Exclusive: Most popular routes can be reached quickly by train, as government mulls expansion proposal
More than half of the journeys taken from London City airport last year can be reached in six hours or less by train, data reveals.
The Labour government is preparing to make the final call on the airport’s application to significantly increase its passenger numbers. The airport wants to increase capacity from 6.5 million to 9 million passengers a year by putting on more weekend and early morning flights.