No traffic moved along the nearby motorway, and not a single aircraft flew overhead toward London Airport.
In 1972, a BEA Trident crashed minutes after takeoff from London Airport, killing all 118 on board.
At East London airport, 1time, a low-cost South African airline, informed me that my ticket to Johannesburg had been cancelled.
Thousands of passengers were stranded and hundreds had to sleep in the terminals after the west London airport closed its runways on Saturday.
Labour's plans for another runway at the west London airport were scrapped by the coalition, days after they came to power in 2010.
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But the west London airport said it is operating close to capacity and warned this would limit the UK's ability to trade with emerging economies.
Aer Lingus has confirmed it is bidding for six of the Heathrow slots, so that it can start operating between the London airport and Edinburgh.
Heathrow, the dominant London airport in the BAA group, was down 3.1% compared with June last year, with Stansted, the budget airline hub, down 11.5%.
The west London airport came under severe criticism in the winter of 2010 over its failure to cope with snow after it was shut for days.
The government has so far resisted pressure to build a third runway at the London airport - but many businesses have been lobbying for its expansion.
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He said the CAA issued its ruling on the charges Heathrow could impose on airlines for that period, on the basis of the west London airport handling 78m passengers a year by 2013, more than 8m out.
Airport operator, London Luton Airport Operations Limited said the expansion would be carried out in three phases within the existing boundary up until 2028.
Last week the airport operator, London Luton Airport Operations Limited (LLAOL), said it received 885 positive responses during its public consultation, 380 objections and 94 from parties who were undecided.
London Gatwick Airport is 30 miles from Parliament Square and London Luton is about 34 miles away, according to Google Maps.
But even further from the capital than the Oxford airport, and with no direct transport links, is London Ashford Airport at Lydd in Kent.
London Stansted airport is a 45-minute journey from the capital and getting to London Heathrow by the underground system can take 50 minutes from parts of the city.
The volumes would be sufficient to power all of its flights from London City Airport.
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An extension is currently being built to North Woolwich from Canning Town via London City Airport.
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Protesters in Bedfordshire have demonstrated against proposals for increased night flights from London Luton Airport.
The twice-daily flights will operate between the Scottish capital and London Oxford Airport from 4 March.
The British Airports Authority and London City airport complained that the tower would endanger flight paths.
In February the plane lost its front wheels landing at London City Airport on arrival from Amsterdam.
By closing the union representatives' office at London Heathrow airport and imposing new pay and working conditions.
There was also disruption at London City Airport, Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster and Leeds Bradford Airport on Wednesday.
London City airport remains closed, while Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick airports predicted a second day of "significant delays and cancellations".
But as CitExpress contracts end in Aberdeen, a new flight from Glasgow to London City airport will be launched in April 2003.
We have savvy business men such as the likes of Adebayo Ogunlesi who bought one of the busiest airpots, the London Gatwick airport.
There are also some delays and cancellations at London City Airport, where the runway was closed for de-icing for an hour in the morning.
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Besides Cardiff International the TBI portfolio includes Belfast International and Stockholm Skavsta airports, and a controlling interest in London Luton airport, home of budget carrier EasyJet.
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