


Robert Sinclair, the airport’s CEO, said: “London City airport plays an incredibly important role in quickly and easily connecting London to the rest of the UK and the world for both business and leisure travel. London City expects to cater for three million passengers in 2022 with its numbers set to return to 2019 levels by 2024. Under the plans, the airport’s current eight-hour overnight curfew will remain, as would its operating hours on Sunday which only permits flights after 12.30pm. London City said that only “cleaner, quieter, new generation aircraft, such as the Airbus A220 and Embraer E2” would be allowed to operate during these extended operating hours. The airport wants to be allowed to cater for nine million passengers by 2031 by being given more flexibility to operate on Saturdays, as well as during the start and end of each day’s operations. The east London airport is launching a 10-week public consultation detailing its expansion plans with the promise that it will “mandate the use” of quieter and less polluting aircraft at specific times of the day. I accept the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
