All news on the topic: Gatwick Airport

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Two detained after Gatwick Airport bomb scare as police increase presence in terminal
Police have detained two people in connection with an earlier bomb scare at Gatwick Airport which saw the South Terminal evacuated.
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Bomb squad called to Gatwick Airport after thousands were told to "get out immediately"
Thousands of people have been evacuated from Gatwick Airport over an ongoing police incident.
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‘Bag of vapes’ explodes on EasyJet flight forcing emergency landing
An EasyJet flight descended into chaos after a suspected bag of vapes exploded with 236 passengers on board.
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Gatwick Airport in chaos as Just Stop Oil block Southern terminal
Just Stop Oil protesters have disrupted Gatwick Airport after activists stormed its terminal during busy summer holiday travel season.
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Gatwick Airport terminal evacuated with fears of ‘inevitable’ flight delays
London Gatwick’s South Terminal has been evacuated causing travel chaos for passengers departing from the airport.
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Chaos at major UK airports after Border Force ‘suffers nationwide IT glitch’
Travel chaos has been reported at airports across the country after Border Control was apparently hit by a nationwide IT outage.
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'Bargain family resort in Crete doesn't compromise on luxury or beauty'
Megan Archer-Fox discovered the perfect hotel for a relaxing holiday - the first with her family of four - to the Fodele Beach & Water Park Resort on the Greek island of Crete
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British Airways to offer free messaging apps on flights from next month
The airline plans to introduce the service over two weeks starting from April 3, allowing travellers to send and receive texts on apps like WhatsApp, iMessage, Facebook Messenger and Teams
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British Airways is adding a new phone freebie for passengers from next month
The airline said it will roll out the service over two weeks from April 3, enabling travellers to send and receive text on apps such as WhatsApp, iMessage, Facebook Messenger and Teams.
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Furious holidaymakers return to Gatwick Airport to find spare tyres gone
Sarah Breakspear, from Dorset, is one of eight holidaymakers who arrived back to Gatwick Airport to find their cars had been targeted by thieves who plundered tyres
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Mum's tribute at funeral of daughter who died after £2.5k Turkey surgery
Morgan, 20, died just days after a gastric sleeve operation in Istanbul - her flight home made an emergency landing in Belgrade where it was found that her intestine had been cut
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Boss of 'worst airline' pockets jumbo wage rise as flyers wait for payouts
Passengers on budget airline Wizz Air have had to band together to demand compensation for delayed and cancelled flights
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Another passenger without passport manages to sneak on to flight at UK airport
A Brit got on a Norwegian Air flight at Gatwick Airport without any documentation earlier this month - he was eventually removed from the plane before it took off to Copenhagon
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Mystery as man found frozen to death in plane undercarriage at Gatwick Airport
The man's body was discovered frozen in the right-hand wheel of a plane which had arrived at London Gatwick Airport from Banjul in The Gambia but he hasn't been identified
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Ryanair mistakenly warns passengers that UK airport has been forced to shut
Ryanair mistakenly claimed that East Midlands Airport had been forced to shut today because of air traffic control issues, leading to hundreds of passengers being affected,
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Moment 'drunk and abusive' man detained by hero passengers on JetBlue flight
Four British passengers stepped in after a fellow passenger became abusive to cabin crew staff after becoming drunk on a JetBlue flight from Gatwick Airport to New York's JFK airport
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'P&O cancelled my cruise and banned me for life after I raised safety concerns'
Retired holidaymaker Steve Kidd, 66, was due to fly via Maleth Aero to Antigua for a P&O cruise later this month with wife Elaine, 62 - but after raising concerns was banned
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Brit chess prodigy who made joke about 'Taliban bombing' easyJet flight cleared
Aditya Verma, 20, who is now studying at Bath University, told his pals in a private Snapchat group: “On my way to blow up the plane, I’m a member of the Taliban”
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Wizz Air to restart flights between UK and Israel in March as losses mount
Most carriers suspended flights to Israel in October following the start of the country's conflict with Hamas
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UK airports set to ditch 100ml liquid rules in time for summer deadline
Edinburgh, Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester are among the airports which have provided updates on how upgrade works to their hand luggage scanners are going
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Storm Jocelyn set to hit with 80mph winds hours after Storm Isha left five dead
Storm Isha claimed three lives when it hit Britain on Sunday and Monday, with the Met Office now warning of more weather destruction at the hands of Storm Jocelyn
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Last TikTok post of girl who died after £2,500 weight loss surgery in Turkey
Morgan Ribeiro, 20, from south London, fell severely ill whilst on her way back to the UK. She tragically died just days after undergoing gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey
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Brit tourist on easyJet flight sparks major bomb threat
The man is accused of posting a message on Snapchat which said he was a member of the Taliban, and that he had planted a bomb on the flight, which was flying from Gatwick to Menorca
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Gatwick border guard caught sending pics of herself to prisoner avoids jail
Jade Hearn, a 26-year-old Gatwick border official shared official intelligence with criminals, including advising them on how to move money, as she sent pictures of herself in uniform to four inmates
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Woman tried to sneak onto a flight after being refused entry
Mistura Alade couldn't board a flight from London to Milan because she did not have three months left on her passport. She tried to board the wrong aircraft before being detained