Gatwick wins Atlantic Airways

Faroe Islands flag carrier Atlantic Airways is moving its summer UK schedule to Gatwick Airport, from where it will operate an extended 2012 season.  Hardly the biggest win for the south London airport since it was sold off by BAA.  Nevertheless the move from Stansted, its home since 2000, is significant. 

The airline will operate a twice weekly BAe 146 service from late May to mid-September, plus flights at Easter.

Chief Executive Magni Arge said: “We are delighted to be able to move our UK operations this year to London Gatwick, which is the preferred London airport for both our Faroese customers and for our UK outbound market.”

Passengers from the UK land at Vágar Airport, built during World War II by British military personnel stationed on the islands as part of the UK’s “friendly occupation”. www.atlantic.fo

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