Before LCY was built, there was an old gas work and a sugar refinery, They were used as a stand-in for the bombed out Vietnamese city of Hue in the Sniper film in Stanley Kubricks 1987 Movie Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick didn't like flying. His home in Childwick Was only 35 minutes from LCY.
LCY is an extraordinary airport, based on its location, size, construction etc. A major bonus and draw for London and a real achievement and victim of its own incredible success. Currently the airport is being remodeled to allow for a larger departures lounge etc. My absolute choice of airport in London when traveling intra Europe. This airport is the envy of any major city as there is nothing like it.
I think I was referencing the excitement of the arrival and departure experience at LCY which I did not make clear and is second to none. The only other airports that are centrally located to a city where I have had a similar experience are Rio - Santos Dumont and São Paulo - Congonhas. Both amazing too.
3 of my favorite things right here - Aircraft, Zurich Airport & Tête de Moine. It's the trifecta of travel, it doesn't get any better than this people! ✈🧀😋
Love london city airport. It's not elegant in any way, but it is so incredibly convenient and easy to use. The view you get of London when flying in and out is great too.
London City Airport is still quite small. I remember taking a 55 minute flight from Antwerp, stepping out of the plane, walking into the arrival hall, tripping over the carpet and fracturing my pubic bone. Fun times! After beging helped by the stewardesses and the pilot from the plane and some fire fighters and getting some oxygen, off i went to Eastham Hospital where I spent almost a week yapping in pain and enjoying their Indian meals (most of the patients were Indian, thankfully) until an ambulance took me back under the Channel to good old Belgium. A PR from the airport visited me in the hospital a day after the accident, carrying a huge basket full of chocolates, sweets, fruit and books. That wouldn't have happened at Heathrow I'm sure ;-)
Admire the dedication of arriving 2.5 hours early at London City Airport. I've arrived 40 minutes before departure before and I still had time to get a coffee.
Thanks. Very good video. I have a flight with Swiss on their A220 Business class this September 2024. My first time on the Airbus A220 aircraft. Looking forward!
@@tfft you used to get a free meal at the pub. There was a “business lounge” that could be accessed for £95 (outside of security in a separate building) but COVID shut that down.
@@j3ojosno surprise there, they would only allow permission on the Bobby Moore stand at Upton Park if the builders threw in a Primary school into the deal. 🤷♂️
LCY is situated in an environmentally conscious area. So from when LCY opened in 1987 there have been curfews and restricted hours of operation at weekends.
Loved the background information of the logistics at LCY. Very interesting! Great aircraft and service, short haul flying can still be enjoyable 🙏🏼 Thank you for the review 💎
LCY is great! It's like a LEGO Airport. I've experienced some wild arrivals and departures on a Fokker 50, when the runway was shorter. I ♥️ SWISS, I was lucky enough to fly in Business Class MAD-ZRH-MAN, the crew, catering, and lounge were amazing 👌
I reckon you just might be the geekiest of the numerous AvGeeks whom I follow. I also reckon you would wear that as a badge if honor. I ALWAYS enjoy your videos - thanks
Hahaha thanks very much. I wear that badge proudly- especially since if it was up to me (and not UA-cam’s algorithm) each video would be an hour long and have 5x more info and stats haha.
Used LCY when it first opened on a regular basis when it was just Paris and Brussels. You could arrive 25 mins before your flight, check in and be on the plane. Those days it was turboprop only. Interesting approach! As a regular traveller one night flight back from Brussels got to do the flight in the jump seat on a British Midland Dash 8 acting for Sabena. Amazing approach to LCY on a clear April night. How you put a plane down on such a short runway is incredible. In those days collect your luggage , clear customs and immigration and be in your car in 20mins!!!! For me quickest way to get to Paris and Brussels from where I lived in SE London. This was pre Channel Tunnel. Only problem was we usually ended up on a remote bus stand at Paris and Brussels. Always took ages!!!!
I was a frequent flyer at LCY in 1987 using flights with Brymon Airways on Dash 8 aircraft to Paris CDG. It was a business class only product which served up to 5 glasses of champagne or wine or spirits and a hot meal on the short journey. Happy days.
Thank you, as always, for the great video! Just an FYI from a Swiss guy, rösti is pronounced rushty (kind of) ;) You nailed Tête de Moine, by the way! Best travel channel out there BY FAR! You're the man! Salute 🫡
Haha that’s only because I looked up the pronunciation of the cheese (and didn’t think I had to for the Rösti 😅). Now I know for next time! Thanks very much!
I live in London, but never had the chance to fly out of LCY. I'd love the experience of not having to travel far to the airport and taking off above Canary Wharf, but it's generally a fair bit pricier than other options - plus a lot of its destinations are accessible by train (in fact, that's how I did London-to-Zurich last year.) So, thanks for letting me live vicariously through your video!
London to Paris I prefer by train- but any further- even just to Amsterdam and I feel like the time on the train negates the time saved by going from city center to city center.
@@tfft Yeah, I'm not sure I'd go further than Switzerland unless I was on a sleeper train... and even then, I'd need one of the new Nightjet capsule ones so I don't have to share a compartment.
Flown a few times from there, but one of the most fun was a day trip to Amsterdam on KLM. First flight out and last flight back. It wasn't particularly expensive, and a great day out.
