The Latest Breaking News from Gatwick

Two four-day strikes have been called by ground handlers on August 18 and 25

Global Airlines is aiming to begin operating flights between Gatwick and New York JFK by the middle of next year.

Hundreds of thousands of British vacationers face potential disruption to their travel plans at the start of the school summer holidays after almost 1,000 workers at London’s Gatwick Airport voted to strike in a dispute over pay

Unite says members who carry out roles such as baggage handling and check-in will take action

Warnings of ‘inevitable’ disruption, delays and cancellations as strikes hit across two busy weekends in July and August

Union warns of ‘significant disruption, delays and cancellations’ but airport says their plans will ‘ensure that flights operate as scheduled’

It's suffering more flight delays than any other major European airport

Budget airline easyJet has cancelled 1,700 summer flights in July, August and September, many of them from its main UK base Gatwick, impacting 180,000 passengers

The director-general of global airline body the International Air Transport Association said the West Sussex airport was suffering ‘severe impacts’.