Same reason all the offices at Technical Block A at Heathrow have been closed off for decades....?
God that's depressing, I remember when BA took over BCAL just how much Engineering support and hangarage they had at Gatter, all gone now. No wonder the B777s rotate through LHR way more than before.

Saudia
 

Saudia have announced that JED-LGW will operate into the winter 2023 season with reservations already bookable on their website.

Welcome back Lufthansa!
 

So after 10 years, Lufthansa has returned to LGW today, this time at twice daily with A319s/320s/320-NEOs to FRA :) Welcome back to Gatwick Lufthansa! I wonder what further routes and airlines we may expect to see either launching or resuming LGW this year?

The good news is that the awful "your London airport, Gatwick" branding has finally been binned. The refresh is quite sharp and professional IMHO.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ea218146ca.png

looks like they got their first freeby on LogoGenerator. Odd choice of colours. Not unpleasant however.

That looks much better and as you say professional compared to the previous attempt. Great choice in colours as well in my opinion 👍

I was never a fan of "your London airport, Gatwick".

On a side note.

I have always thought it strange that Wikipedia lists London Heathrow Airport and London Stansted Airport but it's just Gatwick Airport rather than London Gatwick Airport.

Reminds me a little of the old Granada Televsion logo.

With a typeface recognisable to older Underground users. :O

That'll get the pax flocking in

New service
 

Turkish carrier SunExpress in July 2023 plans to add new service to the UK, where it plans to launch Izmir – London Gatwick route. Inaugural flight is scheduled on 05JUL23, with 737-800 aircraft operating twice weekly.

XQ882 ADB1625 – 1840LGW 73H 6
XQ882 ADB1825 – 2040LGW 73H 3

XQ883 LGW1935 – 0130+1ADB 73H 6
XQ883 LGW2135 – 0330+1ADB 73H 3

Likewise, I thought that the "your London airport, Gatwick" was dreadful; this new brand/logo is far better and more professional looking in my opinion.

Is it just me or does the 'G' logo and choice of colours not look a little similar to that of Gloucestershire Airport (GLO):

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a02879da95.png
Image source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...rport_logo.png

I'm in mixed feelings about the new branding. I do agree that the new corporate logo looks very smart and I like the choice of colours. However, whether this will help to differentiate LGW from other UK airports remains to be seen. As has been mentioned, it does look fairly similar to Gloucestershire Airport's branding strategy.

Does anyone know if the change in branding will also mean a change in airport signage/way finding?

New routes and airlines at LGW
 

A recent and very interesting interview with Stewart Wingate regarding LGW’s recovery post Covid-19, and future growth at the airport. What is interesting is that he is alluding to additional long haul airline announcements being made at LGW over the coming months, specifically from Chinese airlines. Air China have already reinstated LGW, so I wonder who Gatwick have next in the pipeline to announce their return/a new route from Gatwick?

Link to interview is here:

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/g...-expansion/amp

For some reason I have always found that any interview or article relating to LGW is probably a few weeks or even months old when it's published.

This is probably the reason Mr Wingate has eluded to the recent long haul additions at LGW. This seems to be a LGW thing for some reason.

On LinkedIn I've mentioned this a few times on the LGW page but with no response explaining the reason.

I wouldn't be too concerned and TBH I don't take the articles seriously as I know they are not recent enough.

Thats usually the result of an overprotective or slow media team who want to check anything before allowing it to go out and can’t turn it around in a decent timespan.

Hope you posters meas “alluded” rather than “eluded”.

I usually put more effort into it, but on this occasion a very bad grammatical error.

Although to be fair it's not a word I normally use as I don't tend to have a habit of alluding to anything 🙂

Apologies if already mentioned, but the Norse website now shows new routes from Gatwick to Barbados, and both Kingston and Montego Bay in Jamaica. All routes start late October 2023

I don’t know what they’re trying to do but it certainly won’t work without a package operation like TUI or the good VFR knowledge of BA!

Pretty much as their previous incarnation by the looks of it; lose a lot of (someone else's) money!