@@zeddeka Yes. LCY was designed for making day trips to mainland Europe and vice versa. In fact KLM flies almost as many times MON-FRI from LCY as it does from LHR. When you consider the cost of a good hotel in London or Amsterdam travellers can save making day trips (even if the air ticket is on the high side).
London City Airport is great, you get in, go through security and take off super quick. What’s not to like! Heathrow is also in London but about 12-14 miles out from the city but city airport is about 4-5 miles from central 👍🏼
Yeah I have taken flights from City Airport a few times. Well i live across the river in Woolwich which is two stops away by the DLR train. So in the past i have often taken either Lufthansa to Frankfurt or Swiss to Zurich where i would transit on a long flight to Singapore & Sometimes Hong Kong. Lately i have just been flying direct on Singapore Airlines or Cathay. With the new Elizabeth line that is direct from my home in Woolwich to Heathrow makes it easy but dont get wrong. I really love stopping by Zurich.. its such a fantastic airport !
Fun fact, LCY is not the only one of London's airports that are actually in London. Heathrow is in the London Borough of Hillingdon, so is within the official definition of Greater London's 32 boroughs. City Airport is in the London Borough of Newham.
Thanks for the video. I have followed LCY from before the time it opened. Originally LCY handled 50 seat prop aircraft and fares were business class only. Hence LCY was a white elephant initially 15:11 and passenger numbers really took off when Crossair introduced 146 jets in the early 1990s. The 146s were sold as two class: Y and C.
@@andybaker2456 Indeed. Originally LCY was established as a business airport but passenger volume wasn't there. In the 1990s LCY expanded by also taking leisure customers. It was when BA began serving LCY that the range of holiday destinations really took off.
Awesome Swiss Business Class flight review there The Flip Flop Traveller!, Qantas are now using the A220 for their domestic routes around Australia., i believe they have more A220's on order!.
The point of LCY isn't to be amazing, but rather to be convenient. Security never takes more than 5 minutes, even at peak time, and you can arrive half an hour before a flight.
Welcome to my hood. I live in Stratford and can go from my bedroom to the plane in an hour. Returning can be walking in the door 30 mins after landing. I was lucky to do the Club World London City to JFK pre Covid which was amazing…
I wouldn't bother with Business Class from LCY, in the absence of a lounge and decent facilities at the airport it makes the price expensive unless you are the member of some loyalty program redeeming miles etc. Flying into LCY would be a different matter, it's great for getting into Central and other parts of London much quicker than from LHR/LGW. Switzerland is on my list of places to go in the next few years, thanks for the video.
Haha yes of course- but most would consider downtown and midtown Manhattan to be the heart of the city, from which Central Park is a few miles away, just helping to put it into perspective for those who may not know how convenient LGA is 😉
If you stayed in Stratford there was no need to get an Uber to LCY, the Docklands Light Railway goes directly from Stratford to LCY. That would give you a more touristy experience, using London public transport.
fun fact: the elevation of ZRH is 432m AMSL. (I just thought of that haha) I remember some of your previous videos included airport elevation, and if you've ever considered adding it back I think it's may (or may not) be quite cool for your analytical viewers to find interesting!
I took out elevation (and very recently population as well) because of the number of comments that I’d constantly get saying it was wrong (when it wasn’t) 😂.
My problem with LCY is that they don't offer a lounge which makes waiting for the plane quite unpleasant. But I also like the Airbus A220 with its large windows, nice seats and little screens for flight information. Some also like the loud spooling up noise of the PW engines which is typical for all modern PW engines on the A220, the A320neos and the new Gulfstream G7 jets G500/G600.
LYC is on my list now, never heard of it (embarrassingly). The observation deck at ZRH is fantastic with speakers connected to the ATC, spacious BC lounge, and the airport hotel (Raddison blu). Cheers.
London city airport is great fun. A number of airlines use it. It's incredibly quick and easy to use and the views you get when landing / taking off are great. You can get into central London so easily too on the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) which connects with the tube. The station is joined on to the terminal.
You can actually book a ticket from Newark Airport on Swiss to London City the same is also said for JFK Amsterdam schiphol London City airport. Even though there is an option of flying the British carriers like British Airways and Virgin Atlantic from both EWR/JFK. Like it and in East Asia you should have tried the Korean Air version 10:59 the thames barrier
You can fly from pretty much anywhere in the world to London city, if you're willing to connect at a hub. I regularly used to fly to various cities from London city with KLM, connecting in Amsterdam.
@th8257 thank you for telling me about that are there flights from London City operated by KLM timed to connect to KLM Asia flight 807/808 Luchthaven Amsterdam schiphol🇳🇱 to Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport🇵🇭. That way traffic to Heathrow might be avoided
Was a good movie to watch. Swiss is belong to Lufthansa and the service is datable , , SwissAir was topnotch and honestly, I avoid where I can to fly Lufthansa or Swiss!
Another great video! I haven't flown SWISS yet, however, it looks like their the soft product seemed fine for business class. The chocolate at the end is a nice touch! On the other hand, the aircraft interior looks quite old and outdated especially with all the marks and stains that have been acquired through the years. I hope to fly via LCY soon, it's only 30 mins away from me and I constantly see planes lining up to land. The airport looks pretty straightforward too.
