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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