Editing Gatwick Airport (section)

===Transatlantic flights to the United States===
From 1978 to 2008, many flights to and from the United States used Gatwick because of restrictions on the use of Heathrow implemented in the [[Bermuda II Agreement]] between the UK and the US.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%201999.html |title=Bermuda 2 initialled, Air Transport |work=Flight International |date=2 July 1977 |page=5 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208084614/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977%20-%201999.html |archive-date=8 February 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[EU–US Open Skies Agreement]], which became effective on 30 March 2008, led several airlines to downsize their transatlantic operations at Gatwick in favour of Heathrow. [[Continental Airlines]] was the second transatlantic carrier (after [[American Airlines]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.icm.ac.uk/leisure/aa-ends-gatwick-operations/365/ |title=AA ends Gatwick operations |website=[[Institute of Commercial Management]] |date=17 March 2008 |access-date=15 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006033750/http://news.icm.ac.uk/leisure/aa-ends-gatwick-operations/365/ |archive-date=6 October 2011 }}</ref> to leave Gatwick after it decided to transfer the seasonal [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport|Cleveland]] service to Heathrow on 3 May 2009.<ref>{{cite journal| journal=[[Aviation Week & Space Technology]]| volume=169| number=10| date=15 September 2008| title=Goodbye Gatwick| page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Done |first= Kevin |date= 9 September 2008 |title= Continental closes Gatwick operation |work= Financial Times |url= https://www.ft.com/content/89075f0a-7e99-11dd-b1af-000077b07658 |access-date= 6 October 2023 |archive-date= 15 October 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231015224128/https://www.ft.com/content/89075f0a-7e99-11dd-b1af-000077b07658 |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[US Airways]], Gatwick's last remaining US carrier, ended its service between Gatwick and [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]] on 30 March 2013.<ref name="US_LGWFinal">{{cite press release |url=http://www.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/pressreleases.html |title=US Airways Announces Schedule for Charlotte to London Heathrow Service and Opens Flights for Sale |publisher=US Airways |date=17 December 2012 |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126223852/http://www.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/pressreleases.html |archive-date=26 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> This left Gatwick without a scheduled US airline for the first time in 35 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clippedb.org/hive/documents/braniff_history.html |title=Braniff History – Braniff History Time Line: 1978 |publisher=clippedb.org (The Association of Former Braniff Flight Attendants) |access-date=18 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602165143/http://www.clippedb.org/hive/documents/braniff_history.html |archive-date=2 June 2013}}</ref> Before the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], [[Delta Air Lines]] announced its intent to launch service between Gatwick and [[Boston Logan International Airport|Boston]] in the summer of 2020, which would have made it the first US airline to service Gatwick since the withdrawal of the US Airways service in 2013, but the massive global travel downturn placed these plans on indefinite hold.<ref name="DeltaVirgin">{{cite press release| url=https://news.delta.com/delta-virgin-atlantic-boost-summer-flying-between-us-and-uk-2020| title=Delta, Virgin Atlantic boost summer flying between U.S. and U.K. in 2020| publisher=Delta Airlines| date=15 August 2019| access-date=15 August 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815144837/https://news.delta.com/delta-virgin-atlantic-boost-summer-flying-between-us-and-uk-2020| archive-date=15 August 2019| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, [[JetBlue]] became the first US airline to serve Gatwick since 2013, with services to [[New York–JFK]] and Boston.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}