London City Airport serving the London area—after Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton—and was the 14th-busiest in the UK in 2017. The airport was first proposed in 1981 by Reg Ward, who was Chief Executive of the newly formed London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) that was responsible for the regeneration of the area. He in turn discussed the proposal with Sir Philip Beck (Chairman of John Mowlem & Co plc) and the idea of an airport for Docklands was born. By November of that year Mowlem and Bill Bryce of Brymon Airways had submitted an outline proposal to the LDDC for a Docklands STOLport
London Southend Airport aircraft based at Southend to four. In February 2018, Air Malta announced that it would begin flights to Cagliari, Catania and Malta. In March 2018, it was announced that Loganair would begin operations from the airport to Carlisle Lake District Airport. In June 2018, Ryanair announced that it would open a base at Southend, basing three aircraft there operating 55 flights per week to 13 destinations. The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at London Southend Airport: Routes accounting for more than 2.5% of passenger traffic, or 27,397 passengers, are shown below: Since 2011, the airport has its