Eight Miles From the Square Mile
London City exists for one reason: speed between a short-haul flight and a desk in London. The terminal is small, the walk from aircraft to arrivals is short, and most passengers carry cabin baggage only. A chauffeur transfer keeps that advantage intact — your car is already booked, the chauffeur is inside arrivals with a name board, and you are moving within minutes of clearing the gate.
The City and Canary Wharf are usually 20 to 35 minutes away, and Mayfair or the West End 30 to 45. Those numbers hold up better here than at any other London airport, which is why so much of our City work is booked for meetings with a fixed start time.
Built for the Business Day
The most common booking is a same-day return: an early arrival from Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Zurich, Dublin or Edinburgh, a car directly to a meeting, and a return to the terminal in the afternoon. Both legs can be booked together. Where the day is less predictable — several meetings, a client lunch, a schedule that will move — hourly hire is usually the better structure, because the same car and chauffeur stay with you and the waiting is already paid for.
For roadshows and investor meetings that run across several addresses in one day, our roadshow chauffeur service is built around exactly that pattern, and London City is very often where it begins.
What Is Included
Every item below is part of the fare quoted at booking.
Meet and Greet in Arrivals
A name board inside the terminal, and a short walk to the car in a compact airport.
Predictable City Timings
20 to 35 minutes to the City or Canary Wharf, planned around the hour you are actually travelling.
Same-Day Return Booking
Both legs arranged at once, with the return brought forward if your meeting finishes early.
Discretion as Standard
Every chauffeur signs a non-disclosure agreement — calls and documents in the car stay there.
Electric Option for the ULEZ
The BMW i7 is available where an electric vehicle is preferred for city-centre journeys.
Corporate Accounts
Stored preferences and consolidated billing for firms flying this route every week.
Docklands, ExCeL and the East
London City also serves the area around it. The Docklands hotels, the ExCeL exhibition centre and the O2 are all minutes away, which makes this the sensible arrival airport for conferences and events in east London. We cover those journeys, and onward runs into Essex and up the M11, at fixed fares agreed in advance.
See also our Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted chauffeur services, or the full London airport chauffeur service.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common Questions Answered
London City is the closest airport to the financial districts, roughly eight miles from the Square Mile. With hand luggage only, which is how most passengers travel here, the walk from aircraft to arrivals is short, and the drive to the City or Canary Wharf is usually 20 to 35 minutes. Mayfair and the West End are normally 30 to 45 minutes. For a morning meeting it is the most predictable airport in London, which is exactly why business travellers use it.
Inside the arrivals hall with a name board. The terminal is compact, so the meeting point is easy to find and the walk to the car is short. If you are travelling with colleagues, your chauffeur will wait until the group is together rather than moving the car in stages.
Yes, and they are common here. A typical pattern is an early arrival from Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Zurich, Dublin or Edinburgh, a car straight to a meeting, then a return to the terminal in the afternoon. You can book both legs at once, or hold a car for the day with our hourly service if the schedule is likely to move.
Arrivals are tracked from departure, so your pickup follows the aircraft automatically and a delay costs you nothing. For the return leg, tell your chauffeur when the meeting ends and we will bring the collection forward where the schedule allows. If your day is genuinely unpredictable, hourly hire is usually the better structure, because the car stays with you.
Sixty minutes from touchdown, with parking included in the quoted fare. Most London City arrivals clear the terminal well inside that, since the airport is built for speed and many passengers carry cabin baggage only.
The Mercedes E-Class is the usual choice for one or two passengers travelling light. The S-Class suits client-facing journeys and longer working drives, with a quieter cabin and more rear space. For three or four colleagues travelling together the V-Class keeps the group in one vehicle, which is simpler than splitting across two cars in City traffic. The BMW i7 is available where an electric car is preferred, including for journeys inside the ULEZ.
Yes. Firms that fly through London City repeatedly tend to book the same pattern each week, and we can hold vehicle preferences, passenger names and billing details so each booking takes a message rather than a form. Every chauffeur is TfL licensed, DBS checked and under a non-disclosure agreement, which matters when clients or confidential documents are in the car.
Yes. We collect from your office, home or hotel for departures, with timing planned around your check-in deadline. London City is also a practical starting point for onward journeys east and north-east — Essex, the Docklands hotels, the ExCeL centre and the M11 corridor are all close by.
