London Gatwick Airport

Service to the UK was suspended in mid-December after a more transmissible COVID-19 strain was detected in the country.

British Airways (BA) plans to transfer a small group of long-haul routes to London Gatwick from London Heathrow for the start of the airline industry’s summer season.

Three new routes are being launched and capacity will be added to popular existing links.

The oneworld alliance member has resumed service to London Gatwick after a month-long absence.

Wizz Air continues to increase flying to leisure destinations in Western Europe.

The base becomes the third in the UK to be announced by the ULCC since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.

The Worldwide Airport Slot Board has urged regulators to commit to prolonging slot flexibility before the end of the year.

The LCC will begin services to LGW and STN in 2021.

JetBlue Airways has secured slots at London Gatwick (LGW) and London Stansted(STN), but was denied slots at London Heathrow (LHR), the UK’s largest airport.

Robin Hayes believes the US carrier’s entry into the transatlantic market will be “brilliantly timed.”

Extending the temporary waiver on airport slot rules in Europe through the summer 2021 season will slow the recovery and prevent competition returning to the industry, according to the CEOs of Ryanair Group and Wizz Air.

The CEOs of Ryanair Group and Wizz Air have called on regulators to reinstate the 80/20 airport slot rule or risk stifling the recovery.

Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss said the airline remains an 'interested party' in Flybe amid a potential rebirth of the UK-based regional carrier.

New COVID-19-related restrictions leads carrier to cut flights.

Two routes to warm weather destinations are joining the ULCC’s network from London Luton.

After opening two new bases in the UK in recent days, Wizz Air UK’s MD Owain Jones discusses the rationale behind the airline’s increased focus on leisure routes to points in Western Europe.

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Qatar's UK country manager Gary Kershaw discusses the airline’s UK network and shifting demand in response to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

The airline will become the first Indian LCC to operate flights to UK when service begins in December.

Bermuda Tourism Authority believes the move to London Heathrow will increase traffic thanks to hub connections.

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WestJet is adding more warm weather leisure routes next month, as well as resuming flights between Toronto and London Gatwick.

The US and UK governments are being urged to launch a testing trial for passenger flights between New York and London to speed the return of transatlantic routes and capacity.

Dutch airports operator Royal Schiphol Group has warned several hundred jobs are at risk, after posting a first-half (H1) €246 million ($180 million) net loss, while London Gatwick’s H1 loss totaled £321 million ($424 million) with 600 positions under threat.

Nearly a quarter of staff at London Gatwick Airport could lose their jobs under a drastic restructuring plan, after COVID-related airline network cuts left the South London airport operating at just 20% of its peak-season capacity.