London Gatwick

Work experience week has been a blast! 🚿 We loved hosting 28 students from eight local schools this week, and showing them the wide range of opportunities that an airport can offer. From finance to firefighting, there's something for everyone here! 👩🚒👨💼👮♀️👨🔧 It's so important to inspire young people to consider careers in STEM, and with over 100 London Gatwick colleagues taking the time to help out across the week, it shows how passionate we are to give something back to the community and support local students 💙 We hope that by offering behind the scenes tours, workplace and life skills sessions and panel discussions, we can demonstrate just how exciting and fulfilling a career at London Gatwick can be. Read more about the weeks activities here👉 https://lnkd.in/eX-cRNTP #London #Gatwick #Airport #AirportCareers #WorkExperienceWeek #WorkExperience #Crawley

We were proud to support the Sussex Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2024 as Reception Drink Sponsor alongside our friends and #SussexSix product partners Ridgeview Wine Estate 🥂 We love getting the opportunity to celebrate the successes of businesses from across our local communities! Congratulations to the winners, who now have the opportunity to compete for the coveted national British Chamber Business Awards 🏆 Award categories included The Global Player, The Planet Saver, The Problem Solver, The Equality Trailblazer, The Community Champion, The Workforce Developer, The Rapid Riser and The Game Changer. 👇 See the winners and congratulate them on Sussex Chamber of Commerce's LinkedIn post: https://lnkd.in/dZwA6V8T

One of our biggest and most important projects is reaching net zero for our emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 2030. Work is well underway. While some projects are easy to see, like replacing over 5000 streetlights with LEDs, plenty of work goes unseen. Our Head of Engineering, Steve Kelso, details our plans, challenges and successes to date in an interview in House Magazine. He also talks about how the airport is playing a crucial role supporting others on campus, including airlines, to reduce their emissions (Scope 3). https://gatwk.uk/3LlnT2k #London #Gatwick #Airport #Sustainability

This summer, kids eat free at London Gatwick 😎 At three of our family-friendly restaurants, children under 13 can now enjoy a FREE main meal from the kids’ menu with the purchase of an adult’s full-price meal. ❓Did you know that our special airport outlets are designed to have your food ready in record time - so you don't have to worry about your flight departing before your first course! (and you'll have time for that dessert - it's a holiday after all 😉) Participating locations include: 🌴 Wondertree (South Terminal after security) 🌞 Sonoma (North Terminal after security) 🦒 Giraffe (South Terminal before security) This offer is available until the end of the school summer holidays - and if you still haven't booked a trip, let us tempt you: https://gatwk.uk/3xWvWzc #FamilyTravel #LondonGatwick #London #Gatwick #Airport #SummerHolidays

🍯 Did you notice a pop-up stand featuring Loxwood Meadworks in our departure lounge last week? 🌍 We love spotlighting locally sourced products and businesses from our region around London Gatwick, so that wherever you're going, you can take a piece of Sussex with you! 👀 Keep your eyes peeled for future pop-up collaborations around our airport, and find out more about the #SussexSix campaign and why we're proud to support it here: https://lnkd.in/e-5AA6UC

🌟 We're thrilled to share a profile piece on Asher Prower, co-chair of REACH (our race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage business resource group), published by Investing in Ethnicity.   On top of her role as Business Change Manager at London Gatwick, Asher consistently champions diversity, equity and inclusion in all she does.    Read Asher's profile to hear more about all the great work she does inside and outside of work ➡ https://lnkd.in/eqwMG-n8

As a signee of the the Armed Forces Covenant, London Gatwick proudly supports our military community, and are thrilled to have so many ex-forces colleagues around our airport. ✈ Skills learned in the military translate seamlessly into the operations of a business as busy as ours. We wanted to share three of these colleagues with you, to demonstrate some of the varied career backgrounds of our people, and where it can take you at London Gatwick. ⬇️ Andy served for 20 years in the RAF as an air traffic controller at several UK military airfields. He was a Squadron Commander at the London Air Traffic Control Centre; Director of Operations at the Afghanistan Regional Air Movements Coordination Centre and the Senior Air Traffic Control Officer at RAF Brize Norton. Andy is now our Head of Noise and Airspace Strategy where he is using all of that knowledge and experience to help to deliver quicker, quieter and cleaner journeys through airspace improvements. 🛫 Mark served for 30 years in the Regular Army in the Royal Artillery, commissioned from the ranks and leaving as a Gunner Major. He subsequently joined the Army Reserve unit serving as an Officer Commanding a Reservist Army Air Corps Squadron in Suffolk. He retired fully from the Army after 39 years service last year. However, he continues to prioritise safety and security, as he uses nearly 40 years of skills as one of our airport Security Team Leaders. 👮♂️ Pete spent over 7 years in the Royal Navy, in various technical roles such as as a Leading Operator Mechanic. The skills he gained in leadership and handling whatever crisis arose have made him the perfect fit to be our Senior Passenger Operations Manager and keep our terminals running every day - and if the adverts are true, as an RN mechanic, we're sure he could also fix a board, a bike, a car, or learn to fix an A320 passenger plane... if the need arises 🔧 #London #Gatwick #Airport #ArmedForcesDay2024 #ArmedForcesDay #SaluteOurForces

It was brilliant to have 180 leaders from across the VINCI Concessions global business visit London for their three-day annual global leadership conference last week. It was great to share learnings and hear about so many successful business growth stories from across the VINCI infrastructure network, which includes over 70 airports internationally and 4300km of highways in 10 countries. London Gatwick is the largest and busiest airport in the VINCI portfolio, and it was a particular delight to host the delegation for a day at the airport so that they could all meet our fantastic team of skilled colleagues and explore the investments and improvements we have made for passengers in terms of service and experience. The visit coincided with the official opening of our fully refurbished North Terminal departure lounge which you can see in one of the photos below. I was joined by CEO of VINCI Concessions and President of VINCI Airports, Nicolas Notebaert plus colleagues closely involved in the delivery of this huge project. Thank you to everyone who supported these fantastic events, and to all the delegates for coming!

🌈✈️ Diane, Security Officer at London Gatwick and Co-Chair of Gatwick Pride, shares her reflections on what has been a hugely successful year of activity of the Business Resource Group. The BRG have achieved lots over the last 12 months, and we are excited to see what they have planned for the next year. Happy Pride Month!

❤️ "𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗣𝗥 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽."   Eddie Barnes suffered a cardiac arrest whilst travelling through London Gatwick, and has paid a touching tribute to the staff that saved his life.   Nine members of staff from various teams across the airport helped by applying CPR and using a defibrillator to restart his heart.   Eddie thankfully made a full recovery and last week came back to London Gatwick to meet with the team who responded to the incident to say thank you. Read more from Eddie and some of the staff involved here: https://lnkd.in/exebMU5p