It now seems that the new owners of Gatwick Airport are set to eliminate long check ins and security queues as a top priority of taking control. As of right now, Gatwick Airport is the second largest airport in all of Britain.

Global Infrastructure Partners, is the company that is set to buy Gatwick Airport for £1.5 billion. The deal is set to be closed by the end of this week. It is just subject to European Commission approval, but experts are not worried about the deal going through.

The company went on to say that it wants to deploy a team of what they called “fixers” to overhaul the operations at the airport. Some of the planes that are expected to be taken into consideration include a new lounge to cope with the airport’s growing business traffic. They also want to expand the security areas, as well as remodel the check in hall.

One of the main problems at the present time is that each of the airlines have their own fixed check in desks. These are desks that go unused when the airline has no flights leaving. Global Infrastructure Partners says, if airlines shared facilities, then they could cope better at peak periods and ease traffic flow through the check in hall.

Michael McGhee from Global Infrastructure Partners said that these things take time, and it will be at least 18 months before passengers are able to notice any kind of real difference. However, it should be reassuring to know that things are in the works and are being improved.