gatwick), Vol. 18, No. 5, p. 27, Airways International Inc., Sandpoint, July 2011{{cite journal |url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/250940/gatwick-innovates-to-link-its-low-cost-airlines/ |journal=Routes Online |title=Gatwick Innovates To Link Its Low-Cost Airlines |date=15 September 2015 |access-date=18 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916232538/http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/250940/gatwick-innovates-to-link-its-low-cost-airlines/ |archive-date=16 September 2015 |url-status=live}} In terms of total scheduled airline seats at Gatwick in 2014, easyJet accounted for 18.36 million, more than two-and-a-half times as many as second-placed BA (7 million) and nearly five times the number offered by third-placed Norwegian Air Shuttle (3.74 million).{{cite journal |url=http://www.anna.aero/2015/01/21/will-heathrow-or-gatwick-get-the-additional-runway-they-want/ |title=Heathrow or Gatwick? The Battle of London: British Airways and easyJet dominate ... Top 15 airlines at Gatwick in 2014 |journal=Anna.aero |date=21 January 2015 |access-date=24 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124085646/http://www.anna.aero/2015/01/21/will-heathrow-or-gatwick-get-the-additional-runway-they-want/ |archive-date=24 January 2015 |url-status=live}} Using data sourced from the OAG Schedules Analyser, the following changes in the respective departure seat capacity shares of Gatwick's three biggest airlines occurred from 2010 to 2015: easyJet's share increased from 26.1% in 2010 to 42.1% in 2015; BA's share dropped from 18.3% in 2010 to 15% in 2015; Norwegian's share rose almost three-fold from less than 3% in 2010 to 8.3% in 2015. easyJet, BA, Norwegian, TUI Airways, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Monarch Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Vueling and Emirates were Gatwick's top 10 airlines by share of passengers in 2017.{{cite press release |url=https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/gatwick-by-numbers/ |title=Gatwick by numbers [2017] |publisher=Gatwick Airport |date=December 2016 |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616153659/https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/gatwick-by-numbers/ |archive-date=16 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}

easyJet's acquisition of BA franchise carrier GB Airways in March 2008 increased its share of airport slots to 24% (from 17% in late 2007); the airline became the largest short-haul operator at the airport, accounting for 29% of short-haul passengers.{{cite news| last=Done| first=Kevin| title=EasyJet in £103m GB Airways move| url=https://www.ft.com/content/705ccf84-82d3-11dc-b042-0000779fd2ac |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/705ccf84-82d3-11dc-b042-0000779fd2ac |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-status=live| newspaper=Financial Times| location=London| date=26 October 2007| url-access=subscription| access-date=16 November 2021}} By 2009, BA's share of Gatwick slots had fallen to 20% from its peak of 40% in 2001. By 2010, this had declined to 16%.{{cite web |url=http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/british-airways-the-parental-favourite-gets-new-toys-but-still-has-homework-to-do-110949 |title=British Airways: the parental favourite gets new toys, but still has homework to do – BA's decline at Gatwick |website=CAPA Centre for Aviation |date=24 May 2013 |access-date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719112224/http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/british-airways-the-parental-favourite-gets-new-toys-but-still-has-homework-to-do-110949 |archive-date=19 July 2013 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/easyjet-lassos-london-gatwick-and-luton-airports-with-long-term-deals-160652 |title=EasyJet lassos London Gatwick and Luton airports with long-term deals: easyJet's negotiating power at Gatwick is stronger than ever |website=CAPA Centre for Aviation |date=2 April 2014 |access-date=4 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406161656/http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/easyjet-lassos-london-gatwick-and-luton-airports-with-long-term-deals-160652 |archive-date=6 April 2014 |url-status=live}} By mid-2012, easyJet had 45% of Gatwick's early-morning peak time slots (6 a.m. to 8:55 a.m.).British Airways, 15%; Thomson Airways, 11%; Monarch Airlines, 7%; Flybe and Thomas Cook Airlines, 6% each{{cite press release |url=http://corporate.easyjet.com/investors/presentations-webcasts/~/media/Files/E/Easyjet-Plc-V2/pdf/investors/results-centre/2012/capital-markets-day-31jan2012.pdf |title=Europe by EasyJet: 2012 Investor Day (Network Development and Optimisation: Strong slot position at key airports – Summer '12 Gatwick departures 0600-0855, p. 20) |publisher=easyjet |date=31 January 2012 |access-date=4 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064604/http://corporate.easyjet.com/investors/presentations-webcasts/~/media/Files/E/Easyjet-Plc-V2/pdf/investors/results-centre/2012/capital-markets-day-31jan2012.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=live }}

By 2008, Flybe was Gatwick's third-largest airline (accounting for 9% of its slots) and its fastest-growing airline.{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22c1715a-ce02-11dd-8b30-000077b07658.html |title=Aer Lingus to set up base at Gatwick |newspaper=Financial Times |location=London |date=19 December 2008 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429053600/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22c1715a-ce02-11dd-8b30-000077b07658.html |archive-date=29 April 2009 |url-status=live}}{{cite press release |url=http://www.easier.com/view/Travel/Flights/Flybe/article-207567.html |title=Flybe welcomes sale of London Gatwick |publisher=Easier.com |date=2 October 2008 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114173936/http://www.easier.com/view/Travel/Flights/Flybe/article-207567.html |archive-date=14 January 2009 |url-status=live}} It became the airport's largest domestic operator, carrying 1.2 million passengers in its 2011–12 financial year on eight routes to destinations in the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.{{cite web |url=http://www.flybe.com/corporate/pdf/Flybe-Group-plc-Annual-Report-2011.12.pdf |title=Flybe Group Annual Report 2011/12 – Business highlights: Airport policy, p. 9 |website=flybe.com |date=11 June 2012 |access-date=12 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122180430/http://www.flybe.com/corporate/pdf/Flybe-Group-plc-Annual-Report-2011.12.pdf |archive-date=22 November 2012 |url-status=live}} In March 2013, the airline announced that it would end operations at Gatwick, citing unsustainably high airport charges and increases in UK Air Passenger Duty. Flybe sold its 25 pairs of daily slotsincluding eight early-morning peak-time slot pairs at the airport to easyJet for £20 million.{{cite press release |url=http://www.flybe.com/corporate/media/news/1305/23.htm |title=Flybe Announces Departure From London Gatwick Airport ... Airline confirms it will maintain all Gatwick services until March 29, 2014 |publisher=Flybe |date=23 May 2013 |access-date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610073410/http://www.flybe.com/corporate/media/news/1305/23.htm |archive-date=10 June 2013 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Flybe sells Gatwick slots to easyJet for £20m. However easyJet chose not to operate to Guernsey that Flybe was already running so Aurigny decided to buy an Embraer E195 to operate from Gatwick to Guernsey to help the London operations for the Bailiwick to keep operating. |last=Strydom |first=Martin |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=23 May 2013 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/10075367/Flybe-sells-Gatwick-slots-to-easyJet-for-20m.html |access-date=12 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323150932/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/10075367/Flybe-sells-Gatwick-slots-to-easyJet-for-20m.html |archive-date=23 March 2014 |url-status=live }} The latter's share of Gatwick slots increased to 44% in summer 2014; second-placed BA has held about 16% of the airport's slots since 2010.{{cite web |url=http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/easyjet-works-the-gatwick-slot-machine-as-flybe-cashes-out-111965 |title=EasyJet works the Gatwick slot machine as Flybe cashes out: Flybe has less than half the average number of passengers per ATM at Gatwick – Seats per ATM at London Gatwick |website=CAPA Centre for Aviation |date=31 May 2013 |access-date=31 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617152343/http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/easyjet-works-the-gatwick-slot-machine-as-flybe-cashes-out-111965 |archive-date=17 June 2013 |url-status=live }} Following the sale of its Gatwick slots to easyJet, Flybe continued to provide the scheduled service between Gatwick and Newquay, as a result of being awarded the contract to fly this route under a four-year Public Service Obligation (PSO), until the flight was subsequently moved from Gatwick to Heathrow Airport in April 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/News/Gatwick-welcomes-funding-deal-for-Cornwall-to-London-air-link-979.aspx |title=Gatwick welcomes funding deal for Cornwall to London air link |website=Flybe |date=27 October 2014 |access-date=9 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141109161139/http://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/News/Gatwick-welcomes-funding-deal-for-Cornwall-to-London-air-link-979.aspx |archive-date=9 November 2014 }}{{cite news| url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2018/11/22/flybe-transfers-newquay-route-to-london-heathrow/| title=Flybe transfers Newquay route to London Heathrow| last=McWhirter| first=Alex| journal=Business Traveller| date=22 November 2018| access-date=12 July 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712050914/https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2018/11/22/flybe-transfers-newquay-route-to-london-heathrow/| archive-date=12 July 2019| url-status=live}}

Slots left by the US carriers (and the collapse of Zoom Airlines, Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, XL Airways UK, Sterling Airlines, Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, and Adria Airways) were taken by easyJet, Flybe, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Ryanair. Many full-service airlines have established or resumed operations at the airport, including Air China, Cathay Pacific, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and WestJet. This is part of the airport's strategy to attract higher-spending business travellers (countering its dependence on European low-cost and charter markets), increasing year-round capacity utilisation by smoothing peaks and troughs in traffic. Gatwick's success in persuading these airlines to launch (or re-launch) routes to overseas destinations important for business and leisure travel was aided by a lack of comparable slots at Heathrow.{{cite web |url=http://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/News/Small-decline-in-passenger-numbers-at-Gatwick-in-January-7d0.aspx |title=Small decline in passenger numbers at Gatwick in January |publisher=London Gatwick Airport |date=11 February 2013 |access-date=15 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411004416/http://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/News/Small-decline-in-passenger-numbers-at-Gatwick-in-January-7d0.aspx |archive-date=11 April 2013 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/gatwick-goes-after-the-business-traveller |title=Gatwick goes after the business traveller (> News) |journal=Business Traveller |date=24 November 2011 |access-date=11 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512052313/http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/gatwick-goes-after-the-business-traveller |archive-date=12 May 2012 |url-status=live }}

On 5 May 2020, Virgin Atlantic announced it would cease operations at Gatwick due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite press release |url=https://corporate.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/media/press-releases/Our-post-Covid19-future.html |access-date=13 September 2021 |title=Our post-Covid19 future |date=5 May 2020 |publisher=Virgin Atlantic |archive-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505165234/https://corporate.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/media/press-releases/Our-post-Covid19-future.html |url-status=live }} On 18 August 2020, Wizz Air announced a new hub at Gatwick Airport. Initially basing their A321 aircraft there along with additional commercial routes to Greece, Italy, Spain, and Malta operating from 22 October 2020, onwards.{{cite news| title=Wizz Air announces new Gatwick base| url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/08/18/wizz-air-announces-new-gatwick-base/| first=Tom| last=Otley| date=18 August 2020| access-date=16 November 2021| journal=Business Traveller| language=en-GB| archive-date=19 August 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819140825/https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/08/18/wizz-air-announces-new-gatwick-base/| url-status=live}}

