With Gatwick celebrating its 65th anniversary tomorrow, Cirium has revealed the extent of the airport’s post-pandemic recovery.
From aviation analytics firm, Cirium.
Cirium Data
- This June, Gatwick Airport is scheduled to see 12,281 departures – equating to over 3.2 million seats
- The number of scheduled departures this June is just 5% short of June 2019 levels, as the airport continues to recover from the pandemic
- Gatwick Airport is recovering faster than the UK average – which currently sees departures down 11% this month vs June 2019
- London’s secondary airport is currently the UK’s second-busiest airport by scheduled departures, just behind Heathrow
- This month, the airport has scheduled flights to 184 destinations – down from 208 in June 2019
- For a look at Gatwick’s annual departure numbers, see below – note 2023 is projected and subject to change.