LONDON CITY AIRPORT BOOK TRACES LAST 30 YRS

One way of solving the present problem for the aircraft enthusiast in your family. A book of detailed coverage including pictures and plans of the last 30 years of aviation at London City Airport.

London City Airport created out of former docks of East London.

Written by Malcolm Ginsberg the book is called London City Airport-Thirty Years Serving the Capital.  It contains comprehensive facts, stories and dozens of photographs illustrating all the key events over that period of an airport built on and operated from former docks in East London. The Queen opened it in 1987.

Author Malcolm Ginsberg

In its early days the airport handled around 130,000 passengers during its first operational year.  That now was currently  around 4.7million. And with a new expansion of the terminal buildings and taxiways underway then 5 million seems to be soon very achievable.

London City Airport 30 Years of Serving the Capital.

Malcolm who publishes a weekly travel news round-up website called Business Travel News has a very broad knowledge of the airline and airport’s industry. However he has built up a special interest in this unique city centre airport operation.

Whisper jets still using London City Airport.

His connection really goes back to 27 June 1982 when Brymon Airways, Captain Harry Gee landed a Dash 7 aircraft on Heron Quays.  In then the West India Docks. All done  in order to demonstrate the feasibility of a full-size passenger aircraft flying in and out of a densely populated area of East London.  Following a feasibility study and a local opinion poll,  work started on London City Airport.

British Airways uses the unique airport of London City Airport.

Then in 1988 British Aerospace demonstrated that their four-engined BAe 146 ‘Whisper jet’ could land and take off with ease from the docklands airstrip.

London City Airport Direct To New York

Into the new millennium and in 2009 British Airways opened a non-stop service from New York JFK with a specially adapted Airbus A318. Although headwinds when flying from London City in the other direction did mean that a refuelling stop in Shannon was required. This in effect then put the airport onto an international world travel map.

Looking forward the Bombardier C Series can make JFK a non-stop route both ways!

Fast route for passengers through London City Airport.

Owned by a consortium of international companies and pension funds which includes two Canadian, a British one. Plus also one from Kuwait.  A £400 million redevelopment plan is currently underway.  This is planned to includes a parallel taxiway, seven new aircraft stands and an extended passenger terminal.

Malcolm uncovers many stories about the airport from its history with the docks themselves. Even going back to Victorian times and right up to date in the 21^st century. With development and its more or less being part of the Canary Wharf financial and banking area.  Which is where where it draws many of its passengers.

Certainly for £25 a great gift idea for any regular traveller or aviation enthusiast in your family circle.

www.crecy.co.uk/BTN

ISBN  978-1-900438-07-0