In September 2021, the International Airlines Group announced that British Airways would terminate its short- and medium-haul base operations at Gatwick with immediate effect resulting in the cancellation of more than 30 routes. This came after labour negotiations regarding the handover of these operations, most of which were still suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to a newly formed budget subsidiary failed. British Airways continues to serve two domestic destinations, Glasgow and Manchester alongside their long-haul network from Gatwick.{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/british-airways-scrap-gatwick-short-haul-operations-2021-09-23/| title=BA to scrap Gatwick short-haul flights after low-cost plan fails| date=23 September 2021| website=Reuters| access-date=1 October 2021| archive-date=1 October 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001195536/https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/british-airways-scrap-gatwick-short-haul-operations-2021-09-23/| url-status=live}}

British Airways has now resumed short-haul flights from Gatwick, as a new subsidiary which will be initially operated by British Airways, but will soon be managed under the trading name "BA EuroFlyer". The company expects this to happen by the autumn of 2022.{{cite news| url=https://mediacentre.britishairways.com/pressrelease/details/86/0/13611/| title=BA announces new routes and starts selling seats for new Gatwick subsidy after initial termination of Gatwick Operations| date=14 December 2021| website=British Airways| access-date=13 June 2022| archive-date=22 June 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622085502/https://mediacentre.britishairways.com/pressrelease/details/86/0/13611| url-status=live}}

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Gatwick's original terminal, the Beehive, is included within the City Place Gatwick office complex together with 1, 2 and 3 City Place."[http://www.cityplacegatwick.com/cpg_home.html Cityplacegatwick]". {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927220723/http://www.cityplacegatwick.com/cpg_home.html |date=27 September 2010}}. City Place Gatwick. Retrieved 12 February 2011."[http://www.cityplacegatwick.com/images/cpg_masterplan.jpg Master Plan]." {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708161119/http://www.cityplacegatwick.com/images/cpg_masterplan.jpg |date=8 July 2011 }}. City Place Gatwick. Retrieved 12 February 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%201475.html |title=Modern Airport – Features of Gatwick, London's Latest Terminal: Rational Building Layout: Ground and Air Traffic Control: Ancillary Services |work=Flight |date=4 June 1936 |page=602 |access-date=12 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302173030/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%201475.html |archive-date=2 March 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%201478.html |title=Modern Airport – Features of Gatwick, ... |journal=Flight |date=4 June 1936 |page=603 |access-date=12 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306205225/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%201478.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%201479.html |title=Modern Airport – Features of Gatwick, ... |journal=Flight |date=4 June 1936 |page=604 |access-date=12 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306204150/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%201479.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=live}} The complex was developed by BAA Lynton."[http://www.propertyweek.com/mepc-lands-bt-workstyle-pre-let-at-aerodrome/2003362.article MEPC lands BT Workstyle pre-let at aerodrome] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715123004/http://www.propertyweek.com/mepc-lands-bt-workstyle-pre-let-at-aerodrome/2003362.article |date=15 July 2011 }}." Property Week. 17 March 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2011. "Signing the pre-let caps a busy week for BT. It has also pre-let 14,000 sq m (150,000 sq ft) at BAA Lynton's 46,500 sq m (500,000 sq ft) City Place scheme at Gatwick." Some airlines have had offices at the Beehive, including BEA/British Airways Helicopters,{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%200614.html |title=BAH is moving ... to Aberdeen, Rotary Briefs, Business Aviation |work=Flight International |date=2 March 1985 |page=12 |access-date=2 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415102109/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%200614.html |archive-date=15 April 2014 |url-status=live}}Classic Aircraft (Gone but not forgotten ... BEA and BA Helicopters), Vol. 44, No. 12, p. 69, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, December 2011 Jersey Airlines, Caledonian Airways, Virgin Atlantic and GB Airways."[https://web.archive.org/web/20070214124459/http://www.gbairways.co.uk/company-details/the-beehive/ The Beehive]". GB Airways. Retrieved 19 May 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.british-caledonian.com/Crew_J-Q.html |title=British Caledonian – A Tribute: The Crewroom Notices |publisher=british-caledonian.com |date=2 June 2012 |access-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418020826/http://www.british-caledonian.com/Crew_J-Q.html |archive-date=18 April 2012 }}{{cite journal| title=Air Commerce ..., Up to date with Caledonian| journal=Flight International| page=121| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%200121.html| date=25 January 1962| access-date=9 June 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017021036/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%200121.html | archive-date=17 October 2012 | url-status=live }}{{cite journal| title=World Airline Directory, British Atlantic Airways| journal=Flight International| page=826| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1984/1984%20-%200542.html| date=31 March 1984| access-date=9 June 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025161307/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1984/1984%20-%200542.html| archive-date=25 October 2012| url-status=live}}

Other airlines which had headquarters on airport property (including office buildings on the site of, or adjacent to, the original 1930s airport) include British Caledonian,{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g-ZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GqcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4242,3082234&dq=british-united-airways+gatwick&hl=en| title=Caledonian Takes Over B.U.A. for £7m.| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414205413/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g-ZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GqcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4242,3082234&dq=british-united-airways+gatwick&hl=en| archive-date=14 April 2016| newspaper=Evening Times| location=Glasgow| date=21 October 1970| page=14| via=Google News| access-date=16 November 2021}}"World Airline Directory." Flight International. 18 May 1972. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201272.html?search=%22British%20Caledonian%22 Supplement 18]". {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306205313/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1972/1972%20-%201272.html?search=%22British%20Caledonian%22 |date=6 March 2012}}. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, England." British United Airways,{{cite journal| title=Air Transport ..., BUA retrenches| journal=Flight International| page=1058| url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%201378.html| date=28 December 1967| access-date=13 February 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306205258/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%201378.html| archive-date=6 March 2012| url-status=live}} CityFlyer Express,"World Airline Directory." Flight International. 24–30 March 1999. "[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200644.html?search=%22CityFlyer%20Express%22 64]". {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204173408/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200644.html?search=%22CityFlyer%20Express%22 |date=4 February 2012 }}. "Iain Stewart Centre, Beehive Ring Road, Gatwick Airport, Gatwick, West Sussex, RH6 OPB, UK" Fastjet,{{cite web| url=http://www.fastjet.com/us/en/corporate/investor-contacts| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125184750/http://www.fastjet.com/us/en/corporate/investor-contacts| url-status=dead| archive-date=2014-11-25| title=Investor Contacts| website=Fastjet| date=2014-11-15| access-date=2021-02-02| quote=Registered Office and Head Office fastjet Plc Suite 2C First Point Buckingham Gate Gatwick Airport RH6 0NT}} Laker Airways"World Airline Directory." Flight International. 16 May 1981. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201443.html?search=%22Laker%20Airways%23 1445] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306205340/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201443.html?search=%22Laker%20Airways%23 |date=6 March 2012 }}. "Head Office: London Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey, UK." and Tradewinds Airways.{{Cite journal | title=World Airline Survey ... | journal=Flight International | page=564 | url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%201817.html | date=10 April 1969 | access-date=13 February 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204172737/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%201817.html | archive-date=4 February 2012 | url-status=live }} "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley. Surrey."World Airline Directory. Flight International. 20 March 1975. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200567.html 505] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204181105/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200567.html |date=4 February 2012 }}. "Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey."

{{Main|Gatwick Aviation Museum}}

Situated to the northwest of the airfield near the village of Charlwood, there is a museum including original items and photographs from Gatwick's history, as well as a variety of military aircraft. It is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday all year round.{{cite web|url=http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/|title=New Gatwick Aviation Museum|website=www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk|access-date=29 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102074505/http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/|archive-date=2 November 2016|url-status=live}}

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The airport has two terminals, South and North, with 65 total gates. Both have shops and restaurants landside and airside, and all areas are accessible to disabled passengers. There are facilities for baby changing and feeding. Business travellers have specialised lounges. The North and South Terminals are connected by a 0.75-mile (1.21 km), elevated, two-way automated people mover landside. They are not connected once past security.

South Terminal has 32 gates with jetbridges and 7 remote gates. Pier 1 has gates 1-5, all equipped with jetbridges, Pier 2 has gates 10A and gates 10-28 all with jetbridges, except 10A. Pier 3 has gates 31-39 jetbridges and 90-95 (bus gates). The official opening of the central pier of what is now the South Terminal, with 11 aircraft stands, was on 9 June 1958. Gatwick was one of the world's first airports with an enclosed pier-based terminal, which allowed passengers to walk under cover to waiting areas near the aircraft (with only a short walk outdoors). Another feature of Gatwick's new air terminal was its modular design, permitting subsequent, phased expansion.Golden Gatwick—50 Years of Aviation, Chapter 8 As passenger numbers grew, a circular satellite pier was added to the terminal building. It was connected to the main terminal by the UK's first automated people mover system. This replaced the original North Pier dating from 1962; the people mover was subsequently replaced with a walkway and travelators.

The South Terminal was temporarily closed from June 2020, and all airlines normally operating from this terminal were relocated to the North Terminal, owing to the sharp decline in passenger traffic as a result of the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=http://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2019/gatwick-introduces-covid19-protective-measures.aspx|title=Gatwick introduces COVID-19 protective measures with guidance for passengers and staff to protect each other - as it prepares to reopen its North Terminal to accommodate more flights|website=www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619041224/http://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2019/gatwick-introduces-covid19-protective-measures.aspx|url-status=live}} It fully reopened in March 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-60888282|title=Gatwick Airport's South Terminal reopens after pandemic closure|work=BBC News|location=Tunbridge Wells|publisher=BBC English Regions|date=27 March 2022|access-date=29 March 2022|archive-date=29 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329211612/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-60888282|url-status=live}} During the time it was not in operation, it was used as a remote filming location for the fourteenth series of the television show Taskmaster.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

North Terminal has 31 gates with jetbridges including three which can support an Airbus A380. Pier 4 has bussing gate 45 and jetbridge gates 46-55. Pier 5 has gates 557-574, all with jetbridges. Pier 6 has gates 101-113, all with jetbridges . Construction began on the North Terminal on land previously earmarked for a second runway in the draft plan of May 1970. This was the largest construction project south of London in the 1980s, costing £200 million.Above Us The Skies: The Story of BAA – 1991 (Michael Donne – BAA plc), p. 15Gatwick Airport: The first 50 years, Woodley, C., The History Press, Stroud, 2014, p. 101 In 1991 a second aircraft pier was added to the North Terminal. On 16 May 2005, the new Pier 6 opened at £110 million, adding 11 pier-served aircraft stands. The pier is linked to the North Terminal's main building by the second-largest air passenger bridge in the world,{{refn|group=nb|The largest is the IAF Pedestrian Walkway at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac) which opened in 2022.{{cite web |title=Five Fast Facts about the IAF Pedestrian Walkway |url=https://www.portseattle.org/blog/five-fast-facts-about-iaf-pedestrian-walkway |website=Port of Seattle |access-date=12 July 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712133201/https://www.portseattle.org/blog/five-fast-facts-about-iaf-pedestrian-walkway |url-status=live }}}} spanning a taxiway and providing passengers with views of the airport and taxiing aircraft.Gatwick Airport: The first 50 years, Woodley, C., The History Press, Stroud, 2014, p. 129

A large extension to the terminal was opened by former Prime Minister John Major in November 2011.{{cite web|url=https://airportsinternational.keypublishing.com/4gatw1/|title=4)GATW~1|publisher=Airports International|date=November 2011|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801001331/https://airportsinternational.keypublishing.com/4gatw1/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15769869|title=Major opens Gatwick North Terminal extension|publisher=BB|date=17 November 2011|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417194920/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15769869|url-status=live}}

As part of a seven-year strategic commercial partnership between Gatwick and EasyJet, the airport proposed several changes to individual airlines' terminal locations. These would see EasyJet consolidate all its Gatwick operations in the North Terminal, while British Airways and Virgin Atlantic would swap their terminals. Gatwick believes that these terminal moves improve the airport's operational efficiency and resilience, as the use of different terminals by EasyJet and British Airways reduces pressure on the North Terminal's check-in, security, boarding and ramp areas at peak times. In addition, a terminal swap by Virgin frees up lounge and gate space for BA long-haul passengers in the South Terminal and, unlike BA's current short-haul schedules, Virgin's long-haul schedules do not clash with EasyJet's busy schedule in the North Terminal due to the airlines' differing peak times.

