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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Gatwick reduces summer capacity to prevent repeat of jubilee chaos

Aircraft at South Terminal
EasyJet operates more than half of Gatwick airport’s slots. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Gatwick airport will reduce its summer capacity to ward off potential chaos, after dozens of last-minute cancellations wrecked the travel plans of holidaymakers over the platinum jubilee and half-term holiday.

London’s second busiest airport will limit the number of daily take-offs and landings to 850 in August – about 50 more than the average in early June, but more than 10% below its pre-pandemic maximum.

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