Thanks, very interesting, but you headed for the east side of the airport and took off to the west. I've only used LCY once to NCE on a BA Embraer, great Club World English breakfast and excellent seats.
I have to disgaree on the comment "Is London City amazing?" In my opinion, for what I want an airport to be - convenient, hassle free, fast, in the centre of the city...it is amazing. Built on a former dock, where you can still see the dock freight railway lines embedded beside the runway, the ability to imagine then deliver an airport is incredible. The airport knows its customer and focuses on serving their needs well. The building itself could have a a significant redeisgn and upgrade. Flights into LCY typically have a price premium and it's worth it. Note there is a railway (DLR) station at the airport with direct services to Stratford, Bank, Tower Gateway, and Woolwich, which run every five minutes or so, the fare when paid by card, to Stratford is £1.90.
In 2024 Airbus is World leader by far. Do you remember this: New York Times 11 April 1969 « Britain Abandons the European Airbus Project; Believes Building the Plane Is a Losing Proposition. » British 'wisdom'..😂😂 Then France asked Germany if they wanted to continue the A300 project, and signed an agreement 50-50 at 1969 Paris Air Show.
London is an incredible city. The population is around 10 million. It can be it’s own separate country. London has 3 major airports and a London city airport, where you can reach anywhere in the British isles and Europe within an hour by private jet.
An interesting Video and Flight.... Thanks. But I have a question please, is this voice actually yours, because it sounds very manufactured? Apologies if I am mistaken, but it does sound odd....??? Thanks.
Unless I missed it, there was no shot of what the cabin looks like in general. It was just up the steps and then skip to a shot of the seat. I understand the preference to not show random people, but if you are doing a flight review and don't show a few shots of how the cabin generally looks, it feels lacking in my opinion.
An opinion you are more than welcome to. If and when it's possible or relevant, I do it. Let's remember in some countries it is completly illegal to film someone without the prior consent. This doesn't mean you can just film them and then blur their face. In countries like Switzerland, Germany, etc., the very act of recording someone in any way is a crime. Publishing that recording is an additional crime. When I can, I try to push the boundries as far as I can in more public setting, but in a confined cabin, when it is full of people- it is not an option in some places.
@@tfft Yes got it. Big fan of the channel. But thought I'd share feedback that I felt without a shot of the cabin I wasn't able to get a sense of what the experience feels like. Never been on a A220, so I was thinking to myself "okay will be interesting to see if the cabin looks cramped vs spacious", but then never got the chance in the video to see the cabin However, I understand the constraints. Again, love the channel, keep it up!
@@tfft in my opinion LCY is not intended for connecting flights. I don't see the point of flying from LCY if it's to waste time on a connecting flight. If you want to fly long haul LHR and LGW have enough direct worldwide routes. LCY is a niche market for commuters and business travelers which both East London and the Geneva area have plenty of. It is a real shame that they use a bus gate in Zurich and not a real jet bridge like they used to do at GVA. More time wasted for nothing!
2-3 seating. Probably designed for 2-2 but airlines seem to always squeeze a few extra seats out of every aluminum tube. Or, was it 3-3 in economy? Impossible, you say?
Not the case for this one. 2-3 was designed purposely to have wider seats than any competing aircraft while making it physically impossible to install 3-3. Remember, the Canadians are nice people lol.
@@tfft Sure Canadians are great pepple. Have known one for about fifty years now. Governments are a different story. Canadians and Americans seem to have to suffer through some oddball governments in recent years. But what has all that got to do with this airplane or Swiss airlines or better airline seating?
@@tfft From my location to ZRH is 2h + min 1.5h Checkin and Passport check for UK + 1:45 Flight + 30‘ to exit + 30‘ to city total 7:15 (best case), while my Train actually takes indeed 9h but does this really matter?
You can't beat London City for convenience, in contrast to the pain in the ass it takes to get to Heathrow or Gatwick. A shame its limited to regional flights to Europe only.
It can be faster to fly long haul into Amsterdam then make a 50 min connection to LCY, than flying into Heathrow or Gatwick to get to Canary Wharf or much of east London. Except of course on Sunday mornings 😞
f you're travelling further afield and willing to connect, then flying to and from London city with KLM to connect in Amsterdam, Lufthansa to connect in Frankfurt, Milan / Rome with ITA, is well worth it.
I'm so glad they've done away with the security-theater liquid restrictions! That said, on my last flight, the stewardess asked for my drink order. I said I'll have a "Molotov cocktail" The pilot returned to the airport. Fml smh. You know what to do Kevv 👇
Not sure Boeing will ever recover from their disastrous move on the Bombardier C Series. They didn't want to compete against it, and now it's an Airbus A220. CHEH!
@@tfftIndeed I was just about to mention SEN. It's only a little bit further out than LTN or STN. Point is that London is spread out and most people do not reside in the city itself. Hence the most convenient airport depends on where you live and/or work.
City center airports really shouldn't be allowed to remain open once larger hubs are completed outside the city. It's a bad and unproductive use of land even if you ignore the well documented health impacts for air quality in the surrounding area. LCY, DCA, SAN, DAL, and SJC all fall into this category. It makes connections difficult and diverts resources that would otherwise go into better connecting the main airport to the city.
