Air India has confirmed plans to launch flights between London’s Gatwick Airport and Bengaluru. The new route has been discussed on our forum for several months, and the carrier has now issued a press release with the launch date set for 18 August. The service will operate five-times-weekly, with flight AI177 departing Bengaluru on Monday,…
British Airways has announced plans for a new route to Ivalo in Finland. The seasonal service from Gatwick will be operated by the carrier’s BA Euroflyer subsidiary, with twice-weekly flights launching on 3 December, 2024 and running until 14 February, 2025. Ivalo is situated in Lapland in the Arctic Circle, and is home to Finland’s…
Dubai International Airport has published its latest passenger numbers, recording its busiest quarter in history. The hub airport welcomed 23,052.060 passengers in Q1, up 8.3 per cent on the same period last year. India was the top destination for flights from Dubai International over the quarter, with 3.1 million customers, followed by Saudi Arabia (two…
Norse Atlantic has announced a new fly cruise partnership with P&O Cruises. The agreement will see the carrier operate charter services from the UK to Antigua and Barbados this winter. Between November 2024 and March 2025 there will be weekly Friday flights from Manchester to Barbados, and weekly Saturday flights from Gatwick and Manchester, alternating…
Commenting on the news Paul Callingham, Starboard Hotels chairman and founder, said: “This is an important, landmark moment for Starboard as we open the new Ibis Styles Gatwick following an ambitious, three year refurbishment programme. “Our teams, including the architects and contractors, have worked hard to develop and deliver an exceptional hotel with state of…
Meanwhile the group’s Gatwick North Terminal lounge is hosting the Nature exhibition by English artist and poet Joe Machine, featuring “varying size original acrylic on canvas colour paintings, alongside unique monochrome scraperboards – a form of direct engraving where black India ink is hand scratched to create a fine white china clay line”. The lounge…
PizzaExpress will unveil its first restaurant at a UK airport later this month, located within Gatwick’s South Terminal. The new outlet will open on 20 May, and in another first it will be the only PizzaExpress restaurant to offer a breakfast menu. Between 0330 and 1100 customers will be able to choose from dishes including…
VINCI Airports has announced plans to acquire a controlling stake in Scotland’s busiest airport. The £1.27 billion deal will see the French firm take a 50.01 per cent shareholding in Edinburgh Airport Limited – the company which owns Edinburgh Airport. Subject to regulatory approvals the acquisition is expected to be completed this summer, with the…
Norse Atlantic Airways has announced its latest route launch, with flights between Gatwick and Cape Town set to commence later this year. The thrice-weekly service will operate from Gatwick on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday from 28 October, with return fares starting from £499 in economy and £1,199 in Premium. Flights will depart Gatwick at 2000,…
The Department for Transport has granted extensions to some UK airports which have yet to finishing installing new-generation CT scanners, effectively abandoning the June 2024 deadline. It means that for many travellers restrictions limiting passengers to carrying liquids no more than 100ml in size – which have been in place since August 2006 when a…
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