The Sussex airport also argued for fully vaccinated people returning from amber countries to no longer have to take any Covid-19 tests, while non-vaccinated travellers should just be required to take a single lateral flow test.
Gatwick said that unless the government simplified the testing regime, then the UK aviation sector risked lagging behind Europe and the US.
The airport made the plea as financial results revealed that it catered for just 569,000 passengers during the first half of 2021 as lockdowns and travel bans took their toll in the first few months of the year. Gatwick made a loss of £244.6 million for the six months to the end of June.