Have u ever been through london city, it's mainly for business ess travel and the way they stay relevant is by keeping everything quick and smooth even during peak times
That's actually speaking slow for me 😂- but this is why I add my script to the videos, so the subtitles are 100% accurate instead of the often flawed automatic cc.
Kevin, don´t you think that this is totally irresponsible from an environmental perspective? there is 20-30 or even more direct flights from London to NYC. NO NEED to fly via Zurich just for clicks! Typical US behavior...
I review flights. Literally, my job… and you seem to watch related content, so… it’s cool for you to watch such videos but you feel the need to chastise the person making it. Gotcha. Typical chip on your shoulder behavior. If you have such a massive problem with it, contact SWISS and London City Airport- surely they’ll listen closely when you let them know they’re typical ‘American’ things.
A perfect short film! I believe this is the quintessential Flip-Flop Traveller flight report. That was a pleasant 15+ minutes. Thank you, Kevin!
Appreciate that!
Before LCY was built, there was an old gas work and a sugar refinery, They were used as a stand-in for the bombed out Vietnamese city of Hue in the Sniper film in Stanley Kubricks 1987 Movie Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick didn't like flying. His home in Childwick Was only 35 minutes from LCY.
Thanks for sharing ✈️
LCY is an extraordinary airport, based on its location, size, construction etc. A major bonus and draw for London and a real achievement and victim of its own incredible success. Currently the airport is being remodeled to allow for a larger departures lounge etc. My absolute choice of airport in London when traveling intra Europe. This airport is the envy of any major city as there is nothing like it.
Agree it’s a great airport, but there are quite a few cities that have similar or even closer regional airports.
Billy Bishop in Toronto is pretty similar with the exception of jet aircraft. Hive of activity for Q400s within 10 minutes of downtown.
I think I was referencing the excitement of the arrival and departure experience at LCY which I did not make clear and is second to none. The only other airports that are centrally located to a city where I have had a similar experience are Rio - Santos Dumont and São Paulo - Congonhas. Both amazing too.
More cities should have small centrally located airports for people that are willing to pay the extra $50.
3 of my favorite things right here - Aircraft, Zurich Airport & Tête de Moine. It's the trifecta of travel, it doesn't get any better than this people! ✈🧀😋
Same here!
I love the LCY take off! The C-series/a220 is on my list to try.
Such a great plane!
Love london city airport. It's not elegant in any way, but it is so incredibly convenient and easy to use. The view you get of London when flying in and out is great too.
Assuming it's not perpetually cloudy and overcast haha.
London City Airport is still quite small. I remember taking a 55 minute flight from Antwerp, stepping out of the plane, walking into the arrival hall, tripping over the carpet and fracturing my pubic bone. Fun times! After beging helped by the stewardesses and the pilot from the plane and some fire fighters and getting some oxygen, off i went to Eastham Hospital where I spent almost a week yapping in pain and enjoying their Indian meals (most of the patients were Indian, thankfully) until an ambulance took me back under the Channel to good old Belgium. A PR from the airport visited me in the hospital a day after the accident, carrying a huge basket full of chocolates, sweets, fruit and books. That wouldn't have happened at Heathrow I'm sure ;-)
Well that comment surely didn’t go in the direction I was expecting lol
@@tfft lol, what a memory, right?
Well that is a long messages @ninettemurk7492😂
I like watching a lot of airplane vlogs like your videos
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Looks like a pretty nice Business Class product. Thanks for the info + video!
Thanks for watching 🩴
Admire the dedication of arriving 2.5 hours early at London City Airport. I've arrived 40 minutes before departure before and I still had time to get a coffee.
Well I’m sure you didn’t have to film everything in the airport 😂
The airport literally door want ppl there too early due to the limited space! The prime selling point of it 😅
Thanks. Very good video. I have a flight with Swiss on their A220 Business class this September 2024. My first time on the Airbus A220 aircraft. Looking forward!
Enjoy your trip 🗺️
Fun fact - Newham Council (where City Airport is located) will not grant LCY planning permission to build a lounge.
Didn’t BA used to operate a tiny lounge during the New York days? Or maybe it was just a roped off gate area?
@@tfft you used to get a free meal at the pub. There was a “business lounge” that could be accessed for £95 (outside of security in a separate building) but COVID shut that down.
Ah ok, gotcha. Thanks for that!
@@j3ojosno surprise there, they would only allow permission on the Bobby Moore stand at Upton Park if the builders threw in a Primary school into the deal. 🤷♂️
LCY is situated in an environmentally conscious area. So from when LCY opened in 1987 there have been curfews and restricted hours of operation at weekends.
Loved the background information of the logistics at LCY. Very interesting! Great aircraft and service, short haul flying can still be enjoyable 🙏🏼 Thank you for the review 💎
Enjoyable for sure!
Thanks Kevin
1st time I've seen inside LCY airport
Great video again 🙌🏼
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Fun fact the -100 the first 4 rows of seats which are usually biz have more pitch, same doe the -300 the first 6 rows have extra legroom!
Thanks for sharing ✈️
LCY is great! It's like a LEGO Airport. I've experienced some wild arrivals and departures on a Fokker 50, when the runway was shorter. I ♥️ SWISS, I was lucky enough to fly in Business Class MAD-ZRH-MAN, the crew, catering, and lounge were amazing 👌
Thanks for sharing ✈️
You must do an arrival and preferable with the famous ‘Canary Wharf’ approach …. Just amazing!
