Overview
- Gatwick sent a Notice to Air Missions on Sunday warning crews to refuel at other airports because a technical fault reduced local jet‑fuel delivery.
- The alert told pilots to 'uplift max possible fuel at outstations' so arriving flights could stretch supplies where safe.
- Engineers and external suppliers worked overnight to restore operations and Gatwick confirmed early on Monday that fuel was flowing as expected.
- Airlines reported no widespread cancellations and the airport said all carriers were operating normally after the fix.
- The problem was a local infrastructure fault at a fuel farm and not a geopolitical supply cutoff, though long‑haul services are more exposed to local pump failures because aircraft cannot always carry extra fuel without exceeding weight limits.