Gatwick Airport has donated nearly £30,000 to Air Ambulance Charity (Kent Surrey & Sussex). 

Staff from the airport visited the Air Ambulance Charity last week to present the cheque  for £29,328.

Gatwick took part in a range of activities to raise the funds, including the Run Gatwick half-marathon, FIFA World Cup sweepstakes and a Heli Hike fundraiser.

The money raised t could help fund aviation fuel to support more than 100 helicopter missions, purchase more than 300 boxes of tubing for the charity’s or buy 750 ‘nose balloons’ to stop bleeding.