If I could just get a captain to let me fly the plane… 😂. Do look forward to it someday.
Wow! What a takeoff!
Sure was!
I reckon you just might be the geekiest of the numerous AvGeeks whom I follow. I also reckon you would wear that as a badge if honor.
I ALWAYS enjoy your videos - thanks
Hahaha thanks very much. I wear that badge proudly- especially since if it was up to me (and not UA-cam’s algorithm) each video would be an hour long and have 5x more info and stats haha.
Great video thx. I flew Air Baltics A220 this week from Zurich ..a very nice plane to fly in.👍
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Used LCY when it first opened on a regular basis when it was just Paris and Brussels. You could arrive 25 mins before your flight, check in and be on the plane.
Those days it was turboprop only. Interesting approach! As a regular traveller one night flight back from Brussels got to do the flight in the jump seat on a British Midland Dash 8 acting for Sabena. Amazing approach to LCY on a clear April night. How you put a plane down on such a short runway is incredible.
In those days collect your luggage , clear customs and immigration and be in your car in 20mins!!!!
For me quickest way to get to Paris and Brussels from where I lived in SE London. This was pre Channel Tunnel. Only problem was we usually ended up on a remote bus stand at Paris and Brussels. Always took ages!!!!
Would have loved to be in that jump seat!
Nice video. Cool airport. Love the A220! Job well done.
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
I was a frequent flyer at LCY in 1987 using flights with Brymon Airways on Dash 8 aircraft to Paris CDG. It was a business class only product which served up to 5 glasses of champagne or wine or spirits and a hot meal on the short journey. Happy days.
Thanks for sharing ✈️
Really great to get an impression of LCY and your short-haul flight to Zurich Kevin. Thanks for this excellent report. Cheers from AKL, NZL.
Thanks very much 🙏🏻
Thank you, as always, for the great video! Just an FYI from a Swiss guy, rösti is pronounced rushty (kind of) ;) You nailed Tête de Moine, by the way! Best travel channel out there BY FAR! You're the man! Salute 🫡
Haha that’s only because I looked up the pronunciation of the cheese (and didn’t think I had to for the Rösti 😅). Now I know for next time! Thanks very much!
@@tfft My pleasure! Safe travels and thanks again for the always amazing content! Cheers!
Nice little hop skip and a jump over to the continent, will keep that airport in mind. Thanks for sharing 😊🎉
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Taking off from LCY is now on my bucket list.
Enjoy it!
You get really nice views of London, and it's great coming in to land too.
I live in London, but never had the chance to fly out of LCY.
I'd love the experience of not having to travel far to the airport and taking off above Canary Wharf, but it's generally a fair bit pricier than other options - plus a lot of its destinations are accessible by train (in fact, that's how I did London-to-Zurich last year.)
So, thanks for letting me live vicariously through your video!
London to Paris I prefer by train- but any further- even just to Amsterdam and I feel like the time on the train negates the time saved by going from city center to city center.
@@tfftHence there still multiple LCY flights to AMS but no longer air service to BRU or Paris.
@@tfft Yeah, I'm not sure I'd go further than Switzerland unless I was on a sleeper train... and even then, I'd need one of the new Nightjet capsule ones so I don't have to share a compartment.
Flown a few times from there, but one of the most fun was a day trip to Amsterdam on KLM. First flight out and last flight back. It wasn't particularly expensive, and a great day out.
@@zeddeka Yes. LCY was designed for making day trips to mainland Europe and vice versa. In fact KLM flies almost as many times MON-FRI from LCY as it does from LHR. When you consider the cost of a good hotel in London or Amsterdam travellers can save making day trips (even if the air ticket is on the high side).
Great video- I love going through LCY and it is indeed like some temporary demountable city - always a great ride too out of there
Thanks for sharing ✈️
London, incredibly beautiful
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A fun trip could be bll to lcy on a fairchild dornier 328jet
Ah I’ve always wanted to fly on a 328! Was looking at Denver Air to possibly try in the future.
Nice. Now I must go there. Love the view from the lounge.
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London City Airport is great, you get in, go through security and take off super quick. What’s not to like! Heathrow is also in London but about 12-14 miles out from the city but city airport is about 4-5 miles from central 👍🏼
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Yeah I have taken flights from City Airport a few times. Well i live across the river in Woolwich which is two stops away by the DLR train. So in the past i have often taken either Lufthansa to Frankfurt or Swiss to Zurich where i would transit on a long flight to Singapore & Sometimes Hong Kong. Lately i have just been flying direct on Singapore Airlines or Cathay. With the new Elizabeth line that is direct from my home in Woolwich to Heathrow makes it easy but dont get wrong. I really love stopping by Zurich.. its such a fantastic airport !
Thanks for sharing ✈️
LCT needs a station on the Elizabeth Line which passes it 200 metres to the south.
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Fun fact, LCY is not the only one of London's airports that are actually in London. Heathrow is in the London Borough of Hillingdon, so is within the official definition of Greater London's 32 boroughs. City Airport is in the London Borough of Newham.
Thanks for sharing ✈️
It is also not situated in the 'City' of London.
There used to be airports at Croydon and Hendon, long gone. Imagine if they were still there too!