It was confirmed in January 2015 that British Airways would move all its flights to the South Terminal in November 2016 while all EasyJet flights would be consolidated in the North Terminal at the same time.{{cite web |url=http://mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2015/2015-01-23-airlines-to-operate.aspx |title=Airlines to operate out of single terminals at London Gatwick (> Media centre > Press releases) |publisher=Gatwick Airport |date=23 January 2015 |access-date=24 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112820/http://mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2015/2015-01-23-airlines-to-operate.aspx |archive-date=28 January 2015 |url-status=live }} However, it was decided in February 2016 to postpone the agreed relocation of airlines until 25 January 2017, to avoid operational disruptions over the 2016–17 Christmas season and to give all parties involved enough time to deal with any unforeseen issues ahead of the February 2017 half-term holidays.{{cite web |url=http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/gatwick-reshuffle-delayed-until-early-2017 |title=Gatwick moves airline reshuffle to early 2017 (> News) |publisher=Business Traveller |date=11 February 2016 |access-date=20 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214010735/http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/gatwick-reshuffle-delayed-until-early-2017 |archive-date=14 February 2016 |url-status=live }} The relocation of these airlines was accomplished by the revised date of 25 January 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/at-the-airport/flying-in/some-airlines-are-moving/ |title=Some airlines have moved (> At the airport > Flying in > Some airlines are moving) |publisher=Gatwick Airport |access-date=4 February 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100148/http://www.gatwickairport.com/at-the-airport/flying-in/some-airlines-are-moving/ |archive-date=5 February 2017 }}

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled flights to and from Gatwick Airport:[http://www.gatwickairport.com/booktrip/Flight-Timetables/ gatwickairport.com - Flight Timetables] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083351/http://www.gatwickairport.com/booktrip/Flight-Timetables/ |date=18 May 2015 }} retrieved 8 October 2016

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| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal: Athens{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240307-a3ns24lhr|title=Aegean Airlines Increases London Heathrow Service in NS24|website=AeroRoutes}}

| Air Arabia | Tangier

| Air China | Beijing–Capital,{{cite web |title=Air China 2Q25 Beijing – London Gatwick Service Changes – 09DEC24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241209-ca2q25peklgw |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=9 December 2024}} Shanghai–Pudong{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240815-canw24peklgw | title=Air China NW24 Beijing – London Gatwick Service Changes }}

| Air Europa | Madrid{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Madrid|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=609–616}}

| Air India | Ahmedabad,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240925-ai4q24uk|title=Air India 4Q24 UK Service Increases|website=Aeroroutes}} Amritsar,{{cite news|title=Air India launches weekly flights to London's Gatwick, Heathrow Airport|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-india-launches-weekly-flights-to-londons-gatwick-heathrow-airport/articleshow/96933162.cms|work=The Economic Times|date=12 January 2023|access-date=13 January 2023|language=en}} Goa–Mopa{{cite news|title=Air India launches weekly flights to London's Gatwick, Heathrow Airport|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-india-launches-weekly-flights-to-londons-gatwick-heathrow-airport/articleshow/96933162.cms|work=The Economic Times|date=12 January 2023|access-date=13 January 2023|language=en|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203062545/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-india-launches-weekly-flights-to-londons-gatwick-heathrow-airport/articleshow/96933162.cms|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Air India Announces New Flight Changes to London for Summer 2025|url=https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/01/30/air-india-london-summer-2025-schedule-changes/|work=Aviation A2Z|date=30 January 2025|access-date=30 January 2025|language=en}}

| Air Mauritius | Mauritius{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231030-uknw23 | title=UK NW23 Network Additions/Removals Summary – 29OCT23 }}

| Air Peace | Lagos[https://aviation.direct/air-peace-kuendigt-lagos-london-gatwick-an aviation.direct - "Air Peace announces Lagos-London (Gatwick)"] (German) 20 February 2024{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240503-p4jun24lgw|title=Air Peace June – August 2024 London Gatwick Aircraft Changes|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=3 May 2024|accessdate=14 October 2024|language=en-ca}}

| Air Sierra Leone | Freetown (begins 16 June 2025){{cite web | url=https://simpleflying.com/london-gets-longest-boeing-737-flights-with-new-airline-arrival/ | title=London Gets Longest Boeing 737 Flights with New Airline Arrival | date=16 April 2025 }}

| Air Transat | Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

| airBaltic | Riga,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240321-btnw24|title=airBaltic NW24 Network Changes – 20MAR24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=21 March 2024|accessdate=15 March 2025|language=en}} Tallinn{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220905-btnw22|title=airBaltic NW22 Network Changes – 04SEP22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=5 September 2022|accessdate=15 March 2025|language=en}}

| Atlantic Airways | Seasonal: Vágar{{cite web | url=https://italiavola.com/2024/01/08/atlantic-airways-apre-i-voli-tra-londra-gatwick-e-faroe-vagar/ | title=Atlantic Airways apre i voli tra Londra Gatwick e Faroe/Vagar | date=8 January 2024 }}

| Aurigny | Guernsey{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Guernsey|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=412}}

| Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Azerbaijan Airlines Increases London Gatwick Service in NS25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250402-j2ns25lgw |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=2 April 2025 |language=en-CA}}

| Azores Airlines | Seasonal: Ponta Delgada{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231029-s4ns24lgw|title=Azores Airlines Schedules Ponta Delgada – London Gatwick Route in NS24|website=AeroRoutes|access-date=29 October 2023|archive-date=29 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029120214/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231029-s4ns24lgw|url-status=live}}

| British Airways | Accra, Agadir,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/ba-returns-to-stansted-with-three-routes | title=BA returns to Stansted with three routes }} Algiers, Alicante,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241031-a0nw24|title=BA EuroFlyer NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes|accessdate=31 October 2024}} Antigua,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241028-banw24inc|title=British Airways NW24 Intercontinental Network Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes|accessdate=31 October 2024}} Aruba,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221225-ns23gb|title=BA EuroFlyer April 2023 Network|website=Aeroroutes.com|publisher=Aeroroutes|accessdate=31 October 2024}} Bordeaux, Cancún,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240917-bans25lgwcun|title=British Airways Increases London Gatwick – Cancun Service in NS25|website=Aeroroutes|accessdate=31 October 2024}} Dubrovnik, Faro, Funchal,{{Cite web|url=https://newsavia.com/british-airways-programa-nova-rota-entre-londres-gatwick-e-a-ilha-da-madeira/|title=British Airways programa nova rota entre Londres Gatwick e a ilha da Madeira|date=27 December 2023}} Georgetown–Cheddi Jagan, Glasgow,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220331-balgw|title=British Airways NS22 Gatwick Short-Haul Network - 31MAR22 Update|website=Aeroroutes.com|publisher=Aeroroutes|accessdate=1 November 2024}} Gran Canaria, Grenada,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220825-bans23inc|title=British Airways NS23 Intercontinental service Changes – 24AUG22|website=Aeroroutes.com|publisher=Aeroroutes|accessdate=1 November 2024}} Islamabad,{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240411-banw24inc|title=British Airways NW24 Intercontinental Network Changes|website=AeroRoutes|access-date=11 April 2024}} Jersey,{{cite web |title=British Airways Resumes London Gatwick – Jersey From late-May 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240216-a0ns24jer |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=16 February 2024}} Kingston–Norman Manley,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240402-bans24inc|title=British Airways NS24 Intercontinental Network Changes – 31MAR24|website=Aeroroutes.com|publisher=Aeroroutes|accessdate=31 October 2024}} Lanzarote, Larnaca,{{cite web | url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/ba-euroflyer-to-launch-london-gatwick-larnaca-service-in-nov-2024-1266157 | title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA }} Málaga, Malta, Marrakesh,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230322-a0apr23|title=BA EuroFlyer April 2023 Network|website=Aeroroutes.com|publisher=Aeroroutes|accessdate=31 October 2024}} Mauritius,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240411-banw24inc|title=British Airways NW24 Intercontinental Network Changes – 10APR24|website=Aeroroutes|accessdate=31 October 2024}} Nice, Orlando, Palma de Mallorca,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240122-bans24eu|title=British Airways NS24 Gatwick / Heathrow European Frequency Changes – 21JAN24|website=Aeroroutes.com|publisher=Aeroroutes|accessdate=31 October 2024}} Porto, Port of Spain, Punta Cana, Salzburg, Seville, St. Kitts,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220810-bans23lgw|title=British Airways NS23 London Gatwick - Americas Service Adjustment|website=Aeroroutes.com|publisher=Aeroroutes|accessdate=1 November 2024}} St. Lucia–Hewanorra, Tampa, Tenerife–South, Tobago, Turin, Verona
Seasonal: Antalya, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,{{cite web |last=Brandler |first=Hannah |date=5 March 2024 |title=British Airways unveils cabin upgrades, free messaging and route resumptions to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok |website=Business Traveller |url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2024/03/05/british-airways-unveils-cabin-upgrades-free-messaging-and-route-resumptions-to-kuala-lumpur-and-bangkok/ }}{{cite web | url=https://airlinergs.com/british-airways-ups-gatwick-bangkok-frequency-after-expanded-codeshare-partnership/ | title=British Airways ups Gatwick-Bangkok frequency | date=9 August 2024 }} Bari, Cagliari, Cape Town, Catania, Chambéry,{{cite web | url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/ba-cityflyer-to-launch-london-gatwick-chambery-service-1268946 | title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA }} Corfu, Dalaman, Fuerteventura, Geneva, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, Innsbruck,{{cite web | url=https://airlinergs.com/british-airways-adds-five-new-short-haul-services-to-its-london-gatwick-network/ | title=British Airways Adds Five New Short-Haul Services to Its London Gatwick Network | date=4 January 2023 | access-date=4 January 2023 | archive-date=2 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202234016/https://airlinergs.com/british-airways-adds-five-new-short-haul-services-to-its-london-gatwick-network/ | url-status=live }} Ivalo,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/ba-euroflyer-to-operate-flights-to-lapland-and-larnaca-this-winter | title=BA Euroflyer to operate flights to Lapland and Larnaca this winter }} Kos, Las Vegas, Lyon, Menorca, Montpellier, New York–JFK, Paphos, Rhodes, Salerno (begins 22 May 2025),{{cite web |url=https://italiavola.com/2024/11/26/british-airways-apre-su-salerno-nel-2025/ |title= British Airways apre su Salerno nel 2025|date= 26 November 2024|website=italiavola.com |language=Italian |trans-title= British Airways to open on Salerno in 2025}} San José (CR),{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Sharm El Sheikh, Thessaloniki, Vancouver

