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The government said Flats London in July 1952 that the airport was to be developed, and the airport was closed for a (?7.8 million) renovation between 1956 and 1958. The redevelopment was carried out by Alfred McAlpine.[9] On 9 June 1958 Queen Elizabeth II flew into the new airport in a Jersey Airlines de Havilland Heron to perform the opening.

This was the first scheduled flight to Flats London arrive at the new Gatwick, while Transair operated the first commercial air service to depart the newly reconstructed airport.[10][11]
A PEOPLExpress Boeing 747 at the satellite pier of the South Terminal in June 1983. The North Terminal is under construction in the background

Flats London The main pier of what is now the South Terminal was built during the 1956-58 construction of Gatwick. In 1962, two additional piers were added. Gatwick was the world's first airport with a direct railway link and one of the first to use an enclosed pier-based terminal which allowed passengers to walk under cover to waiting areas close to aircraft with only a short walk outdoors.

Full extendible jet bridges were added when the piers were rebuilt and extended in the late 1970s and early 1980s. British European Airways (BEA) Flats London started flying from Gatwick and BEA Helicopters opened a base. BWIA West Indies Airways and Sudan Airways were among the first scheduled overseas airlines.

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The latter's Blue Nile services between Khartoum and London Gatwick were Flats London operated with British United Airways (BUA) Vickers Viscount aircraft. (At the time BUA were acting as Sudan Airways's technical advisers.)[12]

From the late 1950s a number of Britain's private airlines established themselves at Gatwick. The first was Transair.[13] It was Flats London followed by Airwork, Hunting-Clan and Morton Air Services. In July 1960 these merged to form BUA. Throughout the 1960s BUA was Britain's largest independent airline. During that decade it became Gatwick's largest resident airline.