Courts joined passengers, airport staff and airline crew to mark the occasion as the first South Terminal flights for 21 months took off, a move that almost doubled Gatwick’s flight schedule overnight from around 300 a day to 570.
Several airlines that moved their operations to Gatwick’s North Terminal are now transitioning back. These include British Airways, Wizz Air, Vueling, Ryanair, Aer Lingus and Norwegian. EasyJet will operate around 120 short-haul routes across both terminals, BA 35, Wizz 25 and Vueling 16.
