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Virgin to operate extra flight to the Caribbean from Gatwick Airport. Virgin Atlantic have announced that will operate a new flight from Gatwick Airport to the Caribbean Airport of Grenada from October 2011.

New 17 million Car Park opens at Gatwick Airport.
Gatwick has opened up a new car park at the airports North Terminal. The Car parks 1,117 parking bays will bring the total number of parking spaces available at the airport to 32,600.

Passenger terrified by bird strike. A Thomson Jet bound for Gatwick Airport was hit by a plane, passengers were left terrified. On leaving the plane one passenger remarked that were was one hell of a bang and then the cabin filled with a burning smell. Thank God the Pilot and Crew were calm and collected and did everything by the book and got us on the ground safely.

In a rush to ensure transport links can cope during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Gatwick Airport and Network Rail have brought forward plans to improve the rail link to Gatwick International Airport.

GIP the owners of Gatwick International Airport announced that growth was smaller than expected resulting in less growth than its main rival London Heathrow. Gatwick passenger numbers were up by 1.4% in March in comparison Heathrow saw an increase of just under 3%. Over the last 12 months passenger number were down by 800,000 due [...]