"Paul Terry" wrote in message
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In message , Sir Benjamin Nunn
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And hundreds of thousands of people in London live closer to City Airport
than to Gatwick, but will still find it quicker to get to Gatwick.

Only if they live adjacent to East Croydon station.


Or almost anywhere on the London Bridge / Victoria / Clapham Junction lines.
or Tramlink.

Lots of people South of the river do not live near Underground stations.
Still fewer live near Underground stations with quick, direct routes into
the centre.


The 22 minutes from Bank seems pretty slow compared to East Croydon to
Gatwick which covers a greater distance in much less time.

The time varies between 15 and 22 minutes according to which train you
get.

But I think you are rather missing the point. London City Airport is
so-called because it operates primarily for people working in the city and
docklands.


And thus is vastly more useful for people who are visiting London (and
tending to stay in the centre) rather than those who already live here and
are travelling to Europe.

People who work in the City commute from a vast range of different places
from all directions, varied distances and travelling times from the centre,
and an airport 22 minutes East of Bank is therefore only of convenience to a
limited subset of them.

If City Airport was actually 22 minutes West of Holborn, 22 minutes North of
Euston, or 22 minutes South of Embankment, the impact on visitors to Central
London would be minimal, but the subset of Londoners that the airport
happened to benefit would be significantly different.

BTN