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London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is a single-runway airport, intended for use by STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. It is located on a former Docklands site, in the London Borough of Newham in East London, England, and was developed by the engineering company Mowlem in 1986/87. London City is the fifth airport serving the London area after Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton.
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London City Airport Press Releases
London City Airport Topping-out Ceremony Marks Terminal Renovation Progress (29/07/2010 00:00:00)
The installation of the new 1st floor in the terminal at London City Airport was marked with a topping-out ceremony today.
Richard Gooding OBE, Chief Executive London City Airport was joined by Kevin Murphy, CEO ExCel London, to commemorate the fitting of the 1st floor in the terminal, an important milestone in the airport’s £7 million terminal improvements project.
The renovation works, consisting of three phases, commenced early spring with phase one seeing the fitting of piles, steel columns and beams spanning across the concourse all in preparation for the installation of the new floor. The second and third phase of the project will see the installation of a new stair case and 6 new security search lanes.
Richard Gooding OBE, Chief Executive London City Airport commented, “The 1st floor fitting marks an important milestone in the terminal renovation works. Increasing the handling capacity of the security search facility will maintain and uphold the airports high level of customer service and we look forward to completion.”
The first floor works take place during the airport’s nightly and weekend closure times to ensure there is no disruption to passengers. The programme is scheduled to be complete in early 2011.
The renovation works of London City Airport’s terminal are being undertaken by A.A Lovegrove Ltd, designed and project managed by Atkins Design & Engineering.
NEW DENMARK FLIGHTS DIRECT FROM THE DOCKLANDS (28/07/2010 00:00:00)
British Airways is opening up its route network from London City Airport with the launch of its first route to Scandinavia.
The airline has announced plans to start a new double daily weekday service from the Docklands Airport to Copenhagen in Denmark, providing a direct air link between the two capital cities.
There will also be one flight a day from London City on Sundays and one flight from Copenhagen on Saturdays.
The new flights will start on September 12, and will be operated by British Airways wholly owned subsidiary BA CityFlyer with their fleet of brand new Embraer 190 aircraft.
Luke Hayhoe, BA CityFlyer commercial manager said: “This has been a year of firsts for us at London City Airport, with new leisure focused flights to the Balearic Islands launched earlier in the year and now our first ever venture into Scandinavia.
“Once again we are responding to demand from our customers for both business and leisure travel to Denmark and we are delighted to be launching another exciting new route using our new aircraft.”
Fares are available from £65 and are available to book on www.ba.com.
CITYJET EXTENDS SEASONAL ROUTE TO BRIVE, DORDOGNE DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND (28/07/2010 00:00:00)
CityJet, the airline that flies from the heart of London, announces today that they are extending their summer season route from London City to Brive, Dordogne until the end of October 2010. CityJet will operate a return flight out of City Airport on Fridays and Sundays from 17 September to 31 October giving Londoners an extra six weeks to enjoy the convenient service that has opened up direct access to the Dordogne region for the first time.
The CityJet route to Brive, which was started on 25 June 2010, was initially planned to operate until 12 September 2010. In its fifth week of operation, however, CityJet was achieving a load factor of 75% proving there is a high demand for flights to this holiday destination. In addition to leisure travellers, the route has become an ideal link for the many Londoners who own a second home in the scenic region.
Says Geoffrey O’Byrne White, CEO of CityJet: “For a brand new route to be operating at a 75% load factor in its fifth week of operations is extremely impressive. Given this unprecedented demand, we’ve taken the decision to extend the route until 31 October. This is the last day of school’s half-term break, when a lot of Londoners will be returning from a short break in the Dordogne region.
‘We received a mass of requests from our passengers asking for a longer season and after careful consideration we have put the plans in place to allow us to give our passengers what they want and offer another six weeks of operation.”
Prices start from £59 one way, including taxes. The route will continue to operate using an Avro RJ85.
Schedule from Friday, September 17 until Sunday, October 31:
London City to Brive Valley of the Dordogne
Friday AF5261 14.35-17.10
Sunday AF5265 16.20-18.55
From Brive Valley of the Dordogne to London City
Friday AF5260 17.40-18.15
Sunday AF5264 19.25-20.00
Triumph for London City Airport’s Football Team (16/07/2010 00:00:00)
This past weekend London City Airport’s fire service football team won the London Fire Brigade Football Tournament. The tournament in its first year running was held at Eltham park with 20 teams participating in the sweltering heat.
The Airport was on form throughout the intense tournament and played 8 games winning the final with a score of 4 to 2. Tolo Mas, Captain of the airport team commented, “ The team is delighted with this win. Our performance during the tournament was fantastic especially considering we never played together as a 5 a side team. This was a great effort and achievement by all.”
In June the airports team won the 2010 Airport European Football Tournament (AEFT) and were crowned the champions of the 14th AEFT. London City Airport hosted the 2010 Airport European Football Tournament which saw airport teams from all over Europe participate. This tournament has been running since 1987 and was played this year at West Ham’s Little Heath training grounds and Boleyn Stadium.
London City airport’s team also holds the UK Airport Champions title.
FINAL RJ100 LEAVES FLEET (16/07/2010 00:00:00)
The final British Airways BAe RJ aircraft leaves the fleet today (July 14) after a long and successful history with the airline.
The nine Avro RJ100 and two RJ85 aircraft operated by wholly owned British Airways subsidiary BA CityFlyer have been the backbone of the regional fleet at London City Airport since 2003. For many years before that they operated at Gatwick and other UK regional bases.
The London City operated RJs have been replaced by 11 brand new Embraer 170 and 190SR aircraft and BA CityFlyer now officially operates the youngest fleet of aircraft in the UK. The first one was delivered 10 months ago and a final Embraer 190SR will be delivered in November this year.
The last RJ aircraft, registration GLCY-B, operated its final commercial flight for British Airways from Glasgow to London City today.
Peter Simpson, managing director BA CityFlyer, said: “The RJs have given us long and valuable service but it’s time to move onto the next generation and we are delighted with our new fleet of E-jets that are operating all our domestic and European services from London City Airport. Passenger feedback on the new fleet has been fantastic, with the two by two seating configuration and the additional space a particular hit over the RJs they have replaced.”
