Gatwick Airport is set to experience its busiest Easter on record this year with 2.8 million passengers forecast to travel through the airport between the 1st and 23rd April; that’s 9.2% more than last year.  

The four-day Easter Bank Holiday weekend is expected to be particularly busy as half a million travellers use the time off work for a Spring getaway.  

Orlando is Gatwick’s most popular long haul choice over the Easter weekend with Los Angeles being the fastest growing long haul destination.  The most popular short haul destinations over Easter are Barcelona, Malaga, Dublin and Amsterdam.  

Families travelling through Gatwick on Easter Sunday can look forward to a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party with 4,000 Easter eggs and 1,500 cupcakes to give away, with entertainment provided by a host of Alice in Wonderland characters.