London City Airport plans to reach Net Zero by 2030

The airport published a new sustainability roadmap, setting out the steps it will be taking between now and 2030 to achieve its goal – becoming London’s first Net Zero airport. These include measures to phase out gas for heating its buildings, ensuring all airport vehicles become electric, and plans to become a zero waste and zero single use plastics business.

In addition, London City aspires to be the most sustainably connected airport in the UK, with 80% of all journeys to and from the airport to be made by sustainable transportation modes by 2030. In 2019, London City had 73% of passengers accessing the airport by public and sustainable transport, the highest percentage of any UK airport.

As part of this, LCY aims to be one of the first airports in the UK to facilitate zero emission flights and is working closely with industry partners and the UK government to understand how the airport can facilitate low to zero emission flight as technology comes on stream.

The roadmap also sets out how the airport will continue to invest in its local communities and help young people achieve their potential. LCY has plans to build an on-site skills and training centre and an ambition for all on-site partners to pay the London Living Wage (an hourly rate of pay that reflects the high cost of living in the capital) by 2026.

Robert Sinclair, CEO at LCY, said, “As we continue to recover from the impact of the pandemic, it is imperative that we rebuild in the right way. We hope all of our partners and stakeholders will welcome our ambition, not just to decarbonize, but to play a meaningful role locally, right across the ESG agenda.
Given our size, location and the nature of our route network and operation, we are ideally placed to help shape the next phase of aviation innovation in London, establishing it as a global leader of the net zero economy, supporting innovation, research and development, and creating jobs for the amazing young people of this city.”