London City Airport is gearing up for a dynamic winter season with a new route, expanded services, and a renewed focus on leisure travel. British Airways CityFlyer will launch a new 11-times-per-week service to Madrid, starting 1st December, offering Londoners direct access to one of Europe’s m...

Aurigny has marked a major milestone on its popular London City-Guernsey route, celebrating its 75,000th passenger since the service launched in March 2024. The occasion was made extra special with a visit to the island from senior leaders at London City Airport, who joined for the celebrations, ...

A group of east London students have won London City Airport’s fifth Women in Aviation programme after taking part in a sustainability challenge. The award, which was presented at the finale event held on Wednesday, 21st May at the Sunborn London Yacht Hotel in Royal Victoria Dock, is part of t...

London City Airport has donated over £500,000 to local charities and not-for-profit organisations through its annual Community Fund since 2019. The successful applicants for the first tranche of funding from its annual £75,000 Community Fund have today been confirmed. The airport has awarded...

Today marks the landing of the first commercial flight of the Embraer E195-E2 at London City Airport, operated by Helvetic Airways on behalf of Swiss International Air Lines. This is now the largest jet from London City Airport. With a length of 41.5 metres and a total of 134 seats, the E195-E2 i...

London City Airport has submitted an application to the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to allow Airbus A320neo aircraft to operate at the airport. The application would enable London City to reach its permitted passenger capacity with fewer flight movements - forming part of its move to accomm...

London City Airport is looking to introduce more leisure flights as the increase in remote working has brought a slow recovery to business travel post-pandemic. The airport has seen its fair share of leisure travellers over the past decades, but most of this demand is highly seasonal and concentr...

London City Airport has confirmed the successful applicants for the second tranche of funding from its annual £75,000 Community Fund. The airport has awarded £41,605 of funding to 15 local charities and not-for-profit organisations covering eight London boroughs including Newham, Hackney, Haver...

Millions of pounds worth of new business is set to be secured by small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) following London City Airport’s East London Meet the Buyer event. The event, which was held on the 12th of September at London ExCeL, connected SMEs to larger organisations and enabled them...

London City Airport has completed a major upgrade to its departure lounge following a significant investment to improve its passenger experience. The upgrade, supported by SSP, Lagardère Travel Retail, WHSmith and Boots, provides a new look and feel throughout and includes two new stylish restau...

The Government has approved London City Airport’s plans to increase its annual passenger cap from 6.5 million to 9 million passengers and to fly three extra flights in the first half hour of operations during the week. London City’s proposals to extend its Saturday afternoon operating hours w...

London City Airport today confirmed that Alison FitzGerald has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Alison, who held the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at London City Airport since September 2016, assumes the role of CEO with immediate effect. Since January 2024, Alison serv...

Security scanners have reduced queue times for passengers at London City Airport (LCY) by 50% on average since they were introduced one year ago. In April 2023, London City Airport became the first major airport in the UK to fully deploy next generation CT security scanners for its passengers, en...

Aurigny has today confirmed the launch of twice daily flights to London City Airport (LCY) from Guernsey. The flag carrier of Guernsey will commence services to and from LCY on 31 March 2024, with one-way fares starting from only £49.99. The route will offer passengers enhanced connectivity f...

London City Airport (LCY) contributed over £250k to the local community in the past year through sponsorships, donations, volunteering, events and the airport’s Community Fund. LCY also significantly increased its volunteering presence in the local community, which is part of the airport’s S...