London City Airport Chief Operating Officer Alison FitzGerald has been appointed CEO, with immediate effect.

Alison has been COO since 2016 and co-CEO alongside Chief Financial officer Wilma Allan since January.

She joined London City 10 years ago as Chief Information Officer and, since then and in her role as COO, she has been responsible for leading the airport to become one of the first in the UK to fully deploy new CT security scanners.

She has also overseen the implementation of the world’s first major digital air traffic control tower, and has worked with aircraft manufactures and airlines to enable the introduction of next generation aircraft into the Docklands airport.