One City, Six Airports

One City, Six Airports

One City, Six Airports

London City Airport

This is an airport that is situated in Dockland in the Newham London region of England. It consists of a single track and it was specially designed for shorter flights of aircrafts. It primarily serves the city which is the financial district of the British. It is the fifth airport that serves London after Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton airports. This airport is considered the hub of City Jet. There is a master plan for 2030 which calls for a phased expansion of the airport to the maximum capacity of 8 million passengers per year without building a second runway or expansion of existing airport boundaries (Forsyth & Gillen, 2009). At the airport, there are strict limits imposed on the level of noise exposure from aircrafts because of the physical parameters of the runway and steep slide path of aircraft types.



Terminal

London City Airport is the smallest of London's international airports. However, it is convenient for those who use the airport. It has attracted many businessmen working in the business districts of London and the airport is also used by tourists on weekends. It is the closest airport to central London for business aviation. The terminal has 26 check-in counters and an additional five self-service kiosks for passengers of British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa and SAS. The London City Airport has currently nine gates. In the future, Apron Buses will connect them with five new parking lots. The Airport has become a useful addition to the big airports of London. It has become an important factor for the start of construction of hotels.

Airlines

The following companies use the services of the London City Airport; Air France, Air One, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Euro Manx, KLM, Lufthansa, Luxair, Scandinavian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines and VLM Airlines.

Limitations of Physical Design

The airport has a single runway of 1508m by 30m. Only a few aircrafts may arise on this airport. The airport is limited by the length of its runway which limits the noise. Due to shortage of runways, the airport can serve a lesser number of flights as compared to other top airports of the UK.

Access to the Airport

London City Airport is connected to the new financial district in London's Canary Wharf financial district and the traditional City of London light-rail line that is, Docklands Light Railway, with changes to the London Underground at various stations. Light-rail station London City Airport DLR station is located just outside the terminal building. The airport is served by bus routes 473 and 474 which are going to East London. In the past, there was a network of local bus routes, but it was eliminated after the commissioning of the station light-rail. Near the airport, there are also short-and long-term parking.

Population of Passengers

The airport got the ownership of two companies that include AIG Financial Products Corp. and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). As a result, the airport has met the increase in the number of flights operated from ...