Antwerp Route (VLM Airlines)
VLM
PR: "From Monday 3rd October 2005, VLM Airlines will add an extra rotation to the Antwerp-London City route, bringing the total number of flights to 6 daily return flights. The extra flight will depart in Antwerp at 08.25, arriving in London City at 08.30, allowing passengers who work in the city to be in the office before their English colleagues. The return flight will depart out of London City at 18.50, and arrive in Antwerp at 20.50. "
Jersey Route (VLM Airlines)
At the same time, VLM will reduce JER to 1x daily and apparently close the station at JER. Appears as if the aircraft will sit idle on the ground at JER for a couple of hours and will only operate 4 daily flights (ANR-LCY-JER-LCY-ANR)
Possible Aberdeen Route (City Star Airlines)
Strong rumours that City Star Airlines will announce a new Aberdeen route very soon (3x weekdaily).
Docklands Light Railway
The DLR LCY extension was tested for the first time on Aug, 12. LCY
PR:
"This week the first DLR train ‘took off’ on the new London City Airport DLR Extension. London City Airport is delighted to be adding Canary Wharf and Bank to its list of destinations. The trial trains currently operating on the line form the commissioning phase, which evaluates the operating system. The official launch date remains Thursday 15 December 2005.
Richard Gooding, Managing Director of London City Airport is very pleased with the construction progress and is looking forward to seeing the missing transport link in place, putting the Airport firmly on the public transport map: “The Airport Extension has now really taken shape, with the structure of the London City Airport Station now in place it is easy to see how the DLR will integrate into the Airport terminal.
“With just five months to go to the launch, we are counting down to the long awaited arrival of the UK’s most frequent airport rail link with trains every seven minutes. The launch of the DLR is good news, as we believe that Airport passengers both new and existing will take full advantage of the 22 minute journey to Bank.”