| China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai–Pudong{{cite web |title=China Eastern Resumes Shanghai – London Gatwick Service From late-June 2023 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230522-mujun23lgw |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=22 May 2023 |archive-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522110941/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230522-mujun23lgw |url-status=live }}

| China Southern Airlines | Guangzhou (resumes 20 June 2025),{{cite web|title=China Southern NS25 Guangzhou – London Gatwick Service Changes|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250103-czns25canlgw|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=3 January 2025}} Zhengzhou{{Cite web|url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/china-southern-airlines-to-commence-zhengzhou-london-gatwick-service-in-dec-2023-1225575|title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA|website=centreforaviation.com|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926075701/https://centreforaviation.com/news/china-southern-airlines-to-commence-zhengzhou-london-gatwick-service-in-dec-2023-1225575|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230926-cz4q23lon|title=China Southern 4Q23 London Network Expansion|website=AeroRoutes|access-date=28 September 2023|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928162358/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230926-cz4q23lon|url-status=live}}

| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220504-xcnw22uk|title=Corendon Airlines NW22 UK Operations - 03MAY22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=4 May 2022|accessdate=11 November 2024|language=en-ca}} Heraklion{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/articles/509423/corendon-airlines-adds-crete-to-summer-2024-programme | title=Corendon Airlines adds Crete to summer 2024 programme }}

| Croatia Airlines | Seasonal: Split{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Split, Croatia|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=1021–1022}}

| Delta Air Lines | Seasonal: New York–JFK{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231031-dlnw23inc|title=Delta NW23 Intercontinental Network Adjustment - 29OCT23|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=31 October 2023|accessdate=2 November 2023|archive-date=2 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102061352/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231031-dlnw23inc|url-status=live}}

| Eastern Airways | Newquay

| easyJet | Aberdeen, Agadir,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220905-u2nw22lonman|title=easyJet NW22 London / Manchester Frequency Changes – 04SEP22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=5 September 2022|accessdate=1 April 2025|language=en}} Akureyri,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230911-u2nw23|title=easyJet NW23 Network Additions – 10SEP23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=11 September 2023|accessdate=1 April 2025|language=en}} Alicante, Almería, Amsterdam, Antalya,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220704-u2jul22uk|title=easyJet July 2022 UK Operation Update - 03JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=4 July 2022|accessdate=7 April 2025|language=en}} Athens, Barcelona, Bari,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220704-u2jul22ites|title=easyJet July 2022 Italy / Spain Operation Update - 03JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=4 July 2022|accessdate=7 April 2025|language=en}} Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–City,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220711-u2aug22lgwman|title=easyJet London Gatwick / Manchester Aug 2022 Operation Update - 10JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=11 July 2022|accessdate=7 April 2025|language=en}} Belfast–International, Berlin, Bordeaux, Budapest,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240119-u2jul24gb|title=easyJet July/August 2024 UK Frequency Variations – 14JAN24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=19 January 2024|accessdate=1 April 2025|language=en}} Catania, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Düsseldorf,{{cite web|url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/easyjet-startet-mit-drei-routen-am-flughafen-duesseldorf|title=Easyjet startet mit drei Routen am Flughafen Düsseldorf|website=aerotelegraph.com|date=7 November 2024}} Edinburgh, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Gran Canaria,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220411-u2jul22|title=easyJet July 2022 Frequency Changes as of 08APR22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=11 April 2022|accessdate=8 April 2025|language=en}} Hamburg, Hurghada, Innsbruck, Inverness, Isle of Man, Jersey, Kraków, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Lyon, Madrid, Málaga, Malta, Marrakesh, Marseille, Menorca, Milan–Linate,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220704-u2jul22ites|title=easyJet July 2022 Italy / Spain Operation Update - 03JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=4 July 2022|accessdate=7 April 2025|language=en}} Milan–Malpensa, Montpellier, Munich, Murcia, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rennes,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220425-u2ns22|title=easyJet NS22 Network Addition Update - 24APR22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=25 April 2022|accessdate=8 April 2025|language=en}} Rome–Fiumicino, Sal,{{cite web|url=https://www.ttgmedia.com/destinations/easyjet-to-launch-flights-and-holidays-to-cape-verde-next-summer-49228 |title=EasyJet to launch flights and holidays to Cape Verde next summer }} Seville, Sharm El Sheikh, Strasbourg,{{cite web | url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/italie-espagne-angleterre-easyjet-revient-a-l-aeroport-de-strasbourg-et-cree-quatre-nouvelles-lignes-2984915.html | title=Italie, Espagne, Angleterre... EasyJet revient à l'aéroport de Strasbourg et crée quatre nouvelles lignes | date=6 November 2024 }} Tenerife–South,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220704-u2jul22ites|title=easyJet July 2022 Italy / Spain Operation Update - 03JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=4 July 2022|accessdate=7 April 2025|language=en}} Thessaloniki, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Verona, Zurich
Seasonal: Bastia, Biarritz, Bodrum, Brest (resumes 25 June 2025),{{cite web|last=Liu|first=Jim|title=easyJet NS25 Network Additions – 30MAR25|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250402-u2ns25|website=AeroRoutes|date=2 April 2025}} Brindisi, Burgas, Chania, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Figari, Friedrichshafen,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, İzmir, Kalamata, Kefalonia, Kittilä,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/easyjet/easyjet-to-start-direct-flights-from-london-gatwick-and-manchester-to-kittila-airport-in-november/|title=easyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittilä Airport in November|first=André|last=Orban|date=13 July 2023|website=Aviation24.be|access-date=14 July 2023|archive-date=14 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714062202/https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/easyjet/easyjet-to-start-direct-flights-from-london-gatwick-and-manchester-to-kittila-airport-in-november/|url-status=live}} Kos, La Rochelle, Luxor,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/easyjet-to-serve-luxor-for-first-time-in-more-than-a-decade | title=EasyJet to serve Luxor for first time in more than a decade }} Mykonos, Palermo, Preveza/Lefkada, Pula,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220818-u2aug22puy|title=easyJet Adds A321neo London Gatwick – Pula Service in 3Q22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=18 August 2022|accessdate=6 April 2025|language=en}} Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rhodes, Rimini,{{cite web |title=easyJet NS25 Network Additions – 19NOV24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241120-u2ns25 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=20 November 2024}} Rovaniemi, Sälen-Trysil (begins 6 December 2025),{{cite web | url=https://www.travelgossip.co.uk/latestnews/easyjet-adds-new-winter-flights-to-sweden-from-gatwick-and-manchester | title=EasyJet adds new winter flights to Sweden from Gatwick and Manchester }} Salerno,{{cite web | url=https://www.salernonotizie.it/2024/02/29/aeroporto-salerno-in-vendita-sulla-app-di-easyjet-i-biglietti-per-i-voli-da-meta-luglio/ | title=Aeroporto Salerno, in vendita sulla App di EasyJet i biglietti per i voli da metà luglio | date=29 February 2024 }} Salzburg,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Salzburg, Austria|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=772–773}} Santorini, Skiathos,{{Cite web|url=http://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/easyjet-to-start-serving-skiathos-next-summer|title=EasyJet to start serving Skiathos next summer|first=Jacobs Media Group|last=Ltd|website=Travel Weekly|access-date=31 October 2023|archive-date=31 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031032402/http://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/easyjet-to-start-serving-skiathos-next-summer|url-status=live}} Sofia, Split, Tivat, Tromsø,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241114-u2nw24|title=easyJet NW24 Network Additions – 10NOV24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=14 November 2024|accessdate=1 April 2025|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18136051/easyjet-establishes-itself-in-norway?publisherId=17507039&lang=en|title=EasyJet establishes itself in Norway|date=11 June 2024|website=The Avinor Group}} Zadar, Zakynthos

| Emirates | Dubai–International{{cite web|url=https://aircargoweek.com/emirates-ramps-up-operations-to-london-gatwick-with-a-third-daily-a380-service/ |title=Emirates ramps up operations to London Gatwick with a third daily A380 service - Air Cargo Week |date=December 2022 }}{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241108-eknw24|title=Emirates NW24 Operation Changes – 08NOV24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=8 November 2024|accessdate=8 November 2024|language=en-CA}}

| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230803-etnw23lgw|title=ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES RESUMES LONDON GATWICK SERVICE FROM LATE-NOV 2023|website=Aeroroutes|date=3 August 2023|access-date=3 August 2023|archive-date=3 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803082110/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230803-etnw23lgw|url-status=live}}

| FlyErbil | Erbil{{cite web |title=Fly Erbil Schedules London Gatwick late-May 2024 Launch |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240329-udns24lgw |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=29 March 2024}}

| Gulf Air | Bahrain{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250228-gfns25lgw|title=Gulf Air Adds London Gatwick Service in NS25|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=28 February 2025|accessdate=28 February 2025}}

| Iberia Express | Madrid{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220719-ibnw22lgw|title=Iberia Express Expands NW22 Madrid – London Gatwick Capacity|website=Aeroroutes}}

| Icelandair | Reykjavik–Keflavik{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231021-fins24intl|title=Icelandair NS24 International Peak Season Service Changes – 20OCT23|website=Aeroroutes.com|accessdate=2 November 2024|language=en-CA}}

| ITA Airways | Seasonal: Rome-Fiumicino{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240415-ukns24|title=UK NS24 Network Additions – 14APR24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=22 April 2024|accessdate=29 December 2024|language=en-CA}}

| JetBlue{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/jetblue-trims-london-paris-and-new-york-laguardia-service-doubles-down-on-san-juan/ar-BB1m42Dr|title=JetBlue trims London, Paris, and New York-LaGuardia service; doubles down on San Juan|publisher=MSN|date=8 May 2024|accessdate=9 May 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240725-b6nw24 | title=JetBlue NW24 Network Changes – 24JUL24 }} |Seasonal: Boston{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

| Kenya Airways | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta (begins 2 July 2025){{cite web |title=Kenya Airways Adds London Gatwick Service From July 2025 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241206-kqns25lgw |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=6 December 2024}}

| KM Malta Airlines | Malta{{Cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/new-airline-replacing-air-malta-fly-march-31.1058754|title=New airline replacing Air Malta to fly on March 31, 2024|date=2 October 2023|website=Times of Malta|access-date=24 October 2023|archive-date=17 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017065245/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/new-airline-replacing-air-malta-fly-march-31.1058754|url-status=live}}

| Mavi Gök Airlines | Seasonal: Antalya (begins 16 June 2025){{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250401-4mns25lgw | title=Mavi Gok Airlines Files NS25 Antalya – London Gatwick Schedules }}

| Norse Atlantic Airways{{Cite web|url=https://flynorse.com/experience/where-we-fly|title=Norse Atlantic Airways|website=Norse Atlantic Airways|access-date=13 August 2022|archive-date=7 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307185049/https://flynorse.com/experience/where-we-fly|url-status=live}} | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi (begins 26 October 2025),{{cite web|url= https://uknip.co.uk/news/uk/breaking/norse-atlantic-connects-gatwick-with-bangkok-on-new-direct-service/#google_vignette |title= Norse Atlantic Connects Gatwick with Bangkok on New Direct Service |date=22 February 2025}} Miami,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240724-n0z0ns25 | title=Norse Atlantic NS25 Preliminary Operations – 23JUL24 }} New York–JFK,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240623-z0nw24jfk | title=Norse Atlantic UK NW24 London – New York Availability Variations – 23JUN24 }} Orlando
Seasonal: Cape Town,{{cite web|url= https://news.cision.com/norse-atlantic-airways-as/r/norse-atlantic-airways-introduces-new-route-between-london-gatwick-and-cape-town,c3963664|title= Norse Atlantic Airways Introduces New Route Between London Gatwick and Cape Town|date=8 April 2024}} Los Angeles

