Gatwick sees record-breaking September
Gatwick's record-breaking September and booming long haul services beat growth forecasts.
In September, 4.3 million passengers travelled through the airport which is +6.9% on the same month in 2015. Gatwick now serves 42.3 million passengers a year – a milestone the Airports Commission forecast Gatwick would not reach until 2030.
Long-haul routes also continued their impressive growth and are +29% on this time last year. Gatwick will commence new routes to Cape Town and Moscow in just a matter of weeks joining the 20 new long haul routes which have started this year to China, Peru, Canada, Costa Rica, Nigeria, South Africa and the United States.
Gatwick Chief Executive Stewart Wingate, said: “Gatwick’s continued record-breaking growth shows we can deliver for Britain. We are already decades ahead of predictions on passenger and long haul growth.”