Originally Posted by
JW95
Even so, a shame, and yet another long haul loss for LGW
Will this also mean that LGW will no longer have any flights to Asia? Would love to see GIP/LGW rebuild some of the links it had to Asia/the Far East it had before Covid broke out. Not everyone prefers having to use LHR, especially now with charges going up.
Air Asia X as your probably aware have obtained slots at LGW for their planned Kuala Lumpur -Dubai-London Gatwick flight. No date yet confirmed for the route to commence though, if it does at all.
In the last ten years since 2012 at least London Gatwick Airport has lost the following airlines and routes from Asia's Far East.
Beijing...Air China
Chongqing...Tianjin Airlines
Hanoi...Vietnam Airlines
Ho Chi Minh City...Vietnam Airlines
Hong Kong...Cathay Pacific Airways and Hong Kong Airlines
Jakarta...Garuda Indonesian
Kuala Lumpur...Air Asia X and Malaysian Airlines
Seoul...Korean Air
Shanghai...Air China and China Eastern Airlines
Taipei...China Airlines
Tianjin...Tianjin Airlines
I don't think that LGW will ever see that amount of Asian airlines and destinations again.
Looking at future opportunities regarding the expansion of long haul at LGW there are several "possibilities" which I will list. Some could be resumptions, some could be from planned national airlines and of course some that might not be able to obtain slots at LHR. Of course some are real long shots but nevertheless possibilities.
Air Asia X... Kuala Lumpur via Dubai
Air Senegal...Dakar
Air Tanzania...Dar es Salaam
Air Zimbabwe...Harare
Flynas...Jeddah and Riyadh
Ghana Airways...Accra
Iraqi Airways...Baghdad
Nepal Airlines...Kathmandu
Nigerian Air...Lagos
Somon Air...Dushanbe
Uganda Airlines...Entebbe
Zambia Airways...Lusaka