Monday 15 August 2016

London City Airport gets green light for expansion

LONDON CITY AIRPORT has received planning permission for expansion which will enable it to handle 6.5 million passengers by 2025 and inject £1.5 billion each year into the economy. 

The City Airport Development Programme is a £344 million privately-funded investment which includes plans for seven additional aircraft stands, a parallel taxiway, and passenger terminal extension.

The development will transform the airport, one of East London’s largest employers in London’s Royal Docks, enabling the airport to welcome quieter, next-generation aircraft and add more capacity. Last year the airport, which opened in 1987, handled 4.3 million passengers.


The construction phase of development will create 500 jobs and a further 1,600 jobs once completed. Under the plans, the airport can add approximately a further 32,000 flights by 2025, movements which are already permitted, helping to unlock more air capacity within London’s airport system in advance of a new runway for the South-East of England.



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