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Fastway & Gatwick airport. Tom Hall Sustainability engagement manager . Today. Key facts about Gatwick Strategic overview Working with Metrobus Future developments. Sale. New owners Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) bought Gatwick for £1.51bn Independent investment fund
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Fastway & Gatwick airport Tom Hall Sustainability engagement manager
Today • Key facts about Gatwick • Strategic overview • Working with Metrobus • Future developments
Sale • New owners • Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) bought Gatwick for £1.51bn • Independent investment fund • Majority owner of London City • Deal completed December 09 • Separation from BAA • Dialogue with stakeholders
Key facts about Gatwick Airport • World’s busiest single runway airport • 2nd largest airport in the UK - 32 million passengers • Approximately 80 airlines and around 200 destinations • Busiest UK airport railway station - over 12 million rail users • Over 23,000 jobs on airport campus, and supports a further 13,000 through related activities • £985 million investment programme underway to 2013 • Largest UK Airport to be ISO 14001 registered & achieve Carbon Trust Standard
Strategic approach • 2008 S106 Legal Agreement with key local authority partners • Transport Forum (80+ members, Steering Group) • Surface access action plan Dec 2009 • Consult on route development • Improve on-airport facilities • Key member of Fastway Bus Quality Partnership • 8,000 airport employees living locally, requiring 24hr access
Working with Metrobus • Route development • Fastway • 30 buses an hour to the airport • Other routes – X90, 200, route 7 • Travelcard product • 2006 launch of Gatwick Commuter • Promotional activity • Marketing material • Staff roadshows • Group sessions with employers • Increase of staff using local bus • 30% local staff commute by bus • 60,000 trips made by Travelcard holders a month
Looking to the future • Re-established bus working group • New routes • Innovation • Network upgrades • Locally throughout Crawley / Horley • Regionally through Fastway express product • Early morning extensions • Improving accessibility at Gatwick • South terminal interchange • North terminal forecourt