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London City passenger numbers soar by 23%
London City Airport handled a record of more than 2.9 million passengers in 2007.
This represented a rise of 23% over the previous year.
Lufthansa launches twice-daily flights to Berlin-Tegel on January 14 and British Airways plans new routes to Nice, Barcelona, Warsaw and Amsterdam in the spring.
The airport is spending £30 million constructing four new aircraft parking stands and the departure lounge is being reconfigured to allow for additional passengers to be accommodated. Both projects are forecast for completion in the spring.
Eleven airlines will serve 33 destinations across the UK and Europe from the spring.
A planning application seeking an increase in flight movements to 120,000 was submitted in August. This increase will create an additional 1,000 jobs at the airport.
The docklands airport’s chief executive Richard Gooding said: “There is no doubt that passengers all across London and the South East are waking up to the options offered by this airport; not least the attractive five minutes taken to exit the terminal from the steps of the aircraft.
“New services commenced during the year to Belfast, Glasgow, Groningen, Madrid, Nice, Oslo and Vienna. Additionally, the Docklands Light Railway services that commenced in December 2005 have continued to prosper with over 50 per cent of all passengers now using the link.”
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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