The British government hailed a £344 million (410 million euro, $450 million) investment to expand London City Airport on Wednesday as evidence Britain was "open for business" despite its Brexit vote.
Finance minister Philip Hammond was at the airport to cheer the announcement by the Canadian-Kuwaiti consortium which owns the airport, a business travel hub located close to Britain's financial centre.
The "ambitious growth plans will boost international connections, strengthening the City of London's links to destinations across the world, and send a clear signal that Britain is open for business," he said.
The investment will expand the airport terminal, create more space for planes to taxi and add new stands to allow bigger planes to use the airport.
The finance ministry said it expected the expansion would create 1,600 airport jobs for staff, as well as 500 construction jobs and could contribute £1.5 billion to the British economy by 2025.
Flights from City go to Europe as well as New York.
Last year it had a record 4.3 million passengers - an 18-percent increase from 2014.
Its expansion had been blocked by then London mayor Boris Johnson, who is now the foreign minister.
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