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Oct07
Using Gatwick North Terminal? Allow more time.
| 07/10/09 | Categories: Airlines, Airport Expresses, Airports, Baggage Handling, Handling | by: A Sharp 
Note that for the next few months the inter-terminal shuttle between North and South terminals is out of action.
Instead, there is a bus shuttle.
The route to it is well signed, but it is different. At South Terminal, you need to head for the bus station - as you leave the railway station and go into South Terminal, turn left not right. At North Terminal, you need to go up an extra level - to Departures. And you need to allow more time - at least 10 minutes at quiet times and 20 minutes at busy times, rather than the 2 minutes one allows for the Transit.
See Gatwick's website, www.gatwickairport.com
Having tried this, I can vouch for its unpopularity. People did not like using a shuttle bus. I have seen reports that it is adversely affecting BA's traffic from Gatwick - they use North Terminal - and benefiting airlines like BMI.
Is there a better alternative? Ideas, please!
The buses are of reasonable quality, but they are internal airport buses. They have a lot of luggage rack space at the front, entrances front and centre and seating up some stairs at the back. Part of the problem is the circuitous route - particularly at night, when you have few visual clues as to where you are.
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