You say you want an aviation revolution? Well, had that question been posed in the mid-1930s, the answer would have been found 27 miles south of London – at a brand-new airport, Gatwick. The hub was built right next to the main railway line, halfway between the capital and Brighton.
Surface connectivity has served the UK’s second airport well over the decades. Links have come and gone: the Sussex Scot no longer connects Gatwick with Edinburgh and Glasgow (easyJet has taken the traffic), while Kent no longer has a direct train to the airport. But the repertoire of routes remains impressive.
