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The Latest Breaking News from Gatwick

Jet2 launches flights from Gatwick – but is it cheaper than its low cost rivals?

Exclusive: ‘Flights went on sale less than six months ago and today they’re full’ – Steve Heapy, chief executive

The Independent UK

Gatwick hit by drop in annual profits as short-haul passenger numbers decline

The West Sussex airport reported pre-tax profits of £422.9 million in 2025, down 7.3% from £456.4 million in the previous year.

Evening Standard

‘I have given them 21 years of my life, now they want my soul’: IPP prisoner jailed for stealing £20 could be deported in days

Exclusive: Sheldon Coore, who has lived in Britain since he was a toddler, has been moved to an immigration removal centre near Gatwick Airport ahead of his deportation to Jamaica

The Independent UK

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This low-cost airline is relaunching flights between Europe and Kuala Lumpur

AirAsia X’s revived route between London Gatwick and the Malaysian capital will now include a stopover in Bahrain.

Euronews

London airport security rules explained as Heathrow announces big change

Both Heathrow and Gatwick have scrapped the 100ml limit for liquids in hand luggage going through airport security

Evening Standard

Love Island star arrested on sexual assault and stalking allegations

Former contestant held at Gatwick Airport after woman contacts police with claims

Evening Standard

UK airports in race to the top … of the drop-off fee table

The Man Who Pays His Way: I predict a social media scramble on hacks to dodge the charges

The Independent UK

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Fury as passengers at major London aiport hit with UK's highest drop-off fee as price hiked AGAIN

The airport is blaming the huge price increase on a business rate rise being brought in by Rachel Reeves

Evening Standard

Gatwick Airport defends new £10 drop-off fee

The drop-off charge is now the UK’s highest charge

The Independent UK

Gatwick blames jump in business rates for raising drop-off fee to £10

The new price represents a 43% increase from the £7 currently charged.

Evening Standard

Plane vs train: Airlines boost London-Paris flights in bid to tempt Eurostar passengers

Exclusive: 2026 will see more than 50 flights a day between the UK and French capitals

The Independent UK

Sevenfold increase in serious incidents at UK immigration detention centre, report finds

Incidents rose from four in 2023 to 28 in 2024 as 22 Serco officers also investigated for serious misconduct at Gatwick centre

The Guardian - UK

Budget airlines jostle for Ukraine flight revival once war with Russia ends

Exclusive: Both Ryanair and Wizz Air insist they will be first back when the fighting stops, with easyJet planning flights from Gatwick to Kyiv

The Independent UK

Major budget airline slashes Gatwick flights

The Hungarian operator will boost its offering in Luton to increase profitability

The Independent UK

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Euronews

How Azerbaijan’s oil fund is expanding its influence in Europe’s private markets

Azerbaijan’s State Oil Fund is ramping up European infrastructure and renewables investments, taking stakes in London Gatwick airport and Italian solar panel capacities as it seeks to diversify away from oil and hydrocarbon revenues.

The Independent UK

Jet2 launches flights from Gatwick for the first time

New entrant will face competition from UK’s biggest budget airline as well as Tui and Wizz Air

Evening Standard

Jet2 launches flights and holidays from Gatwick to 29 destinations – see the full list

Jet2’s first Gatwick flight will depart to Tenerife on March 26 next year

International Business Times UK

Supreme Court Rules Air India Pilot 'Not to Blame' for Gatwick-Bound Disaster That Claimed 260 Lives

India's top court clears Air India pilot of blame in 260-death crash to Gatwick, offering relief to families of 52 Britons killed in the disaster.

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Evening Standard

Air India pilot ‘not to blame’ for crash that killed 241, court told

The elderly father of the pilot of an Air India flight that crashed on its way to Gatwick has called for an independent probe into the disaster

Evening Standard

High Court battle against Gatwick Airport new second runway launched by local campaigners

The Government is facing a judicial review challenge after backing expansion of the Sussex airport

The Conversation

A second runway at Gatwick airport could improve efficiency and bring down fares – an economist’s view

The £2.2 billion plan for a second runway at London’s Gatwick airport has divided opinion over environmental concerns and its ability to kickstart the economic growth the UK so badly needs. Critics have said that the economic benefits are overstated and the environmental harms unavoidable.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan: Gatwick expansion means we don't need a third Heathrow runway

Khan argues that Gatwick’s expansion further undermines the case for expanding Heathrow

Evening Standard

Major infrastructure approvals at record level ‘as Government says yes’

The go-ahead for Gatwick airport’s expansion plan was given on Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

What swayed the decision for second Gatwick runway and what does it mean for Heathrow?

The lowdown on what happens next and whether the move is likely to boost the UK economy

The Guardian - UK

Getting Gatwick’s expansion off the ground should never have been this hard

After years of dithering, ministers have finally backed the obvious choice

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