Thanks for the video. I have followed LCY from before the time it opened. Originally LCY handled 50 seat prop aircraft and fares were business class only. Hence LCY was a white elephant initially 15:11 and passenger numbers really took off when Crossair introduced 146 jets in the early 1990s. The 146s were sold as two class: Y and C.
Thanks for sharing ✈️
To think that these days you can fly to the likes of Ibiza and Skiathos from LCY!
@@andybaker2456 Indeed. Originally LCY was established as a business airport but passenger volume wasn't there. In the 1990s LCY expanded by also taking leisure customers. It was when BA began serving LCY that the range of holiday destinations really took off.
Awesome Swiss Business Class flight review there The Flip Flop Traveller!, Qantas are now using the A220 for their domestic routes around Australia., i believe they have more A220's on order!.
I think I'm quite alright not flying Qantas for the next decade or so lol.
A220s are now able to taxi past that building, and stands 21-28 can handle them. 10 can aswell to the west of the apron
Thanks for sharing ✈️
The area covered by London City Airport is around 600,000 m2. That represents a value of around 6 billion euro!
Staggering!
The point of LCY isn't to be amazing, but rather to be convenient. Security never takes more than 5 minutes, even at peak time, and you can arrive half an hour before a flight.
Sure, wasn't suggesting it should have been a mini Changi 😉
Welcome to my hood. I live in Stratford and can go from my bedroom to the plane in an hour. Returning can be walking in the door 30 mins after landing. I was lucky to do the Club World London City to JFK pre Covid which was amazing…
Thanks for sharing ✈️
I wouldn't bother with Business Class from LCY, in the absence of a lounge and decent facilities at the airport it makes the price expensive unless you are the member of some loyalty program redeeming miles etc. Flying into LCY would be a different matter, it's great for getting into Central and other parts of London much quicker than from LHR/LGW. Switzerland is on my list of places to go in the next few years, thanks for the video.
Well, I was connecting to another flight- so surely I wouldn’t downgrade myself 😉
Thanks for this vlog. The take-off is like at John Wayne airport in California. Awesome. Thank you.
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I'd like to experience rocket launch too 😂😂 . Thanks Kevin for a quality review as always.
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Cute little airport. Reminds me of an Australian regional airport like Ballina-Byron (BNK).
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London has 6 airports, you're forgetting London Southend Airport.
Heathrow is also inside the M25 so is considered 'in London'.
Isn't Southend closer to France than London? lol
LCY is more located like a LaGuardia than in Central Park (given most people would say the centre of london would be something like Oxford Circus)
Good video anyway, subscribed!
Haha yes of course- but most would consider downtown and midtown Manhattan to be the heart of the city, from which Central Park is a few miles away, just helping to put it into perspective for those who may not know how convenient LGA is 😉
Loved the video good to your experience out of LCY.
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First time I flew to City Airport was on a Crossair HS-146, must have been in mid 1990s.
At the time only taxi connections to town.
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Hi Kevin. Many, many years ago, possibly even before you were born😅 planes always spooled up with their brakes on. Thanks for another great review
Yes, that was pre-Kevin haha
The other interesting thing about LCY is that ATC is fully remote. They have a remote location 115 Km away. With very secure high speed networking!
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Awesome 👌
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If you stayed in Stratford there was no need to get an Uber to LCY, the Docklands Light Railway goes directly from Stratford to LCY. That would give you a more touristy experience, using London public transport.
Whereas I felt there was no need to take 30 minutes to get there when an Uber took 15… at 6:00 😉
I’m sure the flight attendants were thinking “oh crap, Kevin is on this flight…better not forget the safety video!” 🙃
Surely they fear all Kevins now 😅
fun fact: the elevation of ZRH is 432m AMSL. (I just thought of that haha) I remember some of your previous videos included airport elevation, and if you've ever considered adding it back I think it's may (or may not) be quite cool for your analytical viewers to find interesting!
I took out elevation (and very recently population as well) because of the number of comments that I’d constantly get saying it was wrong (when it wasn’t) 😂.
My problem with LCY is that they don't offer a lounge which makes waiting for the plane quite unpleasant. But I also like the Airbus A220 with its large windows, nice seats and little screens for flight information. Some also like the loud spooling up noise of the PW engines which is typical for all modern PW engines on the A220, the A320neos and the new Gulfstream G7 jets G500/G600.
I actually wish it was quite a bit louder haha
The thing is though with London city that you can arrive at the airport much later. So you can cut down your waiting time quite substantially
That's my kind of take off!!
Same here!
LYC is on my list now, never heard of it (embarrassingly). The observation deck at ZRH is fantastic with speakers connected to the ATC, spacious BC lounge, and the airport hotel (Raddison blu). Cheers.
Ahh I spent quite a bit of time on that observation deck… but there were no speakers!
@@tfft They used to be near the telescopes, however I'm not surprised being out in the open weather and all.
London city airport is great fun. A number of airlines use it. It's incredibly quick and easy to use and the views you get when landing / taking off are great. You can get into central London so easily too on the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) which connects with the tube. The station is joined on to the terminal.
Great video, there is another one Southend but with very limited EZJ flights to leisure destinations
FYI Next year sees EZY opening a SEN base.
