§ Mr. GapesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what restrictions currently exist on flights to and from London City airport; and what is the current number of scheduled flights to and from London City airport.
§ Mr. NorrisThe 1991 granting of planning permission for development at London City airport was subject to a number of conditions on the use of the airport. These include limits of 40 air transport movements per day at weekends, bank holidays and public holidays, 130 per day n other days and 36,500 air transport movements per calendar year. There are further restrictions which are expressed in terms of noise levels of aircraft.
In the 12 months to 31 March 1994, there were some 12,100 scheduled flights to and from London City airport. Currently on a typical weekday there are some 66 scheduled flights—Source: London City airport.