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$1,546
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Cheap Flights to Gatwick

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Gatwick that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals to Gatwick

Sun, 23 Aug - Mon, 7 Sep
China Eastern Logo
11:00 - 19:10
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41h 10m
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China Eastern Logo
18:00 - 09:00
LGW
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MEL
30h 00m
1 stop
$1,546China Eastern
Fri, 24 Jul - Sat, 8 Aug
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11:00 - 15:00
MEL
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LGW
37h 00m
1 stop
China Eastern Logo
22:00 - 09:00
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MEL
26h 00m
1 stop
$1,547China Eastern
Sun, 25 Oct - Mon, 16 Nov
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LGW
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09:20 - 14:45
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PER
21h 25m
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$1,632Singapore Airlines
Wed, 21 Oct - Thu, 12 Nov
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16:55 - 09:40
PER
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LGW
23h 45m
1 stop
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13:00 - 23:55
LGW
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PER
26h 55m
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$1,656Singapore Airlines
Tue, 18 Aug - Mon, 21 Sep
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LGW
25h 45m
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11:40 - 19:25
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SYD
22h 45m
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$1,661China Southern
Fri, 24 Jul - Mon, 17 Aug
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LGW
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LGW
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BNE
35h 45m
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$1,751China Southern
Wed, 11 Nov - Sun, 15 Nov
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18:30 - 05:55
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LGW
46h 25m
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08:40 - 21:30
LGW
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NTL
25h 50m
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$2,220Virgin Australia
Wed, 11 Nov - Sun, 15 Nov
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LGW
57h 05m
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08:40 - 21:30
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25h 50m
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$2,222Virgin Australia
Wed, 11 Nov - Sun, 15 Nov
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08:40 - 17:40
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NTL
46h 00m
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$2,329Qatar Airways
Wed, 11 Nov - Sun, 15 Nov
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LGW
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NTL
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$2,333Qatar Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Gatwick

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Gatwick to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to London Gatwick Airport?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 5 days.

In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to London Gatwick Airport was found on the route from Adelaide, at $1,546 return. The most popular connection is from Sydney to London Gatwick Airport and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as $1,661 in the last 3 days.

What is the cheapest month to fly to London Gatwick Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights to London Gatwick Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights to London Gatwick Airport is March, where tickets cost $644 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, where the average cost of tickets from Australia is $1,327 and $1,197 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is January with an average price of $357.

How far in advance should I book a flight to London Gatwick Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to London Gatwick Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 17% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

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When to book flights to Gatwick

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FAQs - booking London Gatwick Airport flights

  • Are there any on-site hotels at London Gatwick Airport?

    You’ll actually have a range of accommodation options to choose from at London Gatwick Airport. Bloc Hotel Gatwick Airport offers modern rooms with runway views and is ideal for passengers who want to be close to South Terminal. You’ll also find Yotel Air and Hilton London Gatwick close to South Terminal. At North Terminal, there’s Premier Inn London Gatwick Airport (North Terminal), Hampton by Hilton and Sofitel London Gatwick. All hotels offer free transfers to the airport’s terminals.

  • Does London Gatwick Airport offer facilities for families with children?

    Gatwick Airport offers an extensive range of services and facilities catering to families with kids. You’ll find specially equipped rooms for changing and feeding, along with kids’ zones in both North and South Terminal. Free prams are available to use while in the airport, and if you’re changing terminals for an ongoing flight, you can take advantage of the family lane when you go through security screening.

  • Where can I purchase some currency at the London Airport?

    If you need to pick up British pounds after your flight to London, you can find companies Moneycorp and Fourex in the London Southend Airport (SEN). Fourex is a self-service kiosk open 24h with minimal currency exchange fees. For those flying into Heathrow or Gatwick, there are Travelex counters throughout the airports. You can even reserve cash for purchase before you arrive.

  • How many airports does London have?

    London has six airports that you can fly into. The closest to the city is London City Airport (LCY), about 30min away; while Luton Airport (LTN) and Stansted Airport (STN) are further north, about 1h 15min. London Southend Airport (SEN) is out east in Southend-on-sea, Gatwick Airport (LGW) is to the south, and Heathrow Airport (LHR) is out west (all about 1h away). The largest airports are Heathrow and Gatwick, and London City Airport generally caters to business fliers.

