Work on the Phase 2 extension to the terminal at London Southend Airport is due to begin in early November. Key contractor Kier will split the construction into three stages: the first is a new […]
Iceland’s flagship carrier Icelandair commenced its twice-weekly service between London’s Gatwick and Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airports today (October 18). The service, which was first announced in March, will increase in spring 2013 to a frequency of […]
Gatwick Airport Limited is beginning detailed work on options for a new runway, despite its July 2012 statement claiming that plans were not yet in the running. The work will be submitted to the Independent […]
London’s Gatwick Airport, UK, saw a year-on-year growth rate of 2.4% in September 2012, with more than 80,200 passengers using its facilities. Traffic on scheduled services to Europe continued to increase compared to the previous […]
After decades of being London’s ‘bridesmaid’ Gatwick is enjoying something of a revival, though the current lack of political support for airport development is affecting all UK airports. Tom Allett reports. Despite being the UK’s […]
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games were barely over before the starting gun was fired on a fresh challenge that sent the UK’s airports policy sprinting up the political agenda. What may have been […]
Data released by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) shows that between April and June 2012, the overall on-time performance (defined as the proportion of flights arriving or departing early or up to 15 minutes late) […]
The World Duty Free (WDF) Group’s largest walk-through store in Europe was opened on September 14 in Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal, UK. More than £4 million (US$6.5m) has transformed the unit to deliver an “exceptional” […]
As the British Government returns to Parliament after the summer break, Prime Minister David Cameron has begun the coalition’s first major reshuffle since it was formed after the UK’s general election in 2010. Although there […]
The Autogrill Group, through its subsidiary HMSHost, has extended its relationship with UK-based Leon Restaurants after the opening of a new branch in the landside area of London Heathrow’s Terminal 3. It was the first […]
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