London Flat to Rent.
The slots vacated by these moves as well as by the
collapse of Zoom, XL Airways UK and Sterling were taken
by EasyJet, Flybe, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Ryanair.
By London Flat to Rent ate 2008, EasyJet's share
of Gatwick slots had grown to about 26% [30][31], while
Flybe had become Gatwick's third-largest slot-holder
accounting for 9% of the airport's slots, as well as
its fastest-growing airline.[31][32][33]
From a peak of 40% in 2001, BA's share of Gatwick slots
will have declined by 50% to only 20% by summer 2009.[31]
Ryanair operated its first routes linking Gatwick with
Continental Europe on 18 December 2008 London Flat to Rent with aircraft stationed at its
continental bases. [34]
In April 2009, Aer Lingus, the Irish national carrier,
based four aircraft at the airport, operating to Dublin,
Knock, Malaga, Zurich, Munich, Nice and Faro. It expects
to double the number of aircraft based at Gatwick from
4 to 8 within 12 months.[35] It is the London Flat to Rent airline's second base outside of the Republic
of Ireland.
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