Gatwick is the UK’s second largest airport after London Heathrow. It is also the world’s busiest single-runway airport, serving 35 million passengers in 2008. Gatwick has two terminals and there are eighty airlines operating out of the airport flying to over 220 destinations worldwide.
A number of budget airlines such as Flybe and Easyjet offer cheap flights to Gatwick. Flybe also has regular deals available on a number of its flights so its worth checking their website directly. Many other airlines and charter airlines tend to use Gatwick rather than Heathrow to avoid the flight restrictions imposed at Heathrow. Major airlines such as BA and Virgin also use Gatwick as a second hub. Comparison sites such as skyscanner.net and flightchecker.co.uk can be used to search for cheap flights to Gatwick.
Websites such as travelsupermarket.com and lowfareflights.com can also be used to search for cheap flights to Gatwick. With other websites such as cheapflights.co.uk you can sign up for a weekly newsletter which will be emailed to you complete with the details of the latest offers and promotions.
The same rules apply to flying to Gatwick as to any other destination. Travel midweek if you can rather than at weekends, book early and shop around as no one site is likely to have all the deals currently on offer.
If you are a full-time student or under the age of 26 you can use a specialist travel agent such as STA Travel which may be able to offer cheaper prices than scheduled flight prices.