New Freshen-Up Package For Passengers At Gatwick

Emirates’ First and Business Class passengers who travel to London Gatwick can freshen up on arrival with a new, enhanced ‘Good Morning Gatwick’ package.

Emirates’ overnight flight EK007, which departs Dubai at 2.45 am, arrives at Gatwick at 6.40 am local time. First and Business Class passengers can now use the Delta Arrivals lounge located in Le Meridien Hotel Gatwick on the mezzanine level in the North Terminal.

Shower facilities with changing rooms, a continental breakfast and English newspapers are available. The package also includes a First Class, one-way rail ticket from Gatwick to London’s Victoria Station.

Ghaith Al Ghaith, Emirates’ Commercial Operations Director, said: “This offer is designed primarily for business travellers who would like to shower, change and rest before proceeding to their appointments in London. The package is also for interline passengers before making their onward connection.”

Passengers taking advantage of the Good Morning Gatwick package can obtain information, their invitations to the lounge and their rail tickets at the Emirates desk in the Arrivals Hall at Gatwick’s North terminal. Interline passengers need a valid UK visa to use the package because they have to pass through Immigration to access the hotel.

The Good Morning Gatwick offer is available as an alternative option to the complimentary chauffeur drive service. It replaces an earlier Good Morning Gatwick package in which a hotel room was offered.

First Class passengers who travel from London Gatwick on Emirates’ flight EK008 to Dubai can now use Delta’s Crown Club Room at Gatwick’s North Terminal instead of the Alexander suite previously used. This facility will be extended to Emirates Business Class passengers from July 1, 2001.

Emirates operates flights from Singapore to London Gatwick via Dubai.