  • How do I get to London from the London Airport?

    Those flying into Heathrow Airport can catch the London Underground Piccadilly Line from the Airport Station to central stations such as Piccadilly Circus. You can find two train stations at the airport – one outside Terminals 2 and 3, and one outside Terminals 4 and 5. If you’re flying into Gatwick, the Gatwick Express train will take you to Victoria Station in Westminster.

  • Is there anything to eat at the London Airport?

    If you need a bite after your long flight to London, you can find Costa coffee or Caffe Nero chains at the arrivals area of every terminal in the London Heathrow Airport. The Market Gardner in Terminal 3 is a good option if you’re looking for a full meal. Costa can also be found in the arrivals areas of Gatwick Airport or you can find British style pubs such as The Nicholas Culpepper in the check-in area.

  • Do I need a visa to travel to London?

    Those holding an Australian Passport will not need a visa to enter the UK provided they are travelling as a tourist. You can then stay in the UK for up to 6 months. Young Australians who are looking to stay longer or who wish to work in the UK can apply for a Youth Mobility Visa if you are between the ages 18 – 30. This visa will allow you to stay and work in the country for up to 2 years.

  • What is the cheapest flight to London Gatwick Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to London Gatwick Airport was found on the route from Adelaide, at $1,546 return. The most popular connection is from Sydney to London Gatwick Airport and KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as $1,661 in the last 3 days.

  • How far is London Gatwick Airport from central London?

    There are 38 km between London city centre and London Gatwick Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to London Gatwick Airport?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to London Gatwick Airport.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to London Gatwick Airport?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to London Gatwick Airport is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to London Gatwick Airport?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to London Gatwick Airport with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to London Gatwick Airport?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to London Gatwick Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to London Gatwick Airport

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest London Gatwick Airport flight deals.
  • London Gatwick Airport (LGW) has two terminals, known as North Terminal and South Terminal. On the land-side (prior to check-in and security), the terminals are connected by a walkway with travelators. On the air-side, however, they are not connected.
  • Gatwick Airport offers a multi-faith chapel and prayer rooms in both North and South Terminal. At North Terminal, these can be found on the land-side, on Floor 3. In South Terminal, the chapel and prayer rooms are also on the land-side, near the entrance to Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Airport.
  • If you need to change terminals at Gatwick Airport, you can use the inter-terminal shuttle service, which operates 24-hours a day, departing every few minutes or so. The journey only takes a few minutes, and you can find the shuttle station by following signs to the terminal you need.
  • If you need to store your luggage at the London City Airport (LCY), there is a storage facility available for about £ 10 (A$ 20) per item per day. To use, log the items with the Information Desk then take the receipt and bags to the Left Luggage room in Security Zone A.
  • Passenger Service Assistants are available throughout London Luton Airport (LTN) to help with emergencies, answer any questions, or offer directions. They’re easy to spot in their bright yellow uniforms.
  • If you require additional assistance at the London Stansted Airport (STN), you can contact the airport to request Omniserv assistance. Upon arrival, you will be picked up from your flight by a minibus and taken to the Assistance lobby and through a priority immigration line.
  • To help you speed through the airport, you can reserve access to the Premium Passport Control line at Gatwick Airport (LGW), available to all passport holders. Prices start at around £ 10 (A$ 20) per person.
  • Travelling between terminals at Heathrow Airport (LHR) can be a pleasant walk, especially when you’re taking advantage of the underpass travelators. Alternatively, there are free shuttle trains between Terminals 2 and 4. However, you will need an inter-terminal transfer ticket to use it.
  • Flying to London Heathrow is a good way to reach some of the other cities in the UK, since it offers many domestic flights to cities such as Birmingham and Bristol, and there's an easy train access to London King's Cross St. Pancras, the biggest train station in the capital. From there, you can get a train to Brighton, for instance, to enjoy a bit of the English seaside. If you want to visit Oxford and Cambridge, however, the better alternative is flying into Luton Airport.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Gatwick

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to London. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Australia to London. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1557 reviews
8.6Crew
8.3Boarding
8.1Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.8Food
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Crew were so busy Anna so awesome. I was in a seat that got my food nearly last but the crew were Just awesome.

8.0 ExcellentMatt, June 2026
BNE - SIN
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Crew were so busy Anna so awesome. I was in a seat that got my food nearly last but the crew were Just awesome.

