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Gatwick puts capacity cap on summer flights

London
Will Payne
17 June 2022

Gatwick has introduced a temporary capacity cap on flights this summer in a bid to moderate its growth for July and August.

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The move comes in a bid to allow airlines to fly and manage more predictable and reliable flight programmes for the rest of the peak school summer holiday period and to give passengers certainty this summer.

During the peak holiday period, the airport will "carefully and gradually" increase its declared capacity – starting at 825 flights a day in July and then up to 850 flights a day in August – so passengers experience a "more reliable and better standard" of service.