I think we need a small correction to both the two last replies.
Norwegian’s market shares for international passengers at LGW in 2013 were:
Quarter 2013 | Share of international passengers | Passenger growth
1st | 6% | +21,000 passengers
2nd | 7% | +176,000 passengers
3rd | 6% | +243,000 passengers
4th | 10% | +221,000 passengers
In the third quarter this year LGW had 921,786 domestic passengers and rest (6.9 million) were international passengers. From this then around 690,000 of the passengers either were arriving to - or departing from LGW on board a Norwegian aircraft. We can also calculate Norwegian’s Q4 growth at LGW to be around 47%. 13% of Norwegian’s passengers during Q4 had one end of a flight at LGW.
Now let’s move to the Dreamliner flights starting in July from LGW. Gatwick will not be a Dreamliner base (BKK, FLL and JFK will for now be their crew bases), but Norwegian Air International will offer transfer tickets via LGW – in other words there will be a small hub operation at LGW.
Here is the timetable for the Dreamliner operation at LGW from July:
Weekday | Inbound from | Outbound to | Time on ground
Monday | LAX 13:35 | FLL 15:55 | 02:20
Tuesday | FLL 11:55 | JFK 17:10 | 05:15
Wednesday | JFK 09:00 | LAX 15:35 | 06:35
Thursday | LAX 15:00 | JFK 17:10 | 02:10
Friday | JFK 09:00 | FLL 15:55 | 06:55
Saturday | FLL 11:55 | JFK 17:10 | 05:15
Sunday | JFK 09:00 | LAX 13:45 | 04:45
At most outbound destinations from LGW, this Dreamliner will not be the only Norwegian Dreamliner arriving around the same time and a swap will be possible.