The Emirates Air Line (also known as the Thames cable car) is a ten-minute (five minutes in rush hour) gondola lift link across the River Thames in London built by Doppelmayr with sponsorship from the airline Emirates. The service opened on 28 June 2012 and is operated by Transport for London. It has an average ridership of 31,601 passenger journeys a week but is used by only four regular commuters.
More information on the Wikipedia page [1]. The TfL page is [2], and The Emirates Air Line experience page is [3]