After more than ten years, Roy Griffins is to retire as Chairman of London City Airport. Roy has overseen a period of outstanding growth at the airport and leaves the business in excellent shape to fulfill its potential. Under Roy’s guidance, London City has achieved remarkable safe and sustainable growth, attained record passenger levels over […]
London City Airport has further reason to celebrate its 30th anniversary year having collected the award for Airport of the Year at the 14th Annual London Transport Awards on Thursday 2 March 2017. The judging panel, which included representatives from the Transport Times, London First, London TravelWatch and London Councils, recognised the significant progress made […]
Today, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and London City Airport launched a new route between London City and Amsterdam, with the inaugural flight landing at 07:20 this morning. The first flight from Airport Amsterdam Schiphol received a festive welcome at London City Airport with the aircraft flying Dutch and UK colours as it taxied to the […]
London City Airport has been named the best airport of its kind in the world, picking up the Regional Airport of the Year award at the CAPA World Aviation Summit in Amsterdam last night [27 October]. Organisers said the award was given to the regional airport that has been the biggest standout strategically, has established […]
Declan Collier, CEO of London City Airport, said: “Today’s announcement is good news for business, good news for tourism and good news for Britain; a new runway in the South East will create much needed capacity, helping secure the UK’s position as a global hub – never more important than in the current political climate. […]
London City Airport has announced the appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer, following the departure of Darren Grover. Alison FitzGerald, who joined the airport in 2014 as Chief Information Officer, has been appointed internally as Grover’s successor and takes on responsibility for all operational areas of the business across the terminal and airfield. She […]
Passengers can express their level of satisfaction with the London City Airport experience by pressing ‘emoji’ buttons at 16 different locations in the terminal The cutting edge Feedback Now technology sends data to airport staff as-it-happens, including alerts via text message to help allocate resources effectively No other UK airport has this real-time functionality – […]
All flights at London City Airport have been disrupted after protesters gained access to the runway. The Met Police said it was called to the site at about 05:40 BST after nine protestors “locked themselves together” on the runway. The Black Lives Matter UK movement has confirmed it is responsible for the protest. The airport […]
In a first for UK airports, London City Airport has started playing a mixture of ambient electronica and upbeat acoustic music to passengers as they go through the airport’s main security search Ed Sheeran’s songs have received the most positive reaction from passengers and staff Music psychologist from The University of Sheffield says that the […]
A £344million expansion of London City Airport has been given the green light by the UK government. Chancellor Philip Hammond, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and Communities Secretary Sajid Javid this morning announced approved plans for an extended terminal, new aircraft taxiway and parking spaces for planes. The scheme is estimated to create 1,600 airport jobs, together […]
