As of London City Airport will look like in the future

The London City Airport. Now he reveals for the first Time, as it is in the Terminal in the future will look like.

Three years ago, the Expansion was decided, last year, excavators on drove. Since then, is to be built at London City Airport. The airport expanded its Terminal and build a new runway and eight additional Parking places for aircraft.

The existing terminal building dates back to 1987. It is 17,000 m2 in size and was built for around one Million passengers per year. In the meantime, the Terminal use but 4.5 million a year. After the Expansion to 6.5 million travelers. The surface rises to 68,000 m2.

In three years

The expansion and renovation of the London City Airport will cost around 500 million pounds, or 553 million euros. He's supposed to be 2022 done. Two years earlier the airport is a so-called Remote Tower in operation. The air traffic controllers no longer on site, but in the more than 110 kilometers away, the national air traffic control centre in Swanwick.

In the above image gallery, you can see the first sketches of how it, in the future, the Terminal will look like.

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