Airports
London City Airport Cleared To Add More Pax Capacity
UK government decision is unlikely to benefit business aviation
London City Jet Centre FBO
© London City Jet Centre FBO

London City Airport (EGLC) will be able to increase its annual number of passengers from 6.5 million to 9 million. However, based on Monday's decision by the UK government to reverse an earlier local government block on the move, the change is unlikely to impact business aviation at the downtown airport since there will be no increase in aircraft movements.

The central government ruling followed a public inquiry into an earlier decision by the London Borough of Newham. It allows EGLC to operate three additional flights during the first 30 minutes of its daily operations during the week but did not agree to the airport’s request to extend Saturday operating hours up to 6:30 p.m.