AIRPORT REPORT: GATWICK
Gatwick investment at a glance:
South Terminal • South Terminal Baggage and Pier 1 (€178 million): • New Pier: Five new stands, modern facilities, streamlined processes
• New baggage system: Transformation of check-in, all desks linked to any aircraft make up area in the baggage hall. New HBS system, improved working environment.
• Pier 2 (€45.4 million): Reconfi guring aircraft stands, refurbishment of all gaterooms, improved entrance layouts, north side gateroom extension.
• Departure lounge (€39 million): 4,645sqm extension completed December 2009.
North Terminal • North Terminal extension (€86.7 million): Increased check-in capacity, more circulation space, improved wayfi nding, more arrival belts, fi rst phase to be completed by summer 2011.
• Interchange (€28.5 million): Opened to public on July 1, 2010, modern shuttle station.
• Multi-storey car park (€20 million): 900 short stay spaces, direct link to North Terminal, completion expected March 2011.
North West Zone • (€45.6 million): Six new A380 enabled large aircraft stands, ponds, landscaping bund and new taxiways.
Runway • (€38.2 million): Improve safety and operational effi ciency; enabling work summer 2011, full resurface 2012.
In its desire to become London’s gateway of choice (Gatwick is the UK’s
biggest O&D market) the airport has rebranded itself as ‘Your London Airport – Gatwick’, backed up by a €5.7 million advertising campaign. The BAA green and white livery has gone; replaced by a blue and white
1950’s retro design that was developed by branding agency Lewis Moberly to illustrate Gatwick’s intention to recall a ‘golden era’ of fl ight before queues and security screening. BAA era signage is being replaced with an inverted design incorporating
yellow text on a black background, while existing grey fl oors are being replaced with new white marble tiles. Before the takeover, BAA had already set in motion a €56.6 million
project to replace Gatwick’s ageing Inter Terminal Shuttle with a new system delivered by Bombardier Transportation, that included new shuttle cars, refurbishment of the track and transformation of the two terminal stations. Not content to accept a September opening as previously planned,
Wingate set a new date two months earlier, a target workers hit when the shuttle made its grand opening on July 1. According to Wingate it was all part of instilling a new sense of pride. So what does the future hold? Wingate is quick to quash any
speculation that he will seek to overturn an existing agreement between Gatwick Airport and Crawley Borough Council not to build a second runway before 2019. Instead, Gatwick is working with NATS and other organisations to
squeeze as much capacity as possible out of its existing single runway by rolling out a variety of improvements to air navigation systems associated with SESAR and implementing airport collaborative decision making (A-CDM). Improvements to taxiways, A380 enabled stands and a full
resurfacing of the runway in 2012 will herald Gatwick’s efforts to entice more long-haul operations to the airport. Once the capital programme projects are complete, other aspects of
Gatwick’s business model will be developed, specifi cally developing retail and F&B, starting with the arrival of a Giraffe restaurant – the fi rst in a line of new brands names to be unveiled. The new Gatwick has arrived.
32 AIRPORT WORLD/OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2010
AW
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100