London City Airport’s Jet Centre (Booth P400) has launched a new incentive scheme, designed to encourage new operators and travelers to experience the airport’s benefits—including its quick links to central London, especially the popular Square Mile area. The airport wants to people “to understand the value this represents in terms of both customer time and experience.”
The new broker incentive will reward those that introduce their clients to London City (LCY) as a travel option. The airport says it wants to become “the gateway of choice for passengers arriving and leaving London.”
The scheme will be in place throughout 2017 and awarded for every flight that is placed through London City Airport. It will reinforce another recent LCY initiative that prices charter flights at a competitive rate compared with other airports around London, while offering “a far superior ground time to the most frequently requested destinations of Mayfair & Kensington.”
The Jet Centre is housed in a standalone self-contained facility with dedicated security and immigration staffing and boasts a 90-second passenger transfer from car to aircraft.The facility was recently awarded IS-BAH certification and says it has “full support services on site including limousines and black cabs on account, a partnership with U.S.-headquartered in-flight catering company Air Culinaire, aircraft cleaning and a dedicated fuel bowser.”
Aircraft types recently approved to operate London City’s steep approach (5.5 degrees) include the Bombardier Global 6000, Dassault Falcon 8X, Embraer Legacy 550 and Gulfstream G280.
Meanwhile the airport has launched a $427.5 million private sector infrastructure investment. It will add seven new aircraft parking slots at the main terminal, a full-length parallel taxiway (so aircraft won’t have to back-taxi down the runway) and a terminal expansion.
The development will allow LCY to welcome 6.5 million passengers, operate 45 aircraft movements per hour and accommodate the next generation of regional aircraft including the Bombardier C Series CS100 and the Embraer E2 regional jet.
Work is scheduled to begin this summer, coinciding with the airport’s 30thyear of operation.