Gatwick Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/gatwick/ Mechanically-minded travel Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:56:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 First electric flight lands at London Gatwick https://mechtraveller.com/2025/07/first-electric-flight-lands-at-london-gatwick/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/07/first-electric-flight-lands-at-london-gatwick/#respond Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:56:18 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11937 The first ever electric flight to land at London Gatwick airport, did so yesterday (9 July) as part of the VINCI Airports Network Elektro Tour. The Elektro Tour is taking place over 17 days with a Pipistrel Velis Electro* light aircraft flying between nine VINCI airports in France and London Gatwick to showcase innovation in […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/07/first-electric-flight-lands-at-london-gatwick/feed/ 0 A peak behind the scenes at Gatwick Airport https://mechtraveller.com/2017/02/a-peak-behind-the-scenes-at-gatwick-airport/ https://mechtraveller.com/2017/02/a-peak-behind-the-scenes-at-gatwick-airport/#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2017 13:46:07 +0000 http://mechtraveller.com/?p=2033 Last May, London Gatwick Airport opened its new ‘Pier 1’ at the South Terminal, replacing the old Pier 1 originally opened by the Queen in 1958. The new pier, costing £186 million, has 5 efficient dual-boarding gates with state-of-the-art passenger gate rooms and a premium lounge with panoramic views across the airfield, but hidden away […]

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