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You can actually book a ticket from Newark Airport on Swiss to London City the same is also said for JFK Amsterdam schiphol London City airport. Even though there is an option of flying the British carriers like British Airways and Virgin Atlantic from both EWR/JFK. Like it and in East Asia you should have tried the Korean Air version
10:59 the thames barrier
You can fly from pretty much anywhere in the world to London city, if you're willing to connect at a hub. I regularly used to fly to various cities from London city with KLM, connecting in Amsterdam.
@th8257 thank you for telling me about that are there flights from London City operated by KLM timed to connect to KLM Asia flight 807/808 Luchthaven Amsterdam schiphol🇳🇱 to Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport🇵🇭. That way traffic to Heathrow might be avoided
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Thank You ✈️
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City Airport actually isn’t in the City, but is in Greater London…but Heathrow is too
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Flawless! 😍
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Was a good movie to watch. Swiss is belong to Lufthansa and the service is datable , , SwissAir was topnotch and honestly, I avoid where I can to fly Lufthansa or Swiss!
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Another great video! I haven't flown SWISS yet, however, it looks like their the soft product seemed fine for business class. The chocolate at the end is a nice touch! On the other hand, the aircraft interior looks quite old and outdated especially with all the marks and stains that have been acquired through the years.
I hope to fly via LCY soon, it's only 30 mins away from me and I constantly see planes lining up to land. The airport looks pretty straightforward too.
Personally I think these interiors are the 2nd best of any Euro business class out there!
@@tfft what’s the first?
Thanks, very interesting, but you headed for the east side of the airport and took off to the west. I've only used LCY once to NCE on a BA Embraer, great Club World English breakfast and excellent seats.
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They need to install full recline, business class seats on these aeroplanes!!
Umm, so you'd need to invent the seat because there are no A220s with lie flat seats lol
Tfft, I look forward to the video of the hotel you stayed in Stratford and the beautiful sunset 🤣
Lol no video coming.
@@tfft I thought not😂
There is a sixth London airport called Southend.
Which is in Essex haha.
Yeah, I gotta draw the line somewhere. Kinda like saying Stewart or Islip is a NYC airport.
I have to disgaree on the comment "Is London City amazing?" In my opinion, for what I want an airport to be - convenient, hassle free, fast, in the centre of the city...it is amazing. Built on a former dock, where you can still see the dock freight railway lines embedded beside the runway, the ability to imagine then deliver an airport is incredible. The airport knows its customer and focuses on serving their needs well. The building itself could have a a significant redeisgn and upgrade. Flights into LCY typically have a price premium and it's worth it. Note there is a railway (DLR) station at the airport with direct services to Stratford, Bank, Tower Gateway, and Woolwich, which run every five minutes or so, the fare when paid by card, to Stratford is £1.90.
Amazing as in a full feature destination airport 😉
Great video. Just a small detail, it was runway 27 at takeoff, not 09.
Yes, thanks for that!
SWISS🇨🇭❤
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In 2024 Airbus is World leader by far. Do you remember this: New York Times 11 April 1969 « Britain Abandons the European Airbus Project; Believes Building the Plane Is a Losing Proposition. » British 'wisdom'..😂😂
Then France asked Germany if they wanted to continue the A300 project, and signed an agreement 50-50 at 1969 Paris Air Show.
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London is an incredible city. The population is around 10 million. It can be it’s own separate country. London has 3 major airports and a London city airport, where you can reach anywhere in the British isles and Europe within an hour by private jet.
Europe's bigger than you suggest. London to Sicily - my last trip - was about three hours.
Yeah I was gonna say, Turkish Airlines might disagree with the one hour comment 😂
@@well-blazeredman6187 I said by private jet. Off course commercial airlines will be slightly longer. I work in travel and tourism.
I don’t think there are any private jets flying at 1500 MPH…
Private jets use other London airports, like Biggins Hill. Worth to mention that you cannot fly anywhere in Europe within one hour.
Ha I call DLs 221's rocket ships too
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An interesting Video and Flight.... Thanks. But I have a question please, is this voice actually yours, because it sounds very manufactured? Apologies if I am mistaken, but it does sound odd....??? Thanks.
Hmm, I’m curious what your voice sounds like…Yes, this is my voice.
Nice video
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In 2 weeks again! Geneva - Copenhagen Swiss A220
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Unless I missed it, there was no shot of what the cabin looks like in general. It was just up the steps and then skip to a shot of the seat. I understand the preference to not show random people, but if you are doing a flight review and don't show a few shots of how the cabin generally looks, it feels lacking in my opinion.
An opinion you are more than welcome to. If and when it's possible or relevant, I do it. Let's remember in some countries it is completly illegal to film someone without the prior consent. This doesn't mean you can just film them and then blur their face. In countries like Switzerland, Germany, etc., the very act of recording someone in any way is a crime. Publishing that recording is an additional crime. When I can, I try to push the boundries as far as I can in more public setting, but in a confined cabin, when it is full of people- it is not an option in some places.
@@tfft Yes got it. Big fan of the channel. But thought I'd share feedback that I felt without a shot of the cabin I wasn't able to get a sense of what the experience feels like. Never been on a A220, so I was thinking to myself "okay will be interesting to see if the cabin looks cramped vs spacious", but then never got the chance in the video to see the cabin
However, I understand the constraints. Again, love the channel, keep it up!
Can anyone confirm Swiss no longer serves LCY from Geneva?