Lounge a access was excellent as was the attentiveness and service from the crew as always. The food and drink supplied were of good quality. The entertainment system had a good selection and I liked the mapping system supplied. However the screen wild have been bigger and the operation a little smoother to navigate. The seats were barely comfortable, but adequate.

Headwind delayed our flight which wasn’t the airlines fault

Horrendous. We upgraded and they took the money but cancelled one of our tickets. The recline action didn’t work on the seats for the flight from Singapore to London, pre booked meals but they seemed to have disappeared as well.. Phone customer service was horrendous. Took 5 phone calls and no fix. Craig at the airport was the only one who seemed to be able to get the ticket back.

Food could have been better. Too many passengers getting up and down all the time.

Delayed 1hour due to storm still didn't get window seat for third flight despite paying £240 extra to book them

It was an average flight. I would have expected more from this airline. Food, seats, service, etc was just average. I just give them some extra points for offering free WiFi on board with just a Krisflyer account.

Check in was easy through self-check-in kiosks just like domestic flights. Staff onboard were fantastic. Some "book the cook" good options weren't great, others really good. Entertainment options a bit limited to what I've experienced on Qantas. Overall a good flight though, especially for the price.

We flew business class. It was excellent. For a 6’4” individual, the seats were slightly uncomfortable for sleeping. But this is only comparison to other business class seats. Otherwise, the crew was incredibly attentive, And the service was impeccable.

The booking experience was bad. Our six character booking ID number disappeared the day before the flight, We could not find out what happened or what was the status of our flight, scheduled for the next day. We finally found the right number to contact Singapore Airlines on the matter (not easy). The Singapore agent worked through the issue in a little over thirty minutes on the phone, the day before the flight. That was great. I'm very happy with Singapore Airlines and their performance. Contact with a competent person on the matter was near impossible. It seems no one in business these days wants to deal with customers once they've pocketed the money. There were resellers, including Kayak, involved in the chain. When we finally got through to Underpricer, we did get a return call that could have proved helpful. But by that time the matter had been resolved by the Singapore agent. Majestic Vacations, the reseller who received the payment was less than worthless. That's just a fast buck operation. Ugh.

Very bad service and food variety will never come back again

My baby was with me it was really good experience with emirates

Fantastic as ever. Great staff super catering and excellent service.

Flight and entertainment great. Food needs to be improved, only one choice on the menu. Staff worked well throughout.

Crew were excellent and the bar service and chat fantastic. Cheese board delicious. Amenity kit good, very disappointing not getting pyjamas on this leg of the flight and needed to reuse from earlier flight.

Hospitality is good. Should improve on buggage handling because l lost a suitcase. Layover in Dubai was too long , 6 hours

Everything was superb, only bad point was that the fast track on London Heathrow arrivals was not handed out to me and I had to go back to the gate to collect it.

Superb experience. I hope they bring back the fast track option at Heathrow immigration.

I liked theAVML food. Taste was alright and quantity was enough. Sometimes during the flight I felt that the smell from toilet was coming to the cabin

You can improve in many ways First the crew in general is good, but needs to work with passion to their works not like robots Second, collecting the ear headphones long time before landing is strange The crew should deal with the passengers with respect and descent way not like giving orders

Very good it will be my choice of airline while in Australia.

Flight cancelled due to broken seat. $8 refreshment voucher barely bought a coffee. 3 hours to next flight. Also then delayed.

There were no food or entertainment on this short flight. Friendly staff even before getting on the flight. The seats were snug but it was quick flight

Good flight. On time. No problems. Plane was clean. Service was as you would expect. However nothing special, just a good flight.

Very friendly staff. No food service and no entertainment. Only 1hr 20min flight

High fees for excess checked baggage and somehow ridiculous rules for carry on bags.

Flight was late, food and drink an extra charge, my carry on is five rows behind me, and the seats are too narrow. Don’t ask me to be happy about it

I bought flights in August and there wasn’t a flight in the system

Our 6.30am flight was boarded then cancelled to fly at 10.55am . We were flying to Brisbane to attend a funeral at 12 noon an hour away . This means missing the funeral due to unreliability of Virgin . Unimpressed !!

It was with Link Airways and the Saab 340 jet was noisy and little comfort.

