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Singapore Airlines to launch London Gatwick service – Business Traveller

18Dec

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Singapore Airlines to launch London Gatwick service – Business Traveller

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will launch its inaugural nonstop flights between its Singapore hub and London’s Gatwick airport in June 2024, operating the five-times a week service with the long-haul variant of its Airbus A350-900 aircraft. Together with its current four-times daily services to London’s Heathrow airport, this will bring the total number of flights to the United Kingdom’s (UK) capital to 33 weekly services from today’s 28 weekly services. Star Alliance member SIA also operates five-times weekly services to Manchester airport. Subject to regulatory approval, flight SQ310 will operate on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The inaugural flight will depart Singapore for Gatwick at 2355 on 21 June 2024 and arrive in London at 0625 on 22 June 2024. The return leg, ...

Revamped Gatwick airport station to open on 21 November – Business Traveller

10Nov

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Revamped Gatwick airport station to open on 21 November – Business Traveller

Gatwick airport will unveil its upgraded station facilities later this month. The £250 million project has included the creation of a second concourse and airport entrance, with eight new escalators, five new lifts, four new stairways and widened platforms. The existing station concourse has also been expanded, with new customer information systems, more ticket gates, and a dedicated passenger assistance point. When the upgraded facilities open on Tuesday 21 November, the new concourse will act as the entrance for people accessing the airport terminal, with the existing concourse being used for those exiting. Rail operator Govia Thameslink – which operates Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services through the airport – said that the upgrades would result in “easier journeys from ...

EasyJet FLEXI fare customers get free luggage collection and delivery from Gatwick and Geneva – Business Traveller

10Nov

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EasyJet FLEXI fare customers get free luggage collection and delivery from Gatwick and Geneva – Business Traveller

EasyJet has extended its partnership with Airportr to offer a baggage collection and delivery service for its customers departing Gatwick and Geneva. Passengers can choose from the following baggage services: When departing Gatwick or Geneva customers can choose to have their bags collected from their home or hotel and taken to the airport and checked in When arriving into Geneva from any easyJet airport customers can opt to have their bags delivered to their final destination When flying between Gatwick and Geneva customers can book a door-to-door services, with bags both collected from their home/hotel before departure, and delivered to their final destination on arrival EasyJet says it is the first airline to offer the service in a bundle fare, with FLEXI fare customers flying from ...

5Oct

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Gatwick extends flight cap until 15 October – Business Traveller

Gatwick airport has extended its temporary cap on daily flight numbers until the middle of October, as it continues to work through issues caused by air traffic control staff absences. On 25 September the airport imposed a limit of 800 daily departing and arriving flights, which had originally been due to last until Sunday 1 October. At the time Gatwick said the decision had been made alongside NATS, which operates the airport’s air traffic control tower, with 30 per cent of tower staff “currently unavailable for a variety of medical reasons including Covid”. The airport has now confirmed that following discussions with NATS and airlines, the cap will remain in place until 15 October “as a precautionary measure”. In a statement provided to Business Traveller, a spokesperson for Gatwick s...

Gatwick caps flight numbers due to air traffic control sickness – Business Traveller

28Sep

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Gatwick caps flight numbers due to air traffic control sickness – Business Traveller

Gatwick airport has implemented a cap on daily flight numbers for the rest of the week, as it battles issues caused by air traffic control staff absences. A limit of 800 daily departing and arriving flights will be in force until Sunday 1 October. Gatwick said the decision had been made alongside NATS, which operates the airport’s air traffic control tower, with 30 per cent of tower staff “currently unavailable for a variety of medical reasons including Covid”. Friday 29 September is set to be the most disrupted day for cancellations, with the airport having expected 865 movements (arrivals and departures) before the limit was put in place. Under normal circumstances the airport would have welcomed 829 movements today (Wednesday 27 September), followed by 840 on Thursday 28 September, an...

