BA CityFlyer will extend connectivity from London City Airport (LCY), located in the center of the city for this year’s northern summer season by including four new European destinations and the resumption of flights to the Channel Islands.
The first destinations on the list will be Luxembourg/Findel (LUX) and Milan/Malpensa (MXP), which from March 27 will have seventeen and three flights per week respectively. Both destinations will initially be available up to and including October 28.
Luxair, Luxembourg’s state-owned airline, currently connects London City (LCY) from Findel with 28 weekly flights on DHC 8-400 aircraft. BA Cityflyer currently operates Milan with three daily flights from Linate Metropolitan Airport (LIN).
As of June 18, the company will also offer a weekly service on Saturdays to Thessaloniki (SKG), Greece.
Barcelona (BCN), Spain, will complete the seasonal offer with six weekly flights starting June 19, except on Saturdays. Both routes will initially be available until September 4, and will be new links.
The British Airways subsidiary plans to relaunch routes to Jersey (JER) and Guernsey (GCI). Flights will operate on Mondays and Fridays from June 20 to Sept. 2.
“As customers begin to plan their next summer break, we wanted to offer new routes to some of the most popular European destinations, which are conveniently accessible from London City Airport, are a great addition to our extensive network,” said Tom Stoddart, Managing Director of BA CityFlyer.
All routes will be operated on 98-passenger Embraer 190s. BA CityFlyer usually offers between 6-38 seats in Club Europe, the regional business class, and 60-92 seats in Economy.
London City Airport’s current operations
The United Kingdom has been one of the worst-performing European countries during the post-crash recovery.
According to data obtained through Cirium and EUROCONTROL, London City Airport recovered 56.2% of flight supply in December 2021, when in Europe 78% of connectivity was re-established on average, compared to the same period in 2019.
The current destination network is reduced due to the COVID-19 health crisis of the Omicron variant, remaining composed of:
- BA CityFlyer: Berlin (BER), Dusseldorf (DUS), Frankfurt (FRA) in Germany; Ibiza (IBZ), Malaga (AGP), Palma de Mallorca (PMI) in Spain; Dublin (DUB) in Ireland; Florence (FRA) in Italy; Amsterdam (AMS) and Rotterdam (RTM) in the Netherlands; Belfast (BHD), Edinburgh (EDIN), Glasgow (GLA) and Manchester (MAN) in the UK; Geneva (GVA) and Zurich (ZRH) in Switzerland.
- KLM CityHopper: Amsterdam (AMS).
- Loganair: Dundee (DND), United Kingdom.
- LOT Polish Airlines: Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania.
- Lufthansa CityLine: Frankfurt (FRA) in Germany.
- Luxair: Luxembourg/Findel (LUX).
- Swiss International Air Lines: Geneva (GVA) and Zurich (ZRH) in Switzerland.
Between March and June 2022, the following routes would be resumed:
- BA CityFlyer: Split (SPU) in Croatia; Menorca (MAH) and San Sebastian (EAS) in Spain; Bergerac (EGC), Chambery (CMF), Quimper (UIP), and Nice (NCE) in France; Mykonos (JMF), Santorini (JTR) and Skiathos (JSI) in Greece; Faro (FAO) in Portugal and Salzburg (SZG) in Switzerland.
- BA CityFlyer operated by SUN-AIR of Scandinavia: Billund (BLL) in Denmark.
