London City's local appeal

Nearly 150,000 departing passengers who used London City Airport (LCY) last year live within a three-mile radius, according to new analysis of Civil Aviation Authority postcode data.

This is a 22% increase from the 117,000 passengers recorded in 2017. When residents are combined with departing passengers that were visiting or working in the local area, the number of passengers in a three-mile radius totalled 547,227.

Residents, local business workers and other passengers starting their journeys in Barking and Dagenham grew by the highest margin year-on-year, up 75%, alongside Greenwich (up 34%) and Hackney (up 7%).

Airport chief executive Robert Sinclair said: “While the airport remains the favourite for business travellers across London, more and more local people are taking advantage of our extensive network and the convenience of their home airport.”

“The ‘fly local’ trend is good for passengers and we look forward to continuing to share the benefits of our growth with the community, not just in terms of job creation and educational and charitable contributions, but increasingly as their airport.”

The airport has added Prague, Budapest, Vilnius and Antwerp to its route map this year and the rise in local passengers reflects an ongoing trend around LCY as home to one of the fastest-growing populations in the UK.

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