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South London’s Gatwick airport says growth in long-haul routes led it to a 27.2% surge in cargo traffic in April, to 7,142 tonnes, compared with April 2016’s 5,615 tonnes in. For the 12 months to April 2017, the increase was 20%, to 82,666 tonnes.
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Gatwick Airport says it is looking for companies to carry out £75m worth of design and planning work in preparation for a potential second runway at the airport, reports online newsletter bdaily.co.uk. While the Government has postponed a decision on whether Gatwick or Heathrow will build new runways, the airport ...
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The Davies Commission on airport capacity in the south-east of England has shortlisted a third runway for Heathrow and a second for Gatwick as possible options, but has not come out decisevly in favour of a scheme for a new island airport in the Thames Estuary. It says that further ...
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Middle East handler dnata has revealed details of where its new handling facilities at regional airports will be located. They are: London Gatwick: Unit 5, Gatwick Airport Centre, Cargo Road; Birmingham:Argosy Building, Air Cargo Centre; and Glasgow: Cargo Terminal, Building 7/8, Nevis Way.
At London Heathrow, two of the buildings in ...
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Middle East-owned air handling company dnata is to open three new facilities at Gatwick, Birmingham, and Glasgow, in addition to its soon to be unveiled new dnata City, cargo hub at Heathrow. The move brings to five the number of UK airports served by the Dubai-based operator, including that at ...
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The CBI urged the Government to maintain night flights at London's three main airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted – in its response to a Department for Transport consultation which closed on 21 April. It said that night flights play a key role in aviation and generate millions of pounds ...
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Gatwick Airport says that it may need to build a second runway after an agreement not to do so expires in 2019. Owners Global Infrastructure Partners unveiled a master plan on 19 July, which warned that the airport could soon reach its maximum capacity. Gatwick is currently the busiest single-runway ...
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British Airways is to launch three-times-a-week services between Gatwick and Las Vegas on 29 October. Operated by a Boeing 777, the new flights together with the existing Heathrow service will bring total BA flights to ten a week.
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