GATWICK

[Itchin McCrevis]

It's great to see that in Norwegian, LGW seems to have an airline that's committed to long haul expansion rather than use the airport as a waiting room for LHR.

hmm - you really sure that if the chance of slots at Heathrow came up they wouldn't take it?

[AvGeek1]

Does anyone know how these services are doing?

Med View Airlines to Lagos
Norwegian to Boston, Orlando & Fort Launderdale
British Airways to New York, San Jose de Costa Rica & Lima?

Also the WestJet flights to Canada have been very problematic, flights are constantly delayed & cancelled. It was always going to be a push with only a couple of 767's. Today's inbound Toronto flight arrived 6 hours late as an example!

What long-haul services are next for the airport? Some to think about;

- Qatar to Doha (previously announced but never launched)
- Etihad to Abu Dhabi
- Hainan Airlines to Beijing

[londoncornish]

Originally Posted by canberra97

Londoncornish

Pier 1 was not exclusively the domestic pier although the majority of flights were domestic, it was a multi use pier as will be the new one.

Fair enough - maybe my real question is when will the tedious bus transfer to the terminal finish for domestic arrivals?
Arriving each week on a domestic service and being bused in can be kinda frustrating.

[Locker10a]

The bus service for domestic arrivals will always be in place especially when the aircraft is operating a international flight afterwards.
I actually find that south terminal domestic bus transfer to be faster then walking all the way through the terminal.
Does anyone know what the plan is for the new south terminal pier? Who will use it or will everyone use it?
I know Monarch, easyjet, Norwegian, Aer Lingus and Ryanair all share gates on the main pier of the south term, but there are always certain gates that are not used by certain airlines? How will the new pier gates be assigned ?

[True Blue]

With Wizzair able to have the demand for multiple daily flights to the likes of Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest out of Luton, has Ezy been too reserved on flights from Lgw to these cities. I wonder why Ezy can't manage more demand from a much bigger airport compared to Wizz. Any views?

[AvGeek1]

easyJet have also been 'scared' of introducing or expanding routes in Eastern Europe due to the big presence of Ryanair & Wizz Air in the region. But they seem to perform well on routes like Budapest, Prague, Krakow & Sofia. They are also very slow at adding capacity where needed, as Krakow should currently be 2 daily to deal with the demand on existing flights. One route they could have operated from Gatwick is Warsaw, but Norwegian beat them to it and now they are performing well on the route with approximately 8,000/9,000 passengers a month. easyJet need to work at the market and advertise themselves to attract more traffic originating from Eastern Europe. With easyJet being to slow and sluggish with growth, Wizz Air are now encroaching on easyJet's territory, which could see a blow to easyJet small collection of Eastern European routes if Wizz Air continue to add routes to/from Gatwick.

-AvGeek1

[toledoashley]

The clear mantra is EZY is only going to serve places in which they can 'win'. They have publicly stated that Eastern Europe isn't one of those places - Scandinavia is certainly another (Wizz in EE, Norwegian in Scandinavia).

There is certainly not a 'win at any cost' mentality like Ryanair has - maybe a lack of ambition, or legacy issues to appease Sir Stelios?

[Bigpants]

BBC reports that the runway closed due concerns over surface condition.

[Heathrow Harry]

Gatwick Airport has closed its runway and an investigation is under way after claims the surface started to break up.
Earlier, Gatwick tweeted an apology to anyone impacted by the closure.
It said: "Our runway is temporarily closed while we carry out investigations. Apologies if you're impacted. We'll update you shortly."
BBC London Travel tweeted there are reports the surface is breaking up with arrivals being diverted to Stansted and Bournemouth airports.
In a further statement, a spokesman for the airport said the main runway was temporarily closed at 15.48 BST while a reported issue was investigated.
He said: "We have now switched our operation to the Northern Runway and flights are departing and arriving from Gatwick.
"There will, however, be some delays to flights because of this.
"The safety and security of our airport and passengers is our number one priority, but we'd like to apologise to passengers impacted today."

[Bigpants]

Gatwick Airport runway closed 'as surface breaks up' - BBC News

[Trash 'n' Navs]

When did they last resurface?

[Charley B]

Think it was resurfaced in 2012.

[canberra97]

But EZY had the opportunity to infiltrate Eastern Europe way before Wizz went on thier major expansion but did nothing except to a few destinations such as Budapest, Prague, Llubijana, Tallin.

Same with Scandinavia they only serve Copenhagen and tried and failed on Gothenburg, Helsinki and Stockholm which in reality you would have thought they could have held there own before Norwegian took such a foothold in the LGW Scandinavian market.

[cats_five]

"Apologies to passengers who are experiencing delays at the airport this afternoon due do the earlier closure of our main runway. Flights are now arriving and departing, however there will continue to be delays to flights and cancellations as we endeavour to keep passengers moving. Please contact your airline for the latest information on your flight."

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[lotus1]

I knew they should have kept manston open lovely drive from stanstead and Bournmouth back to gatwick after a nice long flight?

[Andy_S]

You realise Stansted is closer to LGW than Manston, right?

[Andrewgr2]

Andy5
And its motorway all the way, as well as being shorter. Even if you have to pay the toll at Dartford��

[canberra97]

Lotus_1

I can't help but being pedantic but it's STANSTED and BOURNEMOUTH not as you state Stanstead and Bournmouth!

Perhaps you need to learn some geography regarding names and as well as distances.

[wallp]

When the terminal moves happen are Norwegian staying in the South Terminal?

Was thinking it'll be quite a squeeze fitting in all their planes alongside BA, especially the 787's alongside the 777's

[strawberry Ribena]

Yes wallip, DY are staying in the south. only virgin, ba and easyjet south terminal flights are swapping. I'd imagine there will be a large amount of coaching gates.