No, they don't. You can find all the info on the London city airport website and filter by airline.
@@zeddeka So sad! I think GVA-LCY was much better suited than ZRH-LCY.
Better suited for who? lol... Zurich is SWISS' true connection hub.
@@tfft in my opinion LCY is not intended for connecting flights. I don't see the point of flying from LCY if it's to waste time on a connecting flight. If you want to fly long haul LHR and LGW have enough direct worldwide routes. LCY is a niche market for commuters and business travelers which both East London and the Geneva area have plenty of. It is a real shame that they use a bus gate in Zurich and not a real jet bridge like they used to do at GVA. More time wasted for nothing!
2-3 seating. Probably designed for 2-2 but airlines seem to always squeeze a few extra seats out of every aluminum tube. Or, was it 3-3 in economy? Impossible, you say?
Not the case for this one. 2-3 was designed purposely to have wider seats than any competing aircraft while making it physically impossible to install 3-3. Remember, the Canadians are nice people lol.
@@tfft Sure Canadians are great pepple. Have known one for about fifty years now. Governments are a different story. Canadians and Americans seem to have to suffer through some oddball governments in recent years. But what has all that got to do with this airplane or Swiss airlines or better airline seating?
i‘ll travel by train. Cheaper and less CO2. Probably even faster.
London to Zurich by train is like 8 hours 😅
@@tfft From my location to ZRH is 2h + min 1.5h Checkin and Passport check for UK + 1:45 Flight + 30‘ to exit + 30‘ to city total 7:15 (best case), while my Train actually takes indeed 9h but does this really matter?
You can't beat London City for convenience, in contrast to the pain in the ass it takes to get to Heathrow or Gatwick. A shame its limited to regional flights to Europe only.
Agreed!
It can be faster to fly long haul into Amsterdam then make a 50 min connection to LCY, than flying into Heathrow or Gatwick to get to Canary Wharf or much of east London. Except of course on Sunday mornings 😞
f you're travelling further afield and willing to connect, then flying to and from London city with KLM to connect in Amsterdam, Lufthansa to connect in Frankfurt, Milan / Rome with ITA, is well worth it.
I'm so glad they've done away with the security-theater liquid restrictions!
That said, on my last flight, the stewardess asked for my drink order. I said I'll have a "Molotov cocktail"
The pilot returned to the airport. Fml smh.
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Not sure Boeing will ever recover from their disastrous move on the Bombardier C Series. They didn't want to compete against it, and now it's an Airbus A220.
CHEH!
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Interesting flight 👍✈️🇷🇺
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Consider flying economy sometimes 😊
You speak as if I don’t already have like 50 economy videos on the channel 😂
You forgot London Southend Airport 😂
I mean, there's gotta be a cutoff somewhere lol
6 airports include london southend
I mean yes, but the cutoff has to be somewhere lol. Otherwise we could say NYC has 8 airports and LA like 12 😂
@@tfftIndeed I was just about to mention SEN. It's only a little bit further out than LTN or STN. Point is that London is spread out and most people do not reside in the city itself. Hence the most convenient airport depends on where you live and/or work.
Canadian engineering
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Long pants?
December? Lol
The liquid restrictions are back in action unfortunately
In LCY? Really? Funny I haven't seen anything written about that.
City center airports really shouldn't be allowed to remain open once larger hubs are completed outside the city. It's a bad and unproductive use of land even if you ignore the well documented health impacts for air quality in the surrounding area. LCY, DCA, SAN, DAL, and SJC all fall into this category. It makes connections difficult and diverts resources that would otherwise go into better connecting the main airport to the city.
Disagree from the bottom of my heart lol
Have u ever been through london city, it's mainly for business ess travel and the way they stay relevant is by keeping everything quick and smooth even during peak times
Where were the promised trip cost figures? Getting forgetful in our old age, are we?
They’re literally in the description. Losing your eyesight, eh?
Love your detailed videos but can you not speak so fast. It all sounds a bit rushed and hard to understand especially when you have so much to say.
That's actually speaking slow for me 😂- but this is why I add my script to the videos, so the subtitles are 100% accurate instead of the often flawed automatic cc.
@@tfft Thanks , I found it. Sorry am a bit of a Luddite when it comes to technology!!
Flip Flops in London
I’m sure there are many 😅
Those seats are no class.
And yet, here I am lol
Kevin, don´t you think that this is totally irresponsible from an environmental perspective? there is 20-30 or even more direct flights from London to NYC. NO NEED to fly via Zurich just for clicks! Typical US behavior...
Jesus calm down
I review flights. Literally, my job… and you seem to watch related content, so… it’s cool for you to watch such videos but you feel the need to chastise the person making it. Gotcha. Typical chip on your shoulder behavior.
If you have such a massive problem with it, contact SWISS and London City Airport- surely they’ll listen closely when you let them know they’re typical ‘American’ things.
在中国，有一个城市的机场的位置也在市中心。叫大连周水子国际机场。非常方便旅客搭机。机场并不简陋，保养的非常好。不过由于城市人口越来越多。需要更大的机场，这个机场不会被保留，即将被拆除。不过目前还在运营。在中国也只有这一个大城市拥有近距离的机场。其他城市的机场都非常非常远。远到不想去搭飞机。一不小心提高了高铁的载客量😂。
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