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London Gatwick Airport benefits from Easybus expansion plans(8th July 2006)

STELIOS Haji-Ioannou is expanding his cut-price EasyBus airport shuttle service across the UK. EasyBus will start operatating out of Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester and Liverpool next year. Currently the EasyBus service is provided by 10 minibuses that provide up to 44 daily services between central London and London Luton Airport. Tickets are booked online in advance with the ‘earlier you book the cheaper the ticket’ scheme that is like the Easyjet airline. Cheapest tickets are £2 for very early bookers but increase up to £7. Those buying walk on tickets pay £8 if space is available.

Easybus has 10 minibuses operating on the Luton route but has just ordered another 50 for use with other airport services. London Gatwick is particularly well served by public transport. The Gatwick Express train service operates to London Victoria station in the West End of London while several train companies run services to the City of London.. Coach and bus services from Gatwick are frequent, especially the comfortable and frequent National Express services.

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About London Gatwick Airport

London's Gatwick airport is the second largest in the UK, and the seventh largest in the world. The airport also enjoys the distinction of being the worlds largest single runway airport. Gatwick has two terminals which together serve 90 Airlines and about 200 destinations. In 2004 the airport catered to the movement of over 31 million air passengers. The airport is about 30 miles from the center of London and is well served by a variety of transport links.

Our London Gatwick Airport Transport Guide covers all the transport options.

Gatwick began life as a modern airport in 1958 with the opening of its current runway, the airport presently employs around 25,000 people directly and prehaps 14,000 jobs indirectly. The airport is owned and operated by the British Airports Authority BAA, the worlds largest airport operating company, who own seven airports in the UK. The airport has 37,000m² of retail space for the operations of various retail companies.

Many passenegers take advantage of the Gatwick express train service which operates from London Victoria to the airport, the journey taking about 30 minutes. The train costs from £13.00 express single or £24.00 express return.

National Express run a coach service to the airport costing from £6.20 one way to the south terminal.

The airport has a variety of parking options including short-term parking adjacent to the terminals, or long-term parking for longer trips.

Our London Gatwick Airport Parking Guide covers all the options. Please note that each terminal has its own parking arrangements. Many tired passengers have spent time looking around the car park of the wrong terminal for their car!

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