London Gatwick Offers 14 New Routes Ahead of Summer Getaways

Passengers across London and the South East will have the choice of 223 destinations from 56 airlines at London Gatwick International Airport this summer, with 14 new services, including one domestic, launching ahead of the UK school summer holidays.

The new routes recently underway include short-haul flights to Gothenburg (Sweden), Vagar (Faroe Islands), and Ponta Delgada (Azores, Portugal), while a new service to Varna (Bulgaria) started on Tuesday, with Salerno (Italy) due to start on July 13. 

The new long-haul options include Halifax (Canada), St John’s (Canada), Beijing (China) and Erbil (Iraq), alongside Guangzhou (China) starting on June 20 and Singapore starting on June 22.  Additional services to Jersey (Channel Islands), Skiathos (Greece), and Rome (Italy) are also now operating.

Stephanie Wear, Vice President, Aviation Development, London Gatwick, said that it was fantastic that London Gatwick could offer passengers such an exciting range of destinations this summer, whether for holidays, visiting family and friends, or business trips.

Airport for All

Wear also said that as they work towards the vision of becoming the airport for everyone, whatever passengers’ journey, they were committed to providing passengers as much choice as possible.

“We are delighted to continue growing our already extensive network and welcome new airlines including ITA Airways, Atlantic Airways, Azores Airlines, Singapore Airlines and FlyErbil,” Wear explained.

“We are looking forward to welcoming passengers as they fly from London Gatwick this summer. Once at the airport, 95% of passengers on average fly through security in less than five minutes and can experience great retail and food and beverage offerings,” Wear added.

From August 18, Air India will also launch a new flight between London Gatwick and Bengaluru, while services to destinations including Bangkok (Thailand), Islamabad (Pakistan) and Rovaniemi (Finland) will begin later in the year. 

London Gatwick is investing in its long-term future and its planning application to bring the airport’s existing Northern Runway into routine use, has now entered the examination phase with the Planning Inspectorate.

This low-impact plan will improve resilience, reduce delays, and provide a significant boost to the national and regional economy by supporting trade, tourism, and new jobs. 

Inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth in 1958 with 186,000 passengers, the London Gatwick saw as many as 40.9 million travellers pass through the airport in 2023. However, it is yet to reach the pre COVID-19 passenger traffic levels of 46.6 million in 2019.