Fight the Flights (London City Airport) Fight the Flights (London City Airport) Fight the Flights London City Airport is a residents campaign group opposed to expansion of London City Airport, which had put in a planning application to expand flights from 76,000 to 120,000. Newham Council's planning department controversially voted in favour to award London City Airport permission to expand. Residents are opposed to expansion due to increased aircraft noise which would see 1 flight every 90 seconds during peak times. Boris Johnson who is opposed to expansion of Heathrow saying it is in the wrong place, did not take action to stop expansion at London
London International Airport if the aircraft is unloaded in stages. In January 1927 the City of London selected a site for an airfield at Lambeth, Ontario near . A group of local businessmen acquired the site in 1928 and by 3 May 1929 an airport license was issued to London Airport Ltd. The London Flying Club was formed in 1928 and became a tenant of the new airport. The airfield was used for flying instruction, private aviation, and for air mail. By 1933 it had become too small for some commercial aircraft. The London Flying Club continued to use the Lambeth airfield until