London City Airport

Macquarie Asset Management has taken control of London City Airport (LCY) after acquiring an additional 50% equity stake, increasing its total ownership to 75%.

Australia's Macquarie Asset Management has bought stakes in Bristol Airport (BRS), Birmingham Airport (BHX) and London City Airport from a Canadian investor.

The first scheduled flight of an Embraer 195-E2 at London City on March 26 could be the start of squeezing more utility out of the short-runway site.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

London City Airport is seeking approval to introduce Airbus A320neo operations as part of its strategy to grow passenger capacity without increasing flight movements.

London City Airport continued its gradual post-pandemic recovery in 2023, recording a profit for the first time since 2019.

London City Airport has been cleared to grow from 6.5 to 9 million passengers annually, although plans to extend its Saturday opening hours have been rejected.

London City Airport (LCY) has named Alison FitzGerald its new CEO, effective immediately.

British Airways plans to “densify” seating on the Embraer E190 fleet of one of its short-haul subsidiaries, BA CityFlyer.

With a new firm order for 30 Airbus A220-300s and purchase rights for a further 20, AirBaltic is positioned to grow its fleet to 100 of the type by 2030.

Embraer has received Steep Approach Certification for the E195-E2 at London City and will be the largest aircraft able to operate from the airport.

Crossover jets may be becoming more popular among airlines, but there is one airport where almost the entire schedule is comprised of the small airliners.

Flights between Vilnius and London City will continue despite the current PSO contract for the route coming to an end.

The London City-based airline's future fleet rests on whether its home airport is given the green light to extend its opening hours.

A local authority has unanimously rejected London City Airport's application to increase its passenger cap and extend its opening hours.

The UK government announced a package of reforms that tighten July 3, including a phased removal of free carbon allowances for aviation in 2026.

The Danish carrier was shuttered from March 2020 to September 2022.

LCY will become the second London airport from which BA serves Aberdeen from.

The carrier is relaunching service on the key LCY route, but other routes from Billund remain grounded.

The proposal is part of a plan to grow capacity through more flexibility rather than building new infrastructure.

Three routes targeting business traffic will begin in March using leased E190s, while authorization has been secured for service to Buenos Aires.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Barcelona and Thessaloniki are among the destinations joining the British Airways subsidiary’s network.

The subsidized routes are part of the UK government’s effort to restore regional, domestic connectivity.

Blue Air’s expansion from Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Iasi, Flybondi restarting international service, and Frontier Airlines launching flights from New York Stewart are among the latest route announcements and services resuming.