London City Airport delivers £½ billion to UK economy every year
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Where do the 500 million pounds come from? According to York Aviation, a specialist independent air transport consultancy, it includes:
– £197 million spent by business tourists and £115 million spent by leisure tourists coming via London City Airport (we see the business focus of the airport)
– £71 million from productivity benefits delivered through journey times savings by using London City Airport
– £21 million in Air Passenger Duty
– £100 million through operations and businesses at London City Airport that also support over 2,700 jobs
The findings from the study come after a speech in Shoreditch on 4 November by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, in which he noted that