Olso based Norse Atlantic Airways, a new low-fares transatlantic airline, has confirmed it has been awarded slots for Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) as it eyes a market left by Norwegian Long Haul at the airport. Norse had planned to start operations in 2021 but has currently delayed its initial launch until [read more]
Wizz Air is set to continue its aggressive expansion at London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) after it announced it had agreed to buy 15 slot pairs at the airport from Norwegian Air Shuttle. The additional slot pairs mean that Wizz will base an additional four Airbus A321 aircraft there for Summer 2022 [read more]
Regional airline Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has officially confirmed that it will be launching a direct service between London Gatwick and Cornwall Newquay Airport under a Public Service Obligation (PSO). The new service will launch on the 15th December and will initially operate daily before increasing to twice-daily from mid-January. Under [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is abandoning its plans to operate a short-haul subsidiary from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) after failing to reach an agreement with Unions. The airline had planned to operate short-haul flights alongside its long-haul operation but no agreement could be reached with the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA). A [read more]
According to sources close to the airline, British Airways (BA/BAW) is reviewing its operations at London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) on orders from owners International Airlines Group (IAG) who want to protect the landing slots at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). IAG reportedly wants British Airways to focus on operations from London Heathrow as [read more]
Norwegian is to end its trans-Atlantic and Asian long-haul network as part of its restructuring process resulting in over 1,000 job losses at Gatwick Airport. The airline group which has been struggling to weather the pandemic is closing Gatwick based Norwegian Air UK which operated flights to the US, Singapore, [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is restarting a route between London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) and Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC). The flight will operate daily from 28th March 2021 and shows that British Airways does still aim to operate flights from Gatwick and to maintain its valuable slots. British Airways services at London Gatwick all [read more]
Low-cost carrier EasyJet (U2/EZY) and its package holiday arm EasyJet Holidays will offer reduced-price COVID-19 tests to help its customers take advantage of the new Test and Release rules on quarantine. Passengers returning to the UK from countries not on the safe travel list currently have to quarantine for 14-days [read more]
US-based low-cost airline JetBlue (B6/JBU) will start transatlantic flights from Boston and New York to London but without their desired route to Heathrow after the UK’s slot regulator Airport Coordination Ltd (ACL) denied a request for 48 slot pairs at the UK’s biggest airport. As a result, JetBlue has been [read more]
Norwegian.com has said that is aiming to restart transatlantic flights under its Norwegian Air UK subsidiary in late March 2021. The London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) based operation will see flights restart to the USA from the 28th March using its all Boeing 787 fleet. The initial routes will be Boston, Los [read more]
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