Originally Posted by
canberra97
According to a post on another aviation site Air China 3 weekly Chengdu to LGW will move to LHR and will be increased to 5 weekly.
If true yet another long haul airline and another Chinese destination lost from the LGW route portfolio :-(
I wonder how long China Eastern will hang around at Gatwick for with their Shanghai flights before they too are eventually moved to LHR!
I know that the market speaks volumes but on a personal note I find it a great shame that Gatwick can't sustain these airlines and routes.
I know that circumstances and the markets have changed and many airlines have either merged or ceased trading or have relocated to LHR but to think of how many long haul airlines were serving Gatwick thirty years ago compared to now.
I've got time on my hands so I'm going to list them, I'm using the year 1989.
Air Afrique
Air Gabon
Air Gambia
Air Lanka
Air New Zealand
Air Seychelles
Air Tanzania
Air Zimbabwe
All Nippon Airlines
American Airlines
Avianca
Azerbaijan Airlines
CAAC
Cameroon Airlines
Canadian Airlines
Cathay Pacific
Continental
Delta
Emirates
EVA Air
Garuda Indonesia
Korean Air
Northwest Orient
Philippine Airlines
Piedmont Airlines/US Air
Royal Brunei Airlines
Royal Nepal Airlines
Sierra Leone Airways
Trans World Airways
Uganda Airlines
Wardair
Yemenia
Emirates and Cathay Pacific are both operating at Gatwick again.