Happy 30th Birthday London City Airport

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• Aliks says:

  15 Jan15 January 06:11

  The only negative I have for City Airport is that the immigration queues can be very tiresome, snaking back along the corridor for 100m sometimes.

  Otherwise a great option with decent London Underground connections.

  • John says:

    15 Jan15 January 09:50

    Really? Are you talking about the EU/EEA queue or the non-EU queue? Though I’ve never waited more than 5 minutes both before and after I got an EU citizenship. And you must never have been in a 1km queue at LHR either.

    And the tiny loungeless departure area and gate “pigpens” aren’t a negative?

    And LCY isn’t connected to the underground… except by DLR.

    • Aliks says:

      15 Jan15 January 09:56

      OK agree the loungeless area is a negative, but last couple of times I came through from Frankfurt, a couple of planes full were queuing up in the narrow corridor leading to the passport check desks. I didnt see any EU/Non EU split, but I may be wrong.

      Re Heathrow, the electronic gates have been working well for me and rarely more than 5 mins to get through. Not so good for the non-electronic people where there are very long queues almost always.

      • Alan says:

        15 Jan15 January 14:15

        Glad the eGates at LHR are more consistent now – they were atrocious too for a while. The major delay is also when doing international to domestic connections – there’s no fast track anymore so everyone goes into one big long immigration queue, normally just for one officer. You just need a couple of non-EU/EEA passports at the front and you’ll be stuck for ages. Given how slow the queue upstairs to reclear security is I normally go landside via the main eGates and then back round – only issue is if you’re getting close for conformance then you risk not being allowed in!

    • Leo says:

      15 Jan15 January 12:06

      I don’t think you can say the DLR component is a negative at all. Rather that than the piccadilly line.

• Xmenlongshot says:

  15 Jan15 January 07:46

  The Queen’s coat is definitely black and gold

  • Danksy says:

    15 Jan15 January 08:27

    Hahahahha

    • the real harry1 says:

      15 Jan15 January 18:41

      sorry – Anika – cringed with the ‘sweet’

      you were sensible enough to behead all yours – apart from the ones you exported

• Pangolin says:

  15 Jan15 January 09:53

  Look at the pictures – from foundation stone in 1986 to official opening in 1987.
  Amazing that an airport can be built in 1 year yet they’ve spent decades debating a third runway at LHR!

  The glidepath slope at LCA is a pretty steep 5.5 degrees, due to the high buildings surrounding it, but if you think that’s hairy it was 7.5 when it opened, thanks to the shorter runway in operation at the time. Used to be the province of Dash airplanes as not much else could handle the glide slope. In fact, you can find a great video on YouTube now of a Dash approach to the current runway.

  • Gavin says:

    15 Jan15 January 10:06

    LCY not LCA 😉

    • Pangolin says:

      15 Jan15 January 10:20

      Oops, that’ll teach me for posting first thing in the morning!

    • the real harry1 says:

      15 Jan15 January 18:43

      Kai Tak was fun in the old days 🙂

      • the real harry1 says:

        15 Jan15 January 18:50

        apparently you can still have the same fun on coming in to Madeira

• Roger I says:

  15 Jan15 January 11:05

  Ah, memories.

  Anybody else remember London City Airways (part of bmi)? They certainly gave my Virgin Freeway account,(as was) a boost alongside Dan-Air and other lost carriers.

• krys_k says:

  15 Jan15 January 11:33

  I flew from Plymouth here back in the day. The steepest approach I can remember with a propellor plane. Cheaper and quicker than by train.

• Peter Taysum says:

  15 Jan15 January 14:11

  I like the lounge in the Gate for BA1 / BA3

  Hope that continues… I only discovered that from HfP

  Sent from TXL BA lounge, found easily thanks to the review Anika!

• Daniel says:

  15 Jan15 January 17:25

  OT

  Is there anyone else yet to receive their Avis / Iberia promotional miles yet ?

  Any advice on the best way to elicit them in the least stressful way possible ?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    15 Jan15 January 18:39

    Yep lots of us over the past week, I didn’t chase mine they just posed on Tuesday.

    Seems there is a backlog due to the demand may be worth giving it a week

    • Daniel says:

      15 Jan15 January 21:00

      Fantastic thank you

• Stu_N says:

  15 Jan15 January 22:37

  Still using the posh kettle I got from my Scotair frequent flyer program. Many, many round trips on the D328s from Edinburgh to City. 10 flights = £50 House of Fraser vouchers, I think. Plus all the tablet and Glenlivet you could consume.

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