Passenger numbers at the Sussex airport rose by 5.1% to 26.4 million during the six months to the end of September – with long-haul passengers up by 12.4% over the same period.
This helped to raise revenue by 5.5% to £469.7 million while pre-tax profit rose by 21.3% from £116 million in 2016 to £140.7 million this year.
Gatwick has been boosted by new long-haul services such as Norwegian’s new routes to Singapore, Seattle and Denver, as well as RwandAir introducing flights to Kigali.
