COVID-19 Impact on EUROCONTROL Airports - London/Gatwick

EUROCONTROL Briefing
London/Gatwick Airport Brief - cover
Banner of Gatwick airport factsheet

The latest in EUROCONTROL’s series of briefings on the impact of COVID-19 on Europe’s top airports focuses on London/Gatwick Airport.

The briefing (available for download below) provides key facts and graphics and is one of a series covering the impact of the crisis on major European airports.

It includes a specific airport-level traffic composition overview, which shows that traffic is increasing compared to 2020 (+50%) but still well below the 2019 level (-83%).

More information on the recent forecasts produced by EUROCONTROL can be found here.

The briefing includes also information on:

  • Total flights lost since 1 March 2020: 349,125 flights;
  • Current flight status: 158 daily flights or -83% vs 2019 (7-day average);
  • Current ranking: 77th;
  • Busiest airline: easyJet with 103 average daily flights (-73% vs. 2019);
  • Busiest destination country: United Kingdom with 24 average daily flights (-36% vs. 2019);
  • Busiest destination airport: Palma de Mallorca with 4 average daily flights (-62% vs. 2019);
  • Mostly international traffic (-87% vs 2019) with low cost airlines.

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COVID-19 Impact on EUROCONTROL Airports - London/Gatwick