London City Airport is finally getting lounges

Alleluia to that! Departing and transiting that airport was always a zoo to say the least. Very welcome news.

In all fairness I should have mentioned that arrival into LCY is always sheer bliss; super fast, painless, efficient and literally only a 15 minute train ride to anywhere in central London.

LCY is a great airport which often flys under the radar. Bigger isn't always better which is very much proven with the super quick experience of getting through check-in and security.

LCY is great for flying around Europe, so much easier than trekking to LHR or LGW.

While its busy, you can still turn up to the airport 30mins prior to departure!

I used to love the convenience of this airport. When I was living near Canary Wharf I once left home 70 minutes before my 8am flight, got to LCY and realised I didn't have my passport. Still managed to get a taxi home and back and make my flight. Another 'memorable' experience was taking 12 minutes from opening of the aircraft doors to being in my local pub with a beer in hand

Probably overdue, but LCY has always been an absolute joy to fly from. Sadly it may be that the NY flights are a casualty of the current situation, they were under load pressure even before this kicked off. But for weekends away it was a delight to fly from. Selfishly I would hope for a BA lounge as one of the two, but some rare good news in the sector at the moment.

Arrivals are great but departures are usually a nightmare, totally overcrowded in all areas, including the gates which are like cattle pens. The security check area is almost always total mayhem too. Unless the new lounges are large, I don't imagine that things will be a lot better. LCY is suffering from its own success, so convenient but too many passengers.

At long bloody last.

Might as well make the whole terminal a lounge if BA card holders are let in, at any given time they outnumber regular passengers. I would also assume the ticket prices, especially for business class will need to rise to cover the cost of running lounges. I would love to see some kind of business focused lounge space... office pods, meeting rooms, decent coffee and bar service. Spare us all the free for all, expense and mess of food service.

I anticipate many a tantrum and a lot of negative PR if they build a lounge and exclude or restrict people their god given frequent flyer access. A third party premium lounge option is probably the way to go.

Only once travelled from LCY, but it was wonderful to stay overnight at a Docklands hotel and travel for 5-10 minutes on the Docklands Railway to get there.

Bliss,

A lounge may tempt the missus to not push the 15 minute security check limit each time we fly from there.

Should have never told her about that.

Used to be my preferred arrival airport before receiving UK citizenship. Rarely more than a couple of non-EU passport holders on a flight, so immigration queues were non existent as opposed to minimum 30 minutes at LHR, LGW, LTN or STN.

So, that's it. Most ET subscribers love LCY, now, if only we could shift _ _ _ closer to the city center and improve public transport we would all be happier, when we can fly.

You keep on deleting my post. Why suppress the truth? Anyway, for the third time...

You should try living near London City Airport – relentless aircraft noise, booming engines during take off – an environmental tragedy. During lock down, tens of thousands of residents have lived in a peaceful haven, as was the case prior to the arrival of large-scale Embraer aircraft post 2010 – these are the equivalent of an F1 sports car using a go kart track. Proposals for expansion continue with no regard to residents quality of life – PROFIT BEFORE PEOPLE.

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Thanks,

Sid

Given that a huge proportion of LCY passengers are regular business travellers who have status, it's hardly surprising there are no lounges or priority queues - they'd be overwhelmed. So it would make perfect sense if they're open only to members of a specialist operator (or pay-per-use) otherwise they'd be even more crowded than the terminal.

Some airlines might still give access - as a Senator or HON with Lufthansa you're given a voucher on check-in to spend. Maybe they'd (or at least the HON) would be given a lounge pass.

Thank you Sid and Boeing-Tragic

You're right Sid - thinking back to tragedies like Grenfell, we should have been talking about the great location close to London for those residents - consequences don't really matter

B-T, sadly, there are always people like you - but in the long run, it always works out for the best

Hopefully the airport will close completely, it would be incredibly surprising if two lounges actually open at all. The airport is superfluous when there is capacity at airports that disrupt fewer people than LCY.