London City Airport is pausing expansion plans designed by Pascall & Watson that would have added an extension to its terminal building and boosted passenger capacity to 6.5m a year.

The architect, which is design team leader for the programme, has already been hit by “significant delays and cancellations” to other aviation projects including Birmingham and Stansted. Last month it warned that job losses were on the cards.

The east London airport closed for almost three months earlier this year because of the covid-19 pandemic. Bosses said passenger levels for 2020 would be well down on last year’s 5.1m and it had “become clearer” that recovery to previous levels would take longer than initially expected.

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