Norse Atlantic launches sale on all routes from Gatwick – Business Traveller

4Sep

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Norse Atlantic launches sale on all routes from Gatwick – Business Traveller

Norse Atlantic Airways has launched a global sale including all routes from Gatwick. The promotion runs until 12 September (or until sold out), with travel valid until the end of March 2024. Example Economy Light return fares (which do not include checked luggage or inflight meals) are as follows: £239 to Boston and Washington DC £279 to New York JFK, Miami and Orlando £309 to San Francisco £325 to Barbados £339 to Montego Bay £359 to Los Angeles Note that Norse states that blackout restrictions may apply on some dates, and that the promotion is available for bookings made on selected routes and does not apply to connecting flights. All of the above routes have now launched (Boston was the most recent on 2 September), except for Barbados and Montego Bay which will start in December, ha...

25Aug

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Gatwick bank holiday strike called off after improved pay offers – Business Traveller

Gatwick airport will not be subject to strike disruption this bank holiday weekend, after members of the Unite union called off planned industrial action. Earlier this month it was announced that over 230 employees from ground handling company Red Handling and passenger assistance firm Wilson James would take part in strike action in a dispute over pay. The employees had been due to walk out for four days between Friday 25 and Monday 28 August, potentially affecting 45,000 passengers. But Unite has confirmed that the strike action has been called off “after workers accepted dramatically improved pay offers”. Staff at Red Handling will benefit from a 14 per cent pay increase as well as improved overtime rates and better sick pay, while those at Wilson James have accepted a 16 per cent pay...

Norse Atlantic delays launch of Caribbean routes from Gatwick to December – Business Traveller

10Aug

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Norse Atlantic delays launch of Caribbean routes from Gatwick to December – Business Traveller

Norse Atlantic Airways has confirmed that its new routes from Gatwick to Barbados and Jamaica have been delayed until the start of December. Earlier this year the low-cost carrier announced plans for three new Caribbean services from the end of October, including daily flights to Barbados, a four-times-weekly route to Montego Bay, and three flights per week to Kingston. Norse Atlantic to launch routes from Gatwick to Barbados, Kingston and Montego Bay But Business Traveller’s Alex McWhirter posted on our forum that Norse Atlantic’s reservations system was now showing the routes as being pushed back until 1 December, and the carrier has now confirmed the news, citing “commercial reasons”. The news follows the airline’s recent announcement of two new transatlantic routes to Miami Internat...

Ethiopian Airlines to restart Gatwick services this November – Business Traveller

10Aug

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Ethiopian Airlines to restart Gatwick services this November – Business Traveller

Ethiopian Airlines is set to operate a three-times-weekly service from Gatwick to Addis Ababa this November. The new route will launch on November 21 and be operated by A350-900 aircraft. This will mark Gatwick’s first direct flight to the Ethiopian capital since 2006. The airport now offers more than 80 per cent of its pre-Covid long-haul routes, with 50 long-haul services on offer. Jonathan Pollard, CCO of London Gatwick, said: “Returning to 50 long-haul routes is a milestone moment for London Gatwick. While we’re delighted to offer passengers such an expansive range of short-haul routes across Europe, we’re also proud to provide connections to an increasing range of destinations around the world. “These services are vital not only for offering people across London and the South East...

New strikes at Gatwick to affect 45,000 passengers – Business Traveller

9Aug

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New strikes at Gatwick to affect 45,000 passengers – Business Traveller

Gatwick airport is set to be disrupted by eight days of strike action this month due to a dispute over pay. The Unite union confirmed that the strike will involve over 230 employees from Red Handling, a ground handling company, and Wilson James, which operates the passenger assistance contract at the airport. Red Handling is responsible for ground handling for airlines including Norse Atlantic, Delta Air Lines, TAP Air Portugal and Saudi. Red Handling employees are scheduled to strike from Friday 18 August until Monday 21 August. Unite says that this four-day action alone is expected to disrupt or delay 216 flights, affecting approximately 45,000 passengers. A second strike will take place over the bank holiday weekend – from Friday 25 August until Monday 28 August. The strikes at Wilson...