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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 .
Hydes was initially named Gary Gatwick after the airport's mascot; a plush toy bear sold in the airport's gift shop. It had been given to him by airport staff soon after his discovery. His case was widely publicised in the UK and elsewhere at the time. He was first placed in foster care and after being adopted was given the name Steven Hydes. [3]
G-ARPT was damaged beyond economic repair. G-ARPI was repaired and returned to service, only to be lost in an accident in June 1972. 1969. 5 January – Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727-113C YA-FAR crashed at Horley, Surrey whilst on approach to Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board.
The closure of Gatwick airport cost airlines around £50m in lost revenue and passenger care costs. But the emotional cost was even higher . Why are drones so risky for passenger planes?
Gatwick has the UK’s busiest airport railway station, with more than 50,000 passengers using it on an average day; while trains continued to run through it, they could not stop during the ...
A further 318 flights are scheduled to arrive into Gatwick Airport today – equating to over 61,400 seats. Gatwick’s south terminal is used by dozens of airlines, ...
Fernhill is a hamlet about 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) from the east end of Gatwick Airport's runway [4] and a similar distance south of the nearest town, Horley. [5] Until boundary changes brought it fully into West Sussex (and the borough of Crawley) in 1990, [6] it straddled the Sussex/Surrey border and was in the parish of Burstow.
The airport released a statement at 2.44pm which said: “The earlier security alert has now been resolved and cleared by police. “The south terminal is reopening to staff and will be open to ...