Gatwick

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  Two UK-Bound Air India Flights Diverted Due To Bad Weather

  Two Air India flights enroute to different UK cities were diverted to nearby airports there due to inclement weather on Thursday, according to the airline.

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  Air India Shifts Ahmedabad Flights From Gatwick To Heathrow From August 1

  Air India on Tuesday said it will operate three weekly flights from Ahmedabad to Heathrow, London, from August 1 to September 30, replacing Gatwick, London.

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  "We Saw Bodies Everywhere": Volunteer Rescuers Recall Horror At Crash Site

  Volunteers who rushed to help after a passenger jet crashed into a residential neighbourhood of India's Ahmedabad city described Friday the intense fireball they faced -- and the challenge ahead to identify the bodies of at least 265 victims.

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  Part Of London's Gatwick Airport Evacuated As Cops Probe Security Incident

  London's Gatwick Airport today evacuated people from a large part of the airport over a security threat, the airport authorities said in a post on social media website X.

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  Man In UK Threatens To Defecate On Airport Conveyor Belt After Delay In Luggage

  London Gatwick Airport recently witnessed an extraordinary scene when an impatient traveller had an epic meltdown while waiting for his luggage.

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  London's Gatwick Airport Limits Flights As Covid-19 Outbreak Causes Staff Shortages

  The largest number of cancellations will be on Friday, September 29, with 33 departures affected.

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  950 Workers Plan To Go On 8-Day Strike At UK's Gatwick Airport Over Low Pay

  A total 950 workers at London's Gatwick airport plan eight days of summer strike action, a union said Friday, after seeing the value of pay eroded by high inflation.

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  Flights Delayed At Two Major British Airports Due To Technical Snag

  Britain's air traffic authority NATS said it had done enough to fix an earlier system issue for flights to start returning to normal after technical problems delayed planes at Britain's two busiest airports, London's Heathrow and Gatwick.

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  Flights Resume At London's Gatwick Airport After "Control Systems Issue"

  London's Gatwick Airport resumed flights on Wednesday after closing its runway for nearly two hours due to "an air traffic control systems issue," it said.

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  Gatwick Airport Drone Disruption Cost EasyJet Nearly $20 Million

  EasyJet lost GBP 15 million ($19.3 million) in the 36 hours of travel chaos sparked by drones flying into London's Gatwick Airport in December, the budget airline said on Tuesday.

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  Britain to Expand Drone Exclusion Zone After Gatwick Chaos

  The government said the drone exclusion zone around airports would be extended to about 5 km.

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  Gatwick, Heathrow Airports Order Military-Grade Anti-Drone Equipment

  London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports have ordered military-grade anti-drone defences worth "several million pounds" after drones caused three days of disruption at Gatwick last month.

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  London's Gatwick Airport Sold For $3.7 Billion To French Firm

  Vinci SA agreed to acquire control of Gatwick Airport for 2.9 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) as the French construction company jumped on the chance to add a major London hub to its aviation portfolio

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  After 50,000-Pound Reward In Airport Drone Probe, UK Cops Get Tip-Offs

  British police probing the Gatwick Airport drone mystery that grounded Christmas getaway flights last week have received around 30 pieces of "useful information" in the last 24 hours, a police-backed charity said on Monday.

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  2 Arrested Over London Airport Drone Incident, Flights Resume

  Two people were arrested in connection with the "criminal use of drones" at London Gatwick Airport, police said today, after three days of disruption affected tens of thousands of passengers during the pre-Christmas getaway.