LCY performance

Up to three million passengers are expected to use London City Airport (LCY) this year.

Looking back this is around the same figure as 2012, the year of the Olympics, and the surge with the arrival of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) a couple of years earlier.

When first conceived, now nearly 40 years ago, LCY was considered a business travel airport with August a very slow month.  Things have changed.

“We have made a conscious effort with our airlines to attract more leisure routes and passengers this summer and the fact we could reach close to one million passengers for the period is testament to the resilience of our operation and quality of the passenger experience we offer. For anybody considering a last-minute getaway, we would love to welcome them at London City”, said Robert Sinclair the airport’s Chief Executive.
 
“While summer 2022 is proving to be a success, we want summer 2023 to be even better and that is why, later in the year, we will be announcing an investment along with our Retail and Food & Beverage concessionaires in upgrading our existing Departure Lounge so that our customers have even more choice and comfort when they travel through London City”.

With the airport teams fully staffed since the start of the getaway, LCY has delivered a consistently high level of customer service and continues to, on average, get passengers from the DLR to their gate lounge inside 25 minutes.
 
LCY is also urging passengers who are booked to travel in August to turn up no more than two hours before their flight and to be prepared for security in order to make the experience as smooth and as stress free as possible for everyone.

While the UK Government’s slot amnesty resulted in small changes to the airport schedule, LCY’s operation has been largely unaffected through August and airlines have some remaining capacity on key domestic and short-haul European routes.
 
With the airport welcoming almost 70% of its 2019 passenger numbers over the same period, the staples of Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Zurich remained the busiest overall routes. However, Ibiza has been the strongest leisure performer, followed by Florence, Palma, Malaga and Nice.

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