While airports in London UK, collectively the world’s busiest, are having to deal with a succession of problems, Ontario, Canada's London Airport recorded an excellent year in 2019, and with all its airlines contributing to the growth.
London International Airport (LIA) in Ontario recorded a passenger increase of 27% year-on-year in 2019, becoming the second fastest growing airport in Canada.
London itself is a city-region of over 500,000 people, situated halfway between Toronto and Detroit, Michigan, in the U.S. and it has transitioned to become a digital technology hub, in addition to a being a focus city-region for life sciences and biotechnology. Southern Ontario is heavily populated generally.
The equidistance of the airport between two major centres of population, Toronto and Detroit, speaks well for London’s opportunity and could be advantageous, but it is not clear whether the airport can actually benefit from it.
