London Gatwick: New Route Development & Rumours

[juliet-fox-9]

Royal Brunei Airlines have a short series of flights once per week in July and August, could this be a prelude to a more permanent service?

Royal Brunei Files London Gatwick Schedule in 3Q25 — AeroRoutes

Published at 0935GMT 20APR25 Royal Brunei in the third quarter of 2025 filed operational schedule on Bandar Seri Begawan – London Gatwick route, on board Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. The schedule listing currently shows 1 weekly flight from 22JUL25 to 19AUG25, with blocked time at 15hrs to 15hrs 25m

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[juliet-fox-9]

London Gatwick grows African connectivity with only UK to Uganda service

The direct link to Entebbe is expected to boost trade, tourism and investment between the UK and Uganda. In 2024, total UK trade with Uganda was valued at £606m, with UK exports to Uganda totalling £483m. With more than 200,000 Ugandans residing in the UK, the new service is poised to meet the growing demand for direct travel options, fostering closer ties between the two nations.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1924432265032978491

 

[Jerry]

NEW ROUTE

Animawings - Bucharest Otopeni to London Gatwick. Flights start 22 March 2026

A2650
OTP 0750-0910 LGW (Tu)
OTP 0940-1100 LGW (Th)
A2654
OTP 1945-2105 LGW (M, W, F & Su)

A2651
LGW 0955-1505 OTP (Tu)
LGW 1145-1655 OTP (Th)
A2655
LGW 2150-0300+1 OTP (M, W, F & Su)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1970427704353657149

 

[Seasider]

Never heard of them. Are they Romanian?

 

[Jerry]

Never heard of them. Are they Romanian?

Yes. Only been going a couple of years.

 

[Jerry]

This was a bit unexpected. Condor launching 3 daily flights to Gatwick.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1989282272026202203

 

[mullion]

I still think a dreadful colour scheme

 

[Silvercity]

This was a bit unexpected. Condor launching 3 daily flights to Gatwick.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1989282272026202203

to feed their long haul I image .

 

[Aviador]

I still think a dreadful colour scheme

I agree.

 

[Jerry]

I still think a dreadful colour scheme

Yep it is it's awful.

to feed their long haul I image .

Well they are a leisure airline and London is a big city break destination.

 

[Silvercity]

I was thinking more of people connecting to Condors long haul network. They normally have quite good prices.

Yep it is it's awful.

Well they are a leisure airline and London is a big city break destination.

 

[Jerry]

NEW ROUTE

Air France - Paris Charles de Gaulle to London Gatwick. Flights start 29 March 2026

AF1704 CDG 0915-0925 LGW (Daily)
AF1706 CDG 1535-1545 LGW (Daily)

AF1705 LGW 1025-1240 CDG (Daily)
AF1707 LGW 1710-1925 CDG (Daily)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1996505505234337823

 

[Silvercity]

NEW ROUTE

Air France - Paris Charles de Gaulle to London Gatwick. Flights start 29 March 2026

AF1704 CDG 0915-0925 LGW (Daily)
AF1706 CDG 1535-1545 LGW (Daily)

AF1705 LGW 1025-1240 CDG (Daily)
AF1707 LGW 1710-1925 CDG (Daily)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1996505505234337823

Odd route intro.

 

[Jerry]

Odd route intro.

Yeah I thought so to. I wonder if its a slot sitter?

 

[Silvercity]

Yeah I thought so to. I wonder if its a slot sitter?

Maybe. I mean i know there could be some transfer traffic, but id think very few point to point London to Paris these days. They could have gone to Liverpool instead 😁

 

[Jerry]

Maybe. I mean i know there could be some transfer traffic, but id think very few point to point London to Paris these days. They could have gone to Liverpool instead 😁

Yeah London-Paris point to point is more satisfied by the train these days but from large parts of South East England getting to an airport could be just as good an option than having to get into London for the train.

 

[Silvercity]

New London Gatwick to Tashkent route starting from an airline ive never heard of.

Qanot Sharq commences flight operations to London Gatwick

International air traffic between Uzbekistan and the United Kingdom is currently experiencing an unprecedented expansion. With the arrival of Uzbek airline Qanot Sharq at…

aviation.direct

 

[juliet-fox-9]

Beijing Capital airlines are starting flights to Qingdao as a 1 weekly summer seasonal service

Beijing Capital Expands Qingdao – London Gatwick Service in NS26 — AeroRoutes

Published at 0500PST / 1300GMT 20FEB26 Beijing Capital Airlines during Northern summer 2026 season plans to expand Qingdao – London Gatwick service, where the airline plans to operate 1 weekly flight for the period of 24JUN26 – 07OCT26. In 2025, the airline only operated 3 round-trip flights dur

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[juliet-fox-9]

Air Arabia are starting 2 daily flights to Sharjah in June:

Air Arabia Moves Sharjah – London Launch to late-June 2026 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1730PDT 12MAR26 / 0030GMT 13MAR26 Air Arabia in recent schedule update has postponed planned service launch on Sharjah – London Gatwick route, previously scheduled to commence on 29MAR26. The airline now plans to launch this route on 26JUN26. Airbus A321LR is scheduled to operate t

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[Aviador]

Pegasus Airlines is launching a daily Istanbul service, making them the ninth brand-new airline to set up at Gatwick this summer (joining Jet2, AirAsia X, Condor, and others). It pushes London-Istanbul capacity to a massive 27 flights a day across all airports.

Can Gatwick comfortably sustain this level of rapid short-haul airline diversity, or are we heading toward a brutal price war where someone blinks first?

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