| Norwegian Air Shuttle{{cite web| url=https://www.norwegian.com/uk/destinations/LondonGatwick-Alldestinations?SplitDatesInto=3&CurrencyCode=GBP&IncludeTransit=False| title=Our Destinations| website=Norwegian Air| access-date=16 November 2021| archive-date=22 October 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022153618/https://www.norwegian.com/uk/destinations/LondonGatwick-Alldestinations?SplitDatesInto=3&CurrencyCode=GBP&IncludeTransit=False| url-status=live}} | Bergen,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=122–123}} Billund (begins 30 June 2025),{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/norwegian-air-to-start-gatwick-route-to-home-of-lego | title=Norwegian Air to start Gatwick route to home of Lego }} Copenhagen,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=258–262}} Helsinki,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=427–430}} Oslo,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=793–797}} Stavanger,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=1004–1005}} Stockholm–Arlanda,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240527-d8dynw24eu|title=Norwegian NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 26MAY24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=27 May 2024|accessdate=25 March 2025|language=en}} Trondheim{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=1065–1066}}
Seasonal: Ålesund,{{cite web |title=Norwegian NS25 Network Additions – 08DEC24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241211-dyd8ns25 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=11 December 2024}} Gothenburg,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/norwegian-air-to-start-gatwick-gothenburg-service | title=Norwegian Air to start Gatwick-Gothenburg service }} Riga, Rovaniemi,{{cite web|url=https://dfly.no/norwegian-starter-nissefly-fra-london-og-munchen|title=Norwegian starter "nissefly" fra London og München|date=6 May 2024}} Tromsø{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

| Nouvelair | Tunis

| Qatar Airways | Doha

| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Casablanca|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=194–195}}
Seasonal: Tangier{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Tangier, Morocco|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=1056}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.marokkonu.nl/ram-onthult-uitzonderlijk-zomervluchtschema/|title=RAM onthult "uitzonderlijk" zomervluchtschema|date=27 March 2023|website=MarokkoNU.nl|language=nl|access-date=27 March 2023|archive-date=27 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327210120/https://www.marokkonu.nl/ram-onthult-uitzonderlijk-zomervluchtschema/|url-status=dead}}

| Royal Brunei Airlines |Seasonal: Bandar Seri Begawan (begins 22 July 2025){{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Royal Brunei Files London Gatwick Schedule in 3Q25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250420-bi3q25lgw |website=aeroroutes.com |publisher=Aeroroutes |access-date=20 April 2025}}

| Ryanair | Alicante,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=London, UK|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=572–595}} Cork, Dublin, Shannon

| Saudia | Jeddah,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240102-svns24lgw|title=Saudia NS24 London Gatwick Service Changes – 02JAN24|website=AeroRoutes}} Neom Bay{{cite web |title=Saudia Begins Neom Bay – London Gatwick in mid-1Q25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250204-svnw24numlgw |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=4 February 2025}}

| Singapore Airlines | Singapore{{cite web |title=Singapore Airlines to launch London Gatwick service |url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2023/12/18/singapore-airlines-will-launch-london-gatwick-service/ |website=Business Traveller |date=18 December 2023}}

| Sky Alps | Bolzano{{cite web | url=https://italiavola.com/2024/02/06/skyalps-atterrera-a-londra-gatwick-da-meta-aprile/ | title=SkyAlps atterrera' a Londra Gatwick da meta' aprile | date=6 February 2024 }}

| Sky Express | Athens{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230323-gqlon|title=Sky Express NS23 Athens – London Service Changes|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=23 March 2023|accessdate=31 December 2024|language=en-ca}}

| SunExpress{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunexpress.com/en/|title=Book cheap flights & fly to top destinations | sunexpress.com|website=SunExpress EN|access-date=7 April 2024|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105114609/https://www.sunexpress.com/en/|url-status=live}} | Antalya{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240227-xqns24intl|title=SunExpress NS24 International Frequency Changes – 25FEB24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=27 February 2024|accessdate=3 February 2025|language=en-ca}}
Seasonal: Dalaman,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240227-xqns24intl|title=SunExpress NS24 International Frequency Changes – 25FEB24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=27 February 2024|accessdate=3 February 2025|language=en-ca}} İzmir{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230427-xqadb | title=SunExpress Schedules Izmir – London July 2023 Launch }}

| {{nowrap|Swiss International Air Lines}} | Zurich{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240131-lxns24lgw|title=SWISS Adds London Gatwick Service from April 2024|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=31 January 2024|accessdate=31 January 2024}}
Seasonal: Geneva{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Geneva, Switzerland|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=318–323}}

| TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240702-b6tpcodeshare|title=JetBlue / TAP Air Portugal Expands Codeshare Service From July 2024|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=27 February 2024|accessdate=2 July 2024|language=en-CA}} Porto

| TUI Airways{{cite web| url=https://www.tui.co.uk/flight/timetable| title=Flight Timetable| website=TUI| language=en-GB}} | Agadir, Boa Vista, Cancún, Enfidha, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Lanzarote, La Palma, Málaga, Marrakesh, Montego Bay, Punta Cana, Sal, Sharm El Sheikh, St. Lucia–Hewanorra (ends 3 June 2025),{{cite web | url=https://www.stvincenttimes.com/virgin-atlantic-tui-halt-london-routes-to-saint-lucia/ | title=Virgin Atlantic, TUI Halt London Routes to St Lucia | date=19 April 2025 }} Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Alicante,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Antalya,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Banjul,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Barbados,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Bodrum,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Budapest,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/articles/477037/tui-river-cruises-unveils-summer-2024-programme | title=Tui River Cruises unveils summer 2024 programme | access-date=15 December 2022 | archive-date=15 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215112141/https://travelweekly.co.uk/articles/477037/tui-river-cruises-unveils-summer-2024-programme | url-status=live }} Burgas,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Chambéry,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Chania,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Corfu, Dakar–Diass,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Dalaman,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Dubrovnik, Düsseldorf (begins 24 November 2025),{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Faro,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Geneva (resumes 20 December 2025),{{cite web| url=https://www.tui.co.uk/flight/timetable| title=Flight Timetable| website=TUI| language=en-GB}} Girona,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Goa–Mopa,{{cite news|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230522-tomnw23gox|title=TUI FILES UK – GOA MANOHAR SCHEDULE IN NW23|work=Aeroroutes|date=18 May 2023|access-date=22 May 2023|language=en|archive-date=23 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523155420/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230522-tomnw23gox|url-status=live}} Heraklion,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Ibiza,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Innsbruck,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Ivalo,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Jerez de la Frontera,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Kavala,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Kefalonia,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Kittilä,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Kos,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Kuusamo,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Lamezia Terme,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Larnaca,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} La Romana,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/destinations/twin-dual-stop-caribbean-flights | title=A new airline and more direct routes – what's in store for UK to Caribbean flights? }} Luxor,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Marsa Alam,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Melbourne/Orlando,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Menorca,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Naples, Ohrid (resumes 27 May 2026),{{cite web | url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/12/tui-returning-to-ohrid-in-2026.html | title=TUI returning Ohrid route in 2026 | date=31 December 2024 }} Olbia,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Oslo,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Palma de Mallorca,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Paphos,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Phuket,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Preveza/Lefkada,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Pula,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Reus,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Reykjavík–Keflavík,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Rhodes,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Rovaniemi,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Sälen-Trysil (begins 21 December 2025),{{cite web|url=https://scandinavianmountains.se/en/about-us/news/|title=Crystal Ski Holidays, part of TUI, launches ski trips with direct flights from London Gatwick to Sälen Trysil|website=scandinavianmountains.se|access-date=25 September 2024}} Salzburg,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Samos,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Skiathos,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Sofia,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Split,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Thessaloniki,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Toulouse,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Turin,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Verona,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Zakynthos{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Seasonal charter: Mauritius

| Tunisair{{cite web |url=https://www.tunisair.com/site/publish/content/default.asp?lang=fr |title=Billet avion pas cher Tunisie : Billet avion Tunisie, compagnie aerienne Tunisair |publisher=Tunisair.com |date=23 February 2018 |accessdate=16 March 2022 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130114518/https://www.tunisair.com/site/publish/content/default.asp?lang=fr |url-status=live }} | Tunis

| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241112-tkns25eu|title=Turkish Airlines NS25 European Frequency Changes – 10NOV24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=12 November 2024|accessdate=16 March 2025|language=en}}

| Turkmenistan Airlines | Ashgabat{{cite news |title=Turkmenistan Airlines NS24 London Gatwick Operations – 17MAR24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240318-t5ns24lgw |access-date=18 March 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=18 March 2024 |language=en-CA}}

| Uganda Airlines | Entebbe (begins 18 May 2025){{cite web|last=Liu|first=Jim|title=Uganda Airlines Schedules London Gatwick mid-May 2025 Launch|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250320-urns25lgw|website=AeroRoutes|date=20 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/uganda-airlines-launches-london-gatwick-route-4972076 | title=Uganda Airlines launches London Gatwick route|newspaper=Daily Monitor |date=20 March 2025 |access-date=20 March 2025 |author=Anthony Wesaka |location=Kampala}}

| Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Uzbekistan Airways NS25 London Capacity Increases |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250122-hyns25lon |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=22 January 2025 |language=en-CA}}

| Volotea | Brest{{cite web | url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/transports/volotea-lance-une-ligne-reguliere-entre-brest-et-londres-des-cet-automne-2128950 | title=Volotea lance une ligne régulière entre Brest et Londres dès cet automne - France Bleu | date=18 June 2024 }}

| Vueling | A Coruña, Asturias,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241031-vynw24es|title=Vueling NW24 Frequency Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=31 October 2024|accessdate=3 January 2025|language=en-ca}} Barcelona,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240812-vynw24bcn | title=Vueling Files Barcelona A321neo Network in 4Q24 }} Bilbao, Florence, Málaga, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Valencia
Seasonal: Alicante{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240122-vyns24lgw|title=Vueling NS24 Spain – London Gatwick Frequency Changes – 21JAN24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=22 January 2024|accessdate=3 January 2025|language=en-ca}}

| WestJet | Seasonal: Halifax,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231115-wsns24inc | title=WestJet NS24 Long-Haul Network Expansion }} St. John's

| Wizz Air | Antalya, Athens, Budapest, Istanbul, Jeddah,{{cite web |title=Wizz Air is to start serving Jeddah in Saudi Arabia from Gatwick|url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/wizz-air-to-start-saudi-service-from-gatwick|website=travelweekly|access-date=9 September 2024}}{{cite web |title=Wizz Air to base first ever A321XLR at Gatwick for launch of direct Jeddah route|url=https://airlinergs.com/wizz-air-to-base-first-ever-a321xlr-at-gatwick-for-launch-of-direct-jeddah-route/|website=airlinergs|access-date=9 September 2024}} Kraków, Larnaca, Málaga, Medina (begins 1 August 2025),{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/wizz-air-adds-second-saudi-destination-to-gatwick-network | title=Wizz Air adds second Saudi destination to Gatwick network }} Milan–Malpensa, Prague,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/wizz-air-adds-prague-and-hurghada-to-gatwick-network | title=Wizz Air adds Prague and Hurghada to Gatwick network | access-date=25 May 2023 | archive-date=2 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602150021/https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/wizz-air-adds-prague-and-hurghada-to-gatwick-network | url-status=live }} Rome–Fiumicino, Tel Aviv (resumes 2 June 2025), Varna,{{cite web | url=https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/wizz-air-launches-new-direct-flight-from-london-gatwick-to-varna-bulgaria/ | title=Wizz Air Launches New Direct Flight from London Gatwick to Varna, Bulgaria - Travel and Tour World | date=14 May 2024 }} Venice, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin (begins 2 August 2025),{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/wizz-air-adds-second-saudi-destination-to-gatwick-network | title=Wizz Air adds second Saudi destination to Gatwick network }} Wrocław (begins 17 June 2025){{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/wizz-air-confirms-new-polish-connection-from-gatwick | title=Wizz Air confirms new Polish connection from Gatwick }}
Seasonal: Agadir,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Catania,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Dalaman,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Faro,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Grenoble,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Hurghada, Lyon,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Marrakesh,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Podgorica,{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} Sharm El Sheikh{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=828}}

