Where the Airport talks to its users and neighbours

Date of Next Meeting

Tuesday 23rd July 2013 at the Hilton Hotel, South Terminal, Gatwick Airport. The meeting starts at 2pm.

The meetings of GATCOM - but not its sub-groups - are open to the public and the press


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Airport Noise
- find out more More about the Gatwick Master Plan

Noise Action Plan
The Airport's noise action plan has been approved by the Government - you can see the plan on the Airport's website

Night Noise Arrivals Respite
Gatwick Airport Limited (GAL) is formulating a short trial to provide respite which will endeavour to reduce the impact of night noise from arriving flights during summer 2013. GAL wishes to draw on GATCOM members’ knowledge of affected areas to help input to the development of a trial. To see the consultation pack click here. The deadline for responses is 31 May 2013. To see GAL’s presentation slides to GATCOM click here. For more information please see the Agenda papers for the GATCOM meeting on 18 April 2013.

Gatwick Airport is the UK’s second largest airport and the busiest single-runway airport in the world. It serves around 200 destinations in 90 countries for around 34 million passengers a year on short and long haul point-to-point services. It is also a major economic driver for the South-East region, generating around 23,000 on-airport jobs and a further 13,000 jobs through related activities. Passenger numbers at Gatwick are set to increase to around 40 million passengers per year over the next 10 years.

Like all airports, Gatwick affects people's lives in many different ways. On the one hand it offers a wide range of jobs and brings economic benefits and prosperity to the area. But on the other hand it can cause a number of problems and concerns to local communities, particularly on issues such as aircraft noise both in the air and on the ground, pollution, development demands, traffic and parking. Also, the traveller's experience of the airport, as well as the needs of the airlines, are very important elements in the consideration of the airport's future.

GATCOM seeks to reach a common understanding between the various interests about the nature and operation of the airport so that issues can be resolved amicably. It is therefore the custom and practice of GATCOM to ensure that all views are properly reflected and, wherever possible, to work through consensus. Seeking a balance between these wide and conflicting interests is a challenging role. Our primary objective is to ensure the future success of Gatwick providing high quality services to passengers and airlines, having particular regard to the impact this has on the surrounding communities.

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The next meeting of GATCOM was held in the Hilton Hotel, South Terminal, Gatwick Airport at 2pm on Thursday 18th April 2013 - the Agenda for the meeting is attached. A GATCOM Press Release about the meeting, which is to be addressed by the Airports Commission, is also attached. The Key Messages from the meeting are now available - the minutes will be posted here as soon as they are ready
Pictures by kind permission of Stuart Innes, Clare Jones, Natalia Nosova, Gatwick Airport Limited and BAA plc
Page last updated: 3rd May 2013

GATCOM:

  seeks to build interest, communication and understanding between the airport and its users, local residents and the business community
  considers airport issues concerned with the environment, surface access, employment, the economy and the circumstances of local communities
  works with the airport to secure a sustainable development strategy
  works to protect and enhance the interests of passengers and other users of the airport
  considers and comments on matters referred to it by Gatwick Airport Limited.
considers and responds to consultations from Government and other sources that are material to the operation and future development of the airport

 

Chairman's Annual Review 2011/12
- now available
You can also see the reports for 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11