London City Airport
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London City Airport, ( IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC ), is a small international commercial airport in the Docklands in London Borough of Newham. It was built on the territory of former dock King George V Dock, near the city center of London and Canary Wharf business district and opened in 1987.
Location and Transport
The airport is located in the London Borough of Newham, about 10 km east of the City of London. He is the most centrally located of the London airports.
Since December 2, 2005, trains on the Docklands Light Railway to London City Airport just outside the terminal building. At peak times trains running in eight- minute intervals in the direction of Woolwich Arsenal in the east or via Canning Town to the west bank. Outside the rush hours the trains at ten- minute intervals. The airport is also accessible by buses and taxis.
Airlines and destinations
London City Airport is mainly served from major European cities, including Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Milan. Inner British targets Manchester, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. The only long-distance service is currently offered by British Airways to New York City with an A318. The airport serves because of its proximity to the city center of London and Canary Wharf particularly the business travel. Over 2.3 million passengers per year.
Targets in German-speaking countries are currently Frankfurt with Lufthansa CityLine, Münster / Osnabrück, Paderborn -Lippstadt, Dresden and Nuremberg with CityJet, Zurich and Basel with Swiss European Air Lines, Bern with Sky Work Airlines and the Findel in Luxembourg with Luxair. In addition, BA City Flyer flies to Frankfurt and Zurich. In September 2013, the connection was resumed after Dusseldorf by British Airways.
Special
Unusually for this airport is the fact that came right from the beginning to strict noise regulations in force. This and the with 1508 m ( effectively about 1200m available) relatively short takeoff and landing runway reduces the number of aircraft types that are allowed operating from this airport at all. Only planes land, which are approved for an approach angle of 5.5 degrees or more. Even helicopter flights are not allowed here for environmental reasons.
The largest approved for use on the City Airport aircraft is the Airbus A318. On 13 May and 28 October 2006, a A318 landed for testing purposes on the London City Airport. The test flights were the admission of this type for regular operation at the airport since the September 29, 2009 British Airways is the first airline in this type of aircraft for pure business class flights to New York. On the flight from London City Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, an intermediate stop will be made for refueling, since the A318 on the short runway of London City Airport can not start with a full tank at Shannon Airport. During the approximately 40 -minute stopover at Shannon Airport will take the entry clearance for the United States by the U.S. CBP, so that the passengers can enter after arriving in New York without further formalities. The return flight is a nonstop flight. The flights will be using the former call sign of Concorde flights, Speedbird 1, Speedbird 4 performed. On landing at London City Airport, a special process using the spoilers is applied.
He is one of the few airports where passenger fees per landing (and not per departure ) are collected, since the number of passengers landing is twice as high as that of departing. The airport is mainly used by business travelers who appreciate the short walk to Canary Wharf or the City of London and the clarity of the terminal. However, the proximity to the skyscrapers of Docklands is also a major reason why the original plans for the extension of the runway were not realized. From the perspective of the authorities would increase through the use of larger aircraft after the experience of September 11, 2001, the security risk of Canary Wharf.