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In 2015, Gatwick became the first single-runway airport to handle more than 40 million passengers annually.{{cite press release |url=http://mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2016/16-01-13-gatwick-sets-new-global-passenger-record-underlining-expansion-case.aspx |title=Gatwick sets new global passenger record for a single runway airport, underlining expansion case |date=13 January 2016 |access-date=15 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117222331/http://mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2016/16-01-13-gatwick-sets-new-global-passenger-record-underlining-expansion-case.aspx |archive-date=17 January 2016 |url-status=live |publisher=Gatwick Airport}} By 2016, EasyJet accounted for over 40% of Gatwick's total passengers.{{cite news| last=Calder| first=Simon| title=Gatwick gears up for the big switch| newspaper=The Independent| location=London| date=23 April 2016| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/gatwick-terminal-swap-simon-calder-travel-a6997351.html| access-date=11 May 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524164213/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/gatwick-terminal-swap-simon-calder-travel-a6997351.html| archive-date=24 May 2016| url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/gatwick-by-numbers/ |title=Gatwick by numbers [2016] |publisher=Gatwick Airport |date=December 2016 |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312061623/http://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/gatwick-by-numbers/ |archive-date=12 March 2017 |url-status=dead }} When ranked by global passenger traffic, Gatwick is the 35th busiest internationally and the eighth busiest airport in Europe. Gatwick is the world's leading low-cost airport{{cite web |url=http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/norwegian-strengthens-london-gatwick--singapore-changi-lcc-hub-position-long-haul-low-cost-part-2-341042 |title=Norwegian strengthens London Gatwick & Singapore Changi LCC hub position: long haul low cost Part 2 – Gatwick and Changi are both major LCC hubs |publisher=CAPA Centre for Aviation |date=27 April 2017 |access-date=29 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427051129/https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/norwegian-strengthens-london-gatwick--singapore-changi-lcc-hub-position-long-haul-low-cost-part-2-341042 |archive-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=live }} and until March 2017 had the world's busiest single-use runway,by passengers; by movements until 2016 with a maximum of 55 aircraft movements per hour.{{cite report| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCdxKqrKUNsC&pg=PA112| title=The Future of BAA: Fourth Report of Session 2007–08| isbn=978-0-215-51413-4| date=February 2008| publisher=The Stationery Office| author=House of Commons Transport Committee| at=Ev. 112}}{{cite news| last1=V| first1=Manju| date=13 May 2017| title=Now, Mumbai world's busiest airport with only one runway| newspaper=The Times of India| location=Mumbai| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/now-mumbai-worlds-busiest-airport-with-only-one-runway/articleshow/58652790.cms| url-status=live| access-date=13 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513081650/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/now-mumbai-worlds-busiest-airport-with-only-one-runway/articleshow/58652790.cms| archive-date=13 May 2017}}

46.1 million passengers passed through Gatwick in 2018, an increase of 1.1% over the previous year. North Atlantic and other long-haulexcluding North Atlantic traffic recorded increases over the previous year of 24.4% and 12.7% to 4.04 million and 4.65 million passengers, respectively. UK,including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man European charter,including North Africa Irish and European scheduled passenger traffic recorded decreases over the previous year of 8.7%, 5.7%, 1.1% and 0.9% to 3.73 million, 2.88 million, 1.67 million and 29.11 million, respectively. Air transport movements decreased by 0.7% to 283,926. Cargo volume increased by 16.1% to 112,676 metric tonnes.

Compared with a year earlier, January to March 2019 passenger numbers increased by 4% to 9.675 million (an increase of 374,700 over January to March 2018). The following changes were recorded amongst individual passenger traffic categories: North Atlantic traffic +15.3% (784,200 passengers); European scheduled traffic +3.9% (5.649 million passengers); other long-haul traffic +3.2% (1.277 million passengers); European charter traffic +2.1% (710,900 passengers); Irish traffic +1.6% (412,000 passengers) and UK traffic -0.2% (841,700 passengers). Air transport movements increased by 3.3% to 62,392. Cargo volume increased by 7.2% to 27,390 metric tonnes, which was driven by a 7.5% increase in overall long-haul passenger traffic. The growing popularity of the GatwickConnects flight connections assistance service provided by the airport for self-connecting passengers was driven by additional passengers changing flights at Gatwick whose journey originated in Edinburgh (+80%), Jersey (+58%) and Belfast (+50%).{{cite web |url=http://mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2019/2019-04-16-q4-passenger-figures.aspx |title=Q4 Passenger Figures: Record-breaking start to 2019 at Gatwick |date=16 April 2019 |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922023402/http://mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2019/2019-04-16-q4-passenger-figures.aspx |url-status=live }}

Gatwick handled 186,172 passengers during its first seven months of operation after the 1956–58 reconstruction; the annual number of passengers passing through the airport was 368,000 in 1959 and 470,000 in 1960."Gatwick Airport History", Business & Community Reference Guide for in and around Crawley 2008/09, Wealden Marketing, 2008, p. 85Golden Gatwick—50 Years of Aviation, Chapter 9 Passenger numbers reached one million for the first time during the 1962–63 fiscal year,1 April 1962 to 31 March 1963 with British United Airways (BUA) accounting for four-fifths.Gatwick Airport: The first 50 years, Woodley, C., The History Press, Stroud, 2014, pp. 86, 158 The 1.5 million mark was exceeded for the first time during the 1966–67 fiscal year.1 April 1966 to 31 March 1967 This was also the first time more than half a million scheduled passengers used the airport.Gatwick Airport: The first 50 years, Woodley, C., The History Press, Stroud, 2014, pp. 158/9 Gatwick accommodated two million passengers for the first time during the 1967–68 fiscal year1 April 1967 to 31 March 1968 and 3 million in the 1969–70 fiscal year,1 April 1969 to 31 March 1970 with BUA accounting for nearly half.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukaccs.info/gatwick/profile.htm |title=Airport Profile: Brief History |publisher=Ukaccs.info |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323024227/http://www.ukaccs.info/gatwick/profile.htm |archive-date=23 March 2010 |url-status=live }}Golden Gatwick—50 Years of Aviation, Chapter 9 & 10 By the early 1970s, 5 million passengers used Gatwick each year, with a record 5.7 million during the 1973–74 fiscal year.1 April 1973 to 31 March 1974 During that period, British Caledonian accounted for approximately half of all charter passengers and three-fourths of scheduled passengers.Golden Gatwick—50 Years of Aviation, Chapter 10 Within a decade annual passenger numbers doubled, to 10 million; they doubled again, to over 20 million, by the late 1980s.The Gatwick Express, p. 42 By the turn of the millennium, Gatwick handled more than 30 million passengers annually.

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The airport is accessible from a motorway spur road at junction 9A of the M23, which links to the main M23 motorway {{convert|1|mi|km}} east at junction 9. The M23 connects with London's orbital motorway, the M25, {{convert|9|mi|km}} north; this provides access to much of Greater London, the South East and beyond, and the M23 is the main route for traffic to (and from) the airport. Gatwick is also accessible from the A23, which serves Horley and Redhill to the north and Crawley and Brighton to the south. The A217 provides access northwards to the town of Reigate. The airport has long- and short-stay car parks at the airport and off-site, although these are often full in summer. Local restrictions limit parking at Gatwick.

Gatwick has set goals of 40% public transport use by the time annual passenger traffic reaches 40 million (in 2015) and 45% by the time it reaches 45 million.{{cite web |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/PublicationFiles/business_and_community/all_public_publications/2012/lgw_asas_2012_web.pdf |title=Access Gatwick |year=2012 |publisher=Gatwick Airport |access-date=12 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222014549/http://www.gatwickairport.com/PublicationFiles/business_and_community/all_public_publications/2012/lgw_asas_2012_web.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}

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{{main|Gatwick Airport railway station}}

Gatwick Airport railway station is located adjacent to the South Terminal and has served the airport since 1958.{{cite web| url=https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/gatwickairportstatio/| title=Gatwick Airport Railway Station| website=Railway Technology| access-date=1 July 2018| archive-date=2 July 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702035450/https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/gatwickairportstatio/| url-status=live}}{{cite web| url=https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/our-history/| title=Our History| website=Gatwick Airport| access-date=1 July 2018| archive-date=2 July 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702011335/https://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/company-information/our-history/| url-status=live}} It is located on the Brighton Main Line, and is mainly served by Southern, Thameslink, and Gatwick Express. It also receives a half-hourly service operated by Great Western Railway via the North Downs Line.

To the south, Southern, Thameslink, and Gatwick Express all provide direct connections to Brighton. Southern also provides connections to Eastbourne, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, and Portsmouth Harbour.

To the north, Thameslink provides connections to London Bridge, Gatwick Express provides non-stopping connections to London Victoria, and Southern provides connections to both stations. Thameslink trains continue further north through the Thameslink Core to St Pancras International, Bedford, Peterborough, and Cambridge. Great Western Railway also provides a half-hourly service to Reading via Guildford.

The station provides single-change connections to Heathrow Airport and Luton Airport via northbound Thameslink services. Heathrow Airport can be reached by changing to the Elizabeth line at Farringdon, whilst Luton Airport can be reached by the Luton DART station at Luton Airport Parkway.

