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The carriers that define Gatwick
easyJet is Gatwick, to a first approximation: the airline runs about half of all flights here, this is its biggest base anywhere, and since the start of the summer 2026 season its whole operation lives at the North Terminal. British Airways is the clear second force, flying its Gatwick short-haul network and a long-haul leisure programme from the South Terminal, where it also runs its own lounge for Club and status passengers.
TUI is the third of the household names and the only airline using both terminals: BY flight numbers leave from South, TOM flight numbers from North. The rest of the low-cost heavyweights (Ryanair, Wizz Air, Vueling, Norwegian and Jet2) all fly from South, so the low-cost map now splits cleanly: easyJet at North, everyone else at South. Desks are assigned to zones on the day, so once you know your terminal, the check-in guide covers the screens, zones and opening times.
The long-haul set
Around 20 carriers fly long-haul from Gatwick. The Gulf connections are Emirates to Dubai, Qatar Airways to Doha and Gulf Air to Bahrain. Eastbound, Singapore Airlines, Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, Beijing Capital Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways, Turkmenistan Airlines and Air India link Gatwick to Asia, with Air Mauritius covering the Indian Ocean. Africa's long-haul connections are Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, Uganda Airlines and Air Peace.
Across the Atlantic, Norse Atlantic flies the United States from South, JetBlue adds New York, and the Canadian leisure pair of WestJet and Air Transat fly from North. British Airways layers its own long-haul leisure network on top from South. Where all of these actually fly, season by season, is mapped on the destinations page.
Europe, North Africa and leisure
The scheduled European set reads like a departures board of flag carriers and their offshoots: Air France, Iberia Express and Air Europa to Madrid, Vueling to Barcelona and its Spanish network, TAP Portugal to Lisbon, SWISS to Switzerland, Aegean Airlines to Athens, Air Baltic to Riga, Croatia Airlines, KM Malta Airlines, Icelandair, Eurowings, Sky Express to Greece, Sky Alps into the Dolomites, Turkish Airlines to Istanbul and Aurigny to Guernsey. North Africa is covered by Royal Air Maroc and Air Arabia Maroc to Morocco, with Tunisair and Nouvelair to Tunisia.
Around them sits the leisure and charter block that gives Gatwick its summer shape: TUI and Jet2 at the head, then Condor, Corendon Airlines, SunExpress, Freebird, Mavi Gok Airlines, Enter Air, Animawings and Atlantic Airways to the Faroe Islands, plus the wet-lease and charter specialists Titan Airways and Ascend Airways, which fly under other brands as cover and capacity. Several of these appear only in the summer or winter programmes, which is why the roster below carries its checked date.
Every airline A to Z
The full allocation list, checked against Gatwick's own airline listing. For a one-tap answer on your own flight, the terminal lookup does exactly that; and if you find yourself on the wrong side anyway, the free shuttle crosses in about two minutes (how the shuttle works).
| Airline | Terminal |
|---|---|
| Aegean Airlines | South |
| Air Arabia Maroc | North |
| Air Baltic | South |
| Air China | North |
| Air Europa | South |
| Air France | South |
| Air India | South |
| Air Mauritius | North |
| Air Peace | South |
| Air Transat | North |
| Animawings | North |
| Ascend Airways | South |
| Atlantic Airways | North |
| Aurigny | South |
| Azerbaijan Airlines | North |
| Azores Airlines | South |
| Beijing Capital Airlines | South |
| British Airways | South |
| China Eastern | North |
| China Southern | South |
| Condor | North |
| Corendon Airlines | South |
| Croatia Airlines | South |
| easyJet Whole Gatwick operation at North since the start of the summer 2026 season | North |
| Emirates | North |
| Enter Air | South |
| Ethiopian Airlines | North |
| Eurowings | North |
| FlyErbil | North |
| Freebird | North |
| Gulf Air | North |
| Iberia Express | South |
| Icelandair | North |
| Jet2 | South |
| JetBlue | North |
| Kenya Airways | South |
| KM Malta Airlines | South |
| Mavi Gok Airlines | South |
| Norse Atlantic | South |
| Norwegian | South |
| Nouvelair | South |
| Qatar Airways | North |
| Royal Air Maroc | North |
| Ryanair | South |
| Singapore Airlines | North |
| Sky Alps | South |
| Sky Express | South |
| SunExpress | South |
| SWISS | North |
| TAP Portugal | South |
| Titan Airways | South |
| TUI Airways (BY flight numbers) TUI splits by flight number: BY flights use South | South |
| TUI Airways (TOM flight numbers) TUI splits by flight number: TOM flights use North | North |
| Tunisair | South |
| Turkish Airlines | South |
| Turkmenistan Airlines | South |
| Uganda Airlines | South |
| Uzbekistan Airways | North |
| Vueling | South |
| WestJet | North |
| Wizz Air | South |
36 entries at South, 25 at North, with TUI's two flight-number ranges counted separately. Allocations move; your booking confirmation outranks any list, including this one.
Alliances at Gatwick
All three global alliances are present, though none treats Gatwick as a hub. oneworld fields British Airways, Qatar Airways and Royal Air Maroc. Star Alliance has the deepest bench: Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Ethiopian Airlines, Air India and Air China. SkyTeam counts Air France, China Eastern and Kenya Airways. For status and lounge purposes the alliance matters more than the airline here, since a Star Gold or oneworld Sapphire card changes which doors open airside.
What Gatwick mostly is not, though, is a connections airport in the alliance sense: most itineraries through here are point-to-point, and changing planes usually means a self-connect on separate tickets. On the day, the live boards under the flight information hub show every departure with its terminal, and the connecting flights guide covers bags, timings and the risks of the self-connect game.