Very poor No information given to why we turned around.. No one at airport to help

Friendly and discreet staff. Could have done with a few more offers of water/snacks overnight. Movie and tv selection notably poor. Seats not especially comfortable

The check-in and crew staff were wonderful. The food was reasonable. The online side Qatar was very poor. Seats were very tight and not very comfortable for a 14 hour flight!

Our male flight attendant was top notch - wish I could remember his name. Boarding is never fun when I have to ride the shuttle to the middle of the tarmac and pull my carry on bags up the stairs to my seat. My knees are banged up and my shoulders give me pain, so the flight started off poorly. The seat leg rests don’t recline completely so that makes is difficult if not dangerous to get in and out of the middle seats. The entertainment system touch screens prevented one from seeing the options. They are old and the software needs to be updated. I was on six planes in the last two weeks and able to see the flight progress without any stress. Couldn’t watch anything else. I do like Qatar Airways, just not a fan of a few things.

Good staff, good intent, decent entertainment. More seat space would always be of benefit

I found it weird that the quality of the flight different from Australia to Doha than the Doha to Berlin leg. The quality of the toiletries pack (was in a box from Australia) and then a proper bag from Doha. The biggest variation was the inflight entertainment, which had a significantly shorter amount of content compared to the Doha flight. My QSuite seat was also broken and did not recline all the way flat. Wasn’t the best and I wouldn’t be happy if I’d paid cash for the flight.

The plane from Dublin to Doha was quite comfortable. I was in economy and the seats and rows were very tight. The man in front of me reclined his seat and it made my screen incredibly close to my face and I wasn’t able to take my tray down and my knees were pressed against the seat. I had to ask three times for him to pull his seat up but in his defence he hadn’t even reclined it far, the rows were just too close. I had a pain in my side by the end of the flight from the chairs which were quite worn and not very padded or supportive. It was a significantly inferior plane to the plane from Doha to Sydney and vice versa.

Ordinary Indian food... Not great. Limited movie and TV selection

Flight delayed, rerouted, communication extremely poor. Crew efficient but robotic, not supportive

Privacy and comfort of the QSuites is wonderful. The boarding process in Doha is cumbersome and confusing. As transfer passengers, traveling in Business Class, we went through security twice, including one at the gate requiring all electronic devices removed from bags and watches off, which are a great way to lose belongings as a few hundred people rush through to board the plane.

I was traveling alone with an infant, so the crew was incredibly helpful. Both the international and subsequent domestic flights were impeccable.

Plane was good. But food was bad and air host was so rude. I will never fly with China Eastern again

The flight was delayed by 2 hours, although to their credit they delayed my connecting flight so people could reach it. Also their site is a nightmare to navigate on a phone. Everything else was good.

Small plane with only two lavatories at the back. You must have a good plan to use it before or after the meal, if you make a bad decision, you will end up with standing in front of the toilet for a while till the food carts empty. The good thing is even there’s a slightly delayed, the plane is still arriving on time which is superb!!

Pillow and blanket are dirty. My son got multiple bites during the flight

Excellent experience however older aeroplanes used by China Eastern Airlines.

Price is the main attraction. Staff is OK but difficult to communicate with them due to general lack of English. Food is truly abysmal, the main courses (4) were barely edible. The choices for breakfast served at 5:30 am prior to landing at Gatwick airport were Spaghetti Bolognese or seafood fried rice. Choices offered for all 4 mains were either something rice or noodles. Shanghai airport layover is much too long in a very poorly serviced airport. We were unable to use WiFi; private lounges required cash only payment with no ATM or cash exchange open.

I was surprised and appreciate that they actually served a hot meal on such a short, early morning flight. The check in and boarding was hassle free and most of all my Alliance Status / Code Share was recognized and the revelant courtesy was extended; other than some needed attention to detail concerning the cleanliness of the cabin, and some unnecessary aggressive wording their safety briefing, it was an overall pleasant flight, and I would certainly fly with them again.

Good airline for the price. The Air stewardess are great, nothing is to much trouble. Will use again.

Flight was fine, however we were not able to check in online, this adds to travel stress. Luckily check-in at Heathrow was quick, but we did not get the seats we paid extra for. We paid for a window and 2 aisle seats from Shanghai to Tokyo leg, but they changed us to middle seats. Not good :(

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