London Oyster Cards and contactless cards are accepted on all rail routes from Gatwick Airport into London.{{cite web| url=http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/ticket-types/gatwick-payg/| title=Travelling with contactless and Oyster between Gatwick Airport and London| website=Southern Railway| access-date=4 January 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234919/http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/ticket-types/gatwick-payg/| archive-date=4 January 2017| url-status=live}}{{cite news| url=http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-11-13/oyster-cards-to-be-used-at-gatwick-and-surrey-stations/| title=Gatwick and Surrey stations to accept Oyster cards and contactless payments| work=ITV News|location=Whiteley|publisher=ITN| access-date=14 November 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116023538/http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-11-13/oyster-cards-to-be-used-at-gatwick-and-surrey-stations/| archive-date=16 November 2015|url-status=live}}

National Express Coaches operates coaches to Heathrow Airport, London Stansted Airport and cities and towns throughout the region and country. Oxford Bus Company operates direct services to Oxford, and EasyBus operates mini-coaches from both terminals to Earls Court and West Brompton.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Local buses connect the North and South Terminals with Crawley, Horley, Redhill, Horsham and Caterham. Services are offered by Metrobus, including Metrobus's Fastway services operated on a partly guided bus rapid transit system which was the first of its kind to be built outside a major city.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Route 21 of the National Cycle Network passes under the South Terminal, allowing virtually traffic-free cycling and walking northwards to Horley and southwards to Three Bridges and Crawley. A goods-style lift runs between the terminal and ground level (labelled "Lift to Cycle Route") near Zone L.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

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{{main|Gatwick Airport Shuttle Transit}}

The airport's North and South Terminals are connected by a {{convert|0.75|mi|km}}, elevated, two-way automated people mover track. The transit shuttle normally consists of two automatic, three-car, driverless trains. Although colloquially known as a "monorail", the shuttle instead runs on a dual, concrete track with rubber tyres.{{cite book| last=Hudson| first=Kenneth| title=Industrial history from the air| publisher=Cambridge University Press| date=22 November 1984| pages=111–115| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DY9AAAAIAAJ&dq=gatwick&pg=PA135| chapter=Airports and Airfields| isbn=978-0-521-25333-8| access-date=16 November 2021| archive-date=10 November 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110005340/https://books.google.com/books?id=3DY9AAAAIAAJ&dq=gatwick&pg=PA135#v=onepage&q=gatwick&f=false| url-status=live}} The transit is land side, and besides linking the two terminals also links the North terminal to the airport railway station.

The shuttle opened in 1987, along with the North Terminal, and initially used Adtranz C-100 people-mover cars which remained in operation until September 2009, by which time they had travelled a total of 2.5 million miles (4 million km). Gatwick began upgrading its shuttle service in April 2008, with a bus replacement service in place from September 2009. A new operating system and shuttle cars (six Bombardier CX-100 vehicles){{cite press release |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13542338.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102174410/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13542338.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 November 2012 |title=Bombardier Signs 32 Million Euro Contract for Automated People Mover System at London Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom; New APM Will Replace Existing Inter-Terminal Transit System Previously Supplied by Bombardier |publisher=Bombardier |date=19 December 2007 |access-date=15 August 2010}} were installed, and the guideway and transit stations were refurbished at a total cost of £45 million. The system re-opened on 1 July 2010, two months ahead of schedule;{{cite news| title=Gatwick transit closed| publisher=UK Airport News| date=29 September 2009| url=http://www.uk-airport-news.info/gatwick-airport-news-290909a.html| access-date=30 September 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015071228/http://www.uk-airport-news.info/gatwick-airport-news-290909a.html| archive-date=15 October 2009| df=dmy-all}}{{cite press release |url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-shuttle/ |title=London Gatwick – we have lift on! |publisher=Gatwick Airport |access-date=15 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803224818/http://www.gatwickairport.com/business/media-centre/press-releases/gatwick-shuttle/ |archive-date=3 August 2010 }} it featured live journey information and sensory technology to count the number of passengers at stations.

An earlier transit system, that opened in 1983 to link the main terminal (now the South Terminal) to the (then new) circular satellite pier, was the UK's first automated people-moving system. This system has since been replaced by a walkway-and-moving walkway link, although the remains of the elevated guideway are still visible.

{{Main|Expansion of Gatwick Airport}}

Gatwick has been included in many reviews of airport capacity in southeastern England. Expansion options have included a third terminal and a second runway; although an agreement not to build a second runway was made in 1979 with West Sussex County Council, that agreement expired by its terms after 40 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.gatwickairport.com/PublicationFiles/business_and_community/all_public_publications/transforming_gatwick/1979_Runway_Agreement_Actual_Copy.pdf |title=1979 Gatwick Airport runway agreement |publisher=Gatwick Airport |access-date=12 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222015414/http://www.gatwickairport.com/PublicationFiles/business_and_community/all_public_publications/transforming_gatwick/1979_Runway_Agreement_Actual_Copy.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2014 }} Expanded operations would allow Gatwick to handle more passengers than Heathrow does today, with a new terminal between two wide-spaced runways. This would complement or replace the South Terminal, depending on expected future traffic.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/gatwick-heathrow-airport-expansion-second-third-runway-uk-flights-a8585051.html |title=Could Gatwick Launch Extra Runway Before Heathrow In The Airport Expansion Race? |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |first=Simon |last=Calder |date=18 October 2018 |access-date=15 June 2021 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505014101/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/gatwick-heathrow-airport-expansion-second-third-runway-uk-flights-a8585051.html |url-status=live }}

Airport management's proposal for a second runway (south of the existing runway and airport boundary) was unveiled in July 2013. This was shortlisted for further consideration by the Airports Commission in December 2013, and the commission's final report was published in July 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23410288 |title=Gatwick Airport announces second runway plan |work=BBC News |date=23 July 2013 |access-date=23 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725074103/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23410288 |archive-date=25 July 2013 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.crawleynews.co.uk/Airports-Commission-report-Gatwick-Heathrow/story-20330773-detail/story.html |title=Airports Commission report: Gatwick & Heathrow on shortlist for expansion |newspaper=The Crawley News |date=17 December 2013 |access-date=18 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219074555/http://www.crawleynews.co.uk/Airports-Commission-report-Gatwick-Heathrow/story-20330773-detail/story.html |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=live}} Another proposal would extend the North Terminal south, with a passenger bridge in the area currently occupied by aircraft stands without jet bridges.{{cite web |url=http://www.baa.com/assets/B2CPortal/Static%20Files/lgw_interim_masterplan.pdf |title=interim master plan (Gatwick Interim Master Plan – October 2006) |date=15 August 2010 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728043101/http://www.baa.com/assets/B2CPortal/Static%20Files/lgw_interim_masterplan.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=live }} Gatwick's draft master plan (released for consultation on 13 October 2011) dropped the passenger-bridge plan in favour of a mid-field satellite (next to the control tower) linking to the North Terminal as part of an expanded 2030 single-runway, two-terminal airport.Draft Gatwick Master Plan (A single runway airport – 2030: 10.2.14 Aprons and piers and Figure A.12, p. 93 and Appendix A – Drawings), Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, 13 October 2011.

In late 2011, the Department for Transport (DfT) also began a feasibility study for a high-speed rail link between Gatwick and Heathrow as part of a plan combining the airports into a "collective" or "virtual hub", Heathwick. The scheme envisaged a high-speed rail route parallel to the M25, covering {{convert|35|mi}} in 15 minutes. Trains would have reached speeds of {{convert|180|mph|kph|abbr=on}}, and passengers would have passed through immigration (or check-in) only once. Reactions to this proposal were largely negative.Financial Times (National News – Airports rail link fails to carry industry), UK Edition, London, 8/9 October 2011 Another proposal for a high-speed railway link to Heathrow, HS4Air, as part of a scheme to link the High Speed 1 and High Speed 2 railway lines and connect regional cities in Britain to the Channel Tunnel, was rejected in 2018.{{cite magazine |last1=Smale |first1=Katherine |title=HS4Air plan to link Heathrow and Gatwick rejected |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/exclusive-hs4air-plan-to-link-heathrow-and-gatwick-rejected/10038092.article |access-date=11 December 2018 |magazine=New Civil Engineer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211143812/https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/exclusive-hs4air-plan-to-link-heathrow-and-gatwick-rejected/10038092.article |archive-date=11 December 2018 |language=en|url-status=live}}

On 1 July 2015, the Airports Commission submitted its final report, recommending the expansion of Heathrow Airport as opposed to Gatwick. Whilst the commission recognised Gatwick's benefits and relatively fewer environmental consequences than Heathrow, they felt the economic benefits of Gatwick vs. Heathrow were not as great, nor as broad-ranging.{{cite news| title=Airport expansion: What happens next?| work=BBC News| date=1 July 2015| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19570653| access-date = 10 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150909102344/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19570653| archive-date=9 September 2015| url-status=live}} Gatwick disputed the findings.{{cite press release| title=Airports Commission's findings simply don't add up| url=http://mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2015/15-08-17-airports-commission-findings-simply-do-not-add-up.aspx| publisher=Gatwick Airport| access-date=10 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906044559/http://www.mediacentre.gatwickairport.com/press-releases/2015/15-08-17-airports-commission-findings-simply-do-not-add-up.aspx| archive-date=6 September 2015| url-status=live}}

On 9 September 2021, GAL opened its first public consultation to carry out major works at the runway to increase its capacity from 64 million passengers a year to 75 million passengers a year by moving the northern "emergency" runway to the north to meet international standards for dual runway use.{{cite web| title=Digital Exhibition - Gatwick Airport Virtual Exhibition| url=https://www.3dwtech.co.uk/dashboard/gatwick/gatwick-airport/exhibition/| access-date=16 September 2021| website=3DW| archive-date=16 September 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916224438/https://www.3dwtech.co.uk/dashboard/gatwick/gatwick-airport/exhibition/| url-status=live}} Airport management plans to use this runway only for take-offs by all but the largest aircraft. It hoped to receive approval in 2024, with the main works taking 4 years to complete, and 13 years to be fully complete.{{cite web| title=Proposed Northern Runway Works for Gatwick Airport expansion| website=Sussex Transport Projects| date=9 September 2021| url=https://sussex-transport.net/index.php/2021/09/09/proposed-northern-runway-works-for-gatwick-airport-expansion/| access-date=16 September 2021| archive-date=16 September 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916224436/https://sussex-transport.net/index.php/2021/09/09/proposed-northern-runway-works-for-gatwick-airport-expansion/| url-status=live}} Works would also involve a new pier, hotels, terminal expansion and highway improvements including flyovers of the M23 Spur / A23 Airport Way at the terminal roundabouts.{{cite web| title=Gatwick Airport's Highway Improvements| website=Sussex Transport Projects| date=10 September 2021| url=https://sussex-transport.net/index.php/2021/09/10/gatwick-airports-highway-improvements/| access-date=16 September 2021| archive-date=16 September 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916224436/https://sussex-transport.net/index.php/2021/09/10/gatwick-airports-highway-improvements/| url-status=live}} Planning permission for the runway realignment was formally requested in July 2023.{{cite news |last1=Kaminski-Morrow |first1=David |title=London Gatwick proposes realignment of northern runway for routine operations |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/london-gatwick-proposes-realignment-of-northern-runway-for-routine-operations/154024.article |work=Flight Global |date=6 July 2023 |access-date=7 July 2023 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706190038/https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/london-gatwick-proposes-realignment-of-northern-runway-for-routine-operations/154024.article |url-status=live }} The plan would cost around £2.2 billion, financed by private investors rather than government backing, and would be operational within around five years.{{Cite web |title=Northern Runway Plans {{!}} London Gatwick Airport |url=https://www.gatwickairport.com/company/future-plans/northern-runway.html |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=www.gatwickairport.com}}

