Instead, Johnson suggested a new airport in the Thames Estuary or the expansion of London Stansted Airport (STN) as the only viable solutions. The idea of constructing a four-runway airport on the ...

London City Airport was briefly evacuated earlier this ... Flight data showed several inbound flights in a holding pattern above the Thames Estuary while the incident was being dealt with.

AN unusual floating airport was nearly built in the UK, after being backed by a former London mayor. Back in 2012, the ambitious plans were for an offshore airport on a sandbank near Deal, Kent.