Gatwick’s pier expansion plans unveiled

London/Gatwick has revealed updated plans regarding its £140m extension to its mid-airfield pier. Known as Pier 6, the extension will add eight new aircraft gates, enabling seven-and-a-half million passengers to board and disembark directly onto aircraft each year. In turn, this will remove the need to coach 500,000 passengers to remote stands, cutting 12,000 bus journeys. The project was originally announced in 2019 as part of a £1.1bn five-year investment plan, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since