On 27 February 2025, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander announced that she was "minded to approve" the proposals, subject to noise mitigation.{{Cite web |date=27 February 2025 |title=Gatwick Airport: Second runway backed by government |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjdz9q170yo |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} A period of additional consultation was announced, pending a final decision in October 2025.{{Cite web |title=£2.2bn Gatwick second runway decision delayed |url=https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/02/27/2-2bn-gatwick-second-runway-decision-delayed/ |access-date=27 February 2025 |website=Construction Enquirer |language=en-GB}}

Ultimately, Gatwick’s expansion is projected to create approximately 14,000 new jobs and inject £1bn annually into the regional economy. Weighing up whether such an economic boost outweighs the environmental impact could be swayed by the ability of Gatwick to successfully implement its high-tech upgrades.{{Cite web |title=Gatwick spreads its wings but is take-off a stretch too far? |url=https://buildindigital.com/gatwick-spreads-its-wings-but-is-take-off-a-stretch-too-far/ |access-date=10 March 2025 |website=Build in Digtal |date=10 March 2025 |language=en-GB}}

• 15 September 1936 – A British Airways Ltd de Havilland DH 86 on a night mail flight to Germany crashed on takeoff, killing the airline's chief pilot and two crew members.{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%202620.html |title=The Gatwick Accident, Commercial Aviation |journal=Flight |date=24 September 1936 |page=327 |access-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306205551/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%202620.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%202865.html |title=Gatwick and Mirabella, Commercial Aviation |journal=Flight |date=22 October 1936 |page=420 |access-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306204444/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%202865.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=live}}
• November 1936 – A British Airways Ltd Fokker F 12 crashed in a wood {{convert|4.5|mi}} south of Gatwick on its final approach to the airport under a low ceiling in poor visibility, killing both pilots and seriously injuring the flight engineer.{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%203281.html |title=The Crawley Accident, Commercial Aviation |journal=Flight |date=20 November 1936 |page=590 |access-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306204709/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%203281.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=live}}
• 17 February 1959 – A Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount 794D (registration: TC-SEV) on an international charter flight crashed in heavy fog at Newdigate, Surrey, on its approach to Gatwick after striking trees. Fourteen of the 24 on board died, and Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes was amongst the survivors.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/17/newsid_2546000/2546299.stm |title=1959: Turkish leader involved in fatal crash |work=BBC News |date=17 February 1979 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221114919/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/17/newsid_2546000/2546299.stm |archive-date=21 February 2009 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.surrey-constabulary.com/major_incidents.26.html |work=Surrey Constabulary History |title=Major Incidents |publisher=Robert Bartlett |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510113220/http://www.surrey-constabulary.com/major_incidents.26.html |archive-date=10 May 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/TC-SEV.asp |title=Ministry of Aviation – Civil Aircraft Accident: Report on the Accident to Vickers Viscount 794 TC-SEV at London (Gatwick) Airport on 17 February 1959 |publisher=Gatwick Aviation Society |access-date=15 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216082906/http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/TC-SEV.asp |archive-date=16 December 2007 }}
• 5 January 1969 – A Boeing 727-113C (registration: YA-FAR) operating as Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 arriving from Frankfurt Airport, Germany, crashed into a house in Fernhill (near Horley, Surrey) in low visibility. The flaps were not extended to maintain flight at final-approach speed. 48 of the 62 on board died, in addition to two on the ground.{{cite web|url=http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=01051969®=YA-FAR&airline=Ariana+Afghan+Airlines |title=Accident Database query – Ariana Afghan Airlines |publisher=Airdisaster.com |date=5 January 1969 |access-date=15 August 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811185515/http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=01051969®=YA-FAR&airline=Ariana%2BAfghan%2BAirlines |archive-date=11 August 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%201741.html |title=Ariana 727 Accident Cause, World News |work=Flight International |date=3 September 1970 |page=329 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306204855/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%201741.html |archive-date=6 March 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/YA-FAR.asp |title=Board of Trade – Civil Aircraft Accident: Report on the Accident to Boeing 727-113C YA-FAR 1.5 miles east of London (Gatwick) Airport on 5 January 1969 |publisher=Gatwick Aviation Society |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907045653/http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/YA-FAR.asp |archive-date=7 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• 28 January 1972 – A British Caledonian Vickers VC10-1109 (registration: G-ARTA) with no passengers aboard sustained severe structural damage as a result of a hard landing at Gatwick at the end of a short ferry flight from Heathrow, where the aircraft had been diverted due to fog at Gatwick. After touching down runway 08 and applying spoilers and reverse thrust, the aircraft became airborne again, bounced twice and landed heavily. This resulted in a burst front wheel tyre, a separated wheel and a crumpled fuselage (immediately in front of and behind the wings).Classic Airliner (VC10 – The story of a classic jet airliner: Disposal of British Caledonian VC10s), p. 60, Key Publishing, Stamford, 2015 A survey of the aircraft's damage revealed that its airframe was bent out of shape, requiring extensive repairs to restore airworthiness. Since the repairs were not cost-effective, the airline's management decided to cannibalise the aircraft for spare parts before scrapping it at Gatwick in 1975.{{cite web |url=http://www.vc10.net/History/Individual/GARTA.html |title=A little 'VC10'derness—Individual Histories: G-ARTA |publisher=Vc10.net |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018095149/http://www.vc10.net/History/Individual/GARTA.html |archive-date=18 October 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720128-0 |title=ASN Aircraft incident description Vickers VC-10-1109 G-ARTA—London Gatwick Airport (LGW) |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606091415/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720128-0 |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=live }}
• 20 July 1975 – A British Island Airways (BIA) Handley Page Dart Herald 201 (registration: G-APWF) was involved in a runway accident while departing on a scheduled flight to Guernsey. The aircraft lifted off from runway 26 after a ground run of {{convert|2490|ft|m}} and appeared airborne for {{convert|411|ft|m|abbr=on}} (with its landing gear retracting) before the rear underside of the fuselage settled back onto the runway and brought the aircraft to a stop. An investigation concluded that the landing gear was retracted before the aircraft had become established in a climb and the flap setting and takeoff speed were incorrect. Although the aircraft incurred substantial damage, none of the 45 occupants were hurt.{{cite web |url=http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/formal_reports/4_1977_g_apwf.cfm |title=Report No: 4/1977. Report on the accident to Handley Page Herald Series 201, G-APWF at Gatwick Airport, 20 July 1975 |work=UK AAIB |access-date=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601192852/http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/formal_reports/4_1977_g_apwf.cfm |archive-date=1 June 2012 |url-status=live }}
• 29 December 2014 – A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 (Registration: G-VROM) suffered a loss of hydraulic fluid whilst en route to Las Vegas. Shortly after departure, an alarm prompted the crew to return to Gatwick, when they discovered that an improperly installed actuator had caused the right wing landing gear to not deploy. The aircraft successfully landed on 3 main landing-gear bogies and was returned to service on 11 January 2015.{{cite web| url=https://www.flightglobal.com/virgin-747-gear-jammed-after-actuator-fitted-upside-down/118591.article| title=Virgin 747 gear jammed after actuator fitted upside-down| first=David| last=Kaminski-Morrow |date=20 October 2015 | website=Flight Global| access-date=27 August 2021| archive-date=27 August 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827142248/https://www.flightglobal.com/virgin-747-gear-jammed-after-actuator-fitted-upside-down/118591.article| url-status=live }}
• 19–21 December 2018 – A major disruption to the airport was caused by reports of drone sightings close to the runway. The runway was closed and all flights were suspended for about six hours on 19 December. The airport reopened at 03:01 the next morning until another reported sighting prompted another closing about 45 minutes later. As of 00:15 on 21 December, the airport was still closed with about 110,000 passengers and 760 flights affected.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46640033| title=Police 'could shoot down' Gatwick drone| date=20 December 2018| work=BBC News|location=Tunbridge Wells|publisher=BBC English Regions| access-date=21 December 2018| language=en-GB| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220235133/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46640033| archive-date=20 December 2018| url-status=live}} Officials called the drone flying a "deliberate act of disruption", but did not classify it as terrorism.{{cite news |title=Drones ground flights at Gatwick |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754 |work=BBC News |date=20 December 2018 |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220140742/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46623754 |archive-date=20 December 2018 |url-status=live}} The army was deployed to assist the police in resolving the incident.{{cite news |title=Gatwick Airport: Army called in amid drone chaos |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46640033 |work=BBC News |access-date=20 December 2018 |date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220190111/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-46640033 |archive-date=20 December 2018 |url-status=live}} The runway reopened with limited capacity around 06:00 that day.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46643173| title=Gatwick runway reopens after drone chaos| date=21 December 2018| work=BBC News| access-date=21 December 2018| language=en-GB| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221093352/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-46643173| archive-date=21 December 2018| url-status=live}} Authorities suspended flights again from 17:10 to 18:23 on 21 December. Later that day a man and a woman were arrested in connection with the incident;{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/22/gatwick-drone-arrests-two-people-held-over-disruption-of-airport| title=Gatwick drone arrests: two people held over disruption of airport| date=22 December 2018| newspaper=The Guardian| location=London| access-date=22 December 2018| language=en-GB| issn=0261-3077| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222021134/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/22/gatwick-drone-arrests-two-people-held-over-disruption-of-airport| archive-date=22 December 2018| url-status=live}}{{cite press release| url=http://news.sussex.police.uk/news/two-arrested-in-drone-disruption-at-gatwick-343013| title=Two arrested in drone disruption at Gatwick| publisher=Sussex Police| language=en| access-date=22 December 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222160132/https://news.sussex.police.uk/news/two-arrested-in-drone-disruption-at-gatwick-343013| archive-date=22 December 2018| url-status=dead}} the pair were released without charge on 23 December with Sussex Police saying that they "are no longer suspects".{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/23/gatwick-drone-arrested-couple-released-without-charge/|title=Gatwick drone: Arrested couple are released without charge - as £50k reward is offered to catch culprit| first1=Martin| last1=Evans| first2=Izzy| last2=Lyons| first3=Charles| last3=Hymas| date=23 December 2018| access-date=23 December 2018| newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| location=London| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223113115/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/23/gatwick-drone-arrested-couple-released-without-charge/| archive-date=23 December 2018| url-status=live}}
• 26 February 2020 – a Titan Airways Airbus A321-211 reported engine surge after takeoff. A few moments later, the other engine stalled. The aircraft landed safely at Gatwick eleven minutes after takeoff. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch determined fuel contamination following defective maintenance had gone undetected for two days and caused the incident. Safety recommendations were made to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and changes were made by organisations including Airbus and the International Air Transport Association.{{cite news |last=Dunford |first=Mark |date=5 May 2021 |title=Airbus' engine malfunction after takeoff from London Gatwick Airport 'could have had a catastrophic outcome', says chief |url=https://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/airbus-engine-malfunction-after-takeoff-from-london-gatwick-airport-could-have-had-a-catastrophic-outcome-says-chief-3225854 |newspaper=The Crawley Observer |access-date=5 May 2021 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505194714/https://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/airbus-engine-malfunction-after-takeoff-from-london-gatwick-airport-could-have-had-a-catastrophic-outcome-says-chief-3225854 |url-status=live }}

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Category:Airports established in 1958

Category:Airports in the London region

Category:Airports in West Sussex

Category:Buildings and structures in Crawley

Category:Organisations based in Crawley

Category:Royal Air Force stations in West Sussex

Category:Transport in Crawley

Category:Transport in West Sussex

Category:1933 establishments in England