Tag: London Gatwick

London Gatwick looks to reduce accidental damage to buried utilities with new geospatial platform

Esri UK today announced that London Gatwick has created a new geospatial platform using Esri’s GIS (Geographic Information System) technology to support multiple operational areas at the airport, including engineering and environmental services. The system is already making engineering and cons...

Menzies Aviation awarded Shell Aviation fuelling contract spanning seven UK airports

Menzies Aviation, the global aviation logistics specialist, today announces that following a competitive selection process it has renewed a contract for the provision of into-plane fuelling operations for Shell Aviation across its entire UK fuelling network, spanning seven airports. The contract ...

Gatwick pledges £1.11 billion in five-year investment programme

Gatwick Airport has published its five-year Capital Investment Programme (CIP), which pledges £1.11 billion and places an emphasis on automation and technology as key growth enablers. Projects touted include automated boarding technology and robotic parking, which the airport say will help spee...

London Gatwick CEO: “We are not pursuing a new runway”

London Gatwick CEO: “We are not pursuing a new runway”

London Gatwick Airport's CEO, Stewart Wingate has reaffirmed that the airport is not seeking the development of a new runway for the next number of decades. Wingate's comments on a failed new runway proposal were spoken on at the Airport Operators Association's annual conference in Westminster, L...

Gatwick set to ‘routinely’ use standby runway for departures

Photo: Annotated master plan of the growth project, as provided by Gatwick. London Gatwck Airport has set out a growth plan that will entail making 'routine' use of the existing standby runway for 'smaller' aircraft departures. The airport states the changes will be in line with 'all international ...

Gatwick Airport put special assistance for passengers as a priority

Last month, Gatwick Airport opened a new £2 million airline lounge style area in its North Terminal for passengers who require special assistance - one of the biggest of its kind in any European airport. The opening seemed to demonstrate an airport dedicated to accessibility and emphasising the...

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