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London Gatwick (/ ˈ ɡ æ t w ɪ k /), [3] also known as Gatwick Airport [2] (IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK), is the secondary international airport serving London, England. It is located near Crawley , West Sussex , England 29.5 miles (47.5 km) south of Central London .
It operated primarily from London Gatwick Airport in south-east England. BCal was formed by the merger of Caledonian Airways [nb 1] and British United Airways (BUA). [nb 2] It was created as an alternative to the British government-controlled corporation airlines and was described as the "Second Force" in the 1969 Edwards report.
In addition, the UK Government itself began to undermine the "Second Force" concept from the moment it decided to re-allocate BCal's unused Gatwick—JFK and Gatwick—Los Angeles International licences to rival independent airline Laker Airways, following Sir Freddie's high-profile, public campaign to get his proposed Skytrain off the ground.
Parallel talks with British Midland, which wanted to transfer all of BCal's scheduled services from Gatwick to Heathrow, ended without result at an early stage because BCal's senior management felt that this was not feasible given the tight slot situation at London's premier airport. [77] BCal maintained that it had held several rounds of ...
Dubai’s 4.96 million seats make it unapproachably distant at the top of the “international only” league. ... (I was) to learn which airport took 10th place: London Gatwick, up from 12th four ...
It was done in partnership with Gatwick Airport authorities, the Coast to Capital local enterprise partnership and the Department for Transport. [20] [21] The expansion is an element of a five-year programme, costed at £1.11 billion, announced by Gatwick Airport in early 2018. [22] Construction on the new concourse began in November 2020.
Year ending in April 1987: Gatwick overtook New York JFK as the world's second-busiest international airport with 15.86 million international passengers. [ 127 ] Late 1987 and early 1988: British Airways took over British Caledonian ; the takeover began on 21 December 1987 and was completed on 14 April 1988.
Airport names in italics are listed in the UK Aeronautical Information Publication. [1] Airport names in bold have scheduled commercial airline service(s). Runway information is for the longest runway when more than one is available.