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Swiss International Air Lines has announced it is expanding its City Airport operations by launching a route to Basel.

The carrier, which already flies from Docklands to Zurich and Geneva, said it is introducing the new flights in response to demand from passengers for more air links with Switzerland.

The temperature was struggling to rise above freezing as the fog swirled in and dusk approached - not the sort of day to hang around a remote hillside in deepest France.

But if what you're after is worth its weight in gold a little bad weather is a small sacrifice.

More flights to France and Spain have been announced by British Airways as the airline looks to increase its network of holiday destinations.

Mahon in Menorca will launch on May 25, with flights to two French destinations, Angers in the Loire Valley and Quimper in Brittany, beginning just after.

Used to stunning views of the East End on their landings at London City Airport, passengers will also soon be greeted by a 12-metre statue of a Greek goddess.

With back arched and arms outstretched Athena, who represents wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilisation and war, will be placed at the Airport Roundabout in Hartman Road, facing east as planes fly overhead.

Cityjet hopes to ramp up its services from London City Airport to Scotland.

The move will see the Air France-KLM owned airline battle British Airways for passengers to the region. It comes after Cityjet announced it was opening a base in Edinburgh.

A sculpture of a Greek goddess could be welcoming visitors to London City Airport.

Called London Athena, the 12metre high piece of art will be positioned on a roundabout leading up to the airport if passed through by Newham Council's strategic development committee next Tuesday.

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London City has come runner up in a poll for the world's best approach to a landing.

The Royal Docks company was beaten by Scotland's Barra Airport but overcome Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming, USA, and the Caribbean's Aruba Airport in the survey by private jet firm PrivateFly.

London City Airport has unveiled plans for the expansion of its floating airfield which it said was needed for the next generation of planes.

Public exhibitions were held over the last week ahead of a submission to Newham Council's planning committee in March next year.

It's not very common for bosses to be loved by their employees, but a celebration of the life of Reg Ward proved the exception to that rule.

Mr Ward, the first chief executive of the London Docklands Development Corporation, was remembered at a gathering of friends, family and colleagues at an event in Canary Wharf last night.

Flights from London City to sunshine destinations are continuing to grow with four new routes being launched.

Both British Airways and Cityjet have expanded their operations with flights to Europe's hottest destinations around the Mediterranean.

Volcanic ash could be on its way south over the coming days but London City Airport have been busy protecting planes from another threat.

Staff at the airport, along with Newham Council, the Civil Aviation Authority and a host of environmental groups, have worked together to relocate a flock to swans to Windsor.

DLR services were disrupted on Thursday after a man was spotted walking along the tracks near London City Airport.

Early reports suggest he was carrying a knife in the incident which occured at around 1.30pm and saw the line closed for nearly half an hour.

When it comes to digging a tunnel, sometimes - perversely - heading into a blank wall of untouched earth is a lot simpler than re-working an existing hole.

Especially when that existing hole is somewhat battered about by time and bomb damage and its crown is unnervingly close to a vast expanse of water above, ready to exploit the smallest of cracks.

Extra flights from London City Airport to Palma are being put on this summer.

British Airways said it is increasing its capacity by 50 per cent to Balearic island Majorca with six flights a week taking place in July and August.

Newham has received enterprise zone status following an announcement in the Budget on Wednesday.

Chancellor George Osborne said he gave Mayor Boris Johnson the chance to select a site in London for the scheme, and he chose Newham for the role.

The go-ahead has been given to the planned Thames Cable Car linking Greenwich Peninsula and Royal Docks.

The Greater London Authority gave final permission for the scheme which will carry up to 2,500 passengers an hour between The O2 arena and Excel.

London City's chief executive Richard Gooding has said it's unlikely British Airways will launch another route to the States this year.

The airline's business class flights to JFK airport in New York have proved to be a success since launching in 2009 and BA's CEO Willie Walsh has long talked of hopes to expand it to other cities across the Atlantic.

London City Airport has been given the go-ahead to increase its flights by 50 per cent following a High Court verdict on the expansion.

Protestors against the plans won the right to have a Judicial Review hearing last year over the way Newham Council ran its consultation.

Reg Ward, one of the men chiefly responsible for the creation of the modern Docklands and Canary Wharf, has died aged 83.

Mr Ward, who died last Thursday, was chief executive of the London Docklands Development Corporation between 1981 and 1987. It was the body responsible for the regeneration of the Isle of Dogs.