BA announce London City – Dublin route; add Nice flight
24.04.08
British Airways is expanding its route network at London City Airport with the launch of a new service to Dublin and increased frequency on some existing routes. The new three-flights-a-day Dublin service will begin on June 1, with fares from £55 one way, including taxes and charges. The new service will end Air France CityJet's lengthy monopoly over the route. It operates six daily flights.
The airline is also celebrating the success of its recently launched Nice route from London City with the introduction of a second daily return flight from September. In addition British Airways is to increase the number of flights to Edinburgh in September, offering more flights to Scotland from London City Airport than any other airline.
Peter Simpson, managing director of BA CityFlyer, the British Airways’ wholly owned subsidiary that operates the flights from London City, said: ‘We have added to our previously business-based schedule a number of new routes that will hopefully attract leisure passengers who want to fly direct from the Docklands. Dublin is an important new route, linking two financial capitals, and we are delighted to be able to offer a three-a-day service in direct response to passenger demand.’
British Airways now operates up to 400 European and domestic flights per week to and from the Docklands hub. They include flights to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Madrid, Nice, Warsaw and Zurich.
Richard Gooding, chief executive of London City Airport, added: ‘This announcement comes at a significant time as the airport is close to completing the current phase of development including an extension to the departure lounge and new aircraft parking stands.’
We would guess that this makes makes Dublin the most likely stop off for its all business London City - New York flights, which will need to add fuel before heading across the atlantic, because of weight restrictions on the short runway at the Docklands hub.
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