BA Embraer E170 London City Airport (Image Credit: British Airways)Īt London City, the Embraer aircraft offer substantial improvements in comfort over the workhorses of short-haul travel at Gatwick and Heathrow.įor industrial reasons these aircraft cannot operate with more than 100 seats. Some have been suspended such as Copenhagen, Hamburg, Stockholm and, inexplicably, Madrid. These are primarily business routes such as Edinburgh and Zurich, but also leisure routes such as Ibiza, Mykonos and Skiathos. ![]() British Airways At London City Airport (Image Credit: British Airways) British Airways At London City Airport (Image Credit: British Airways)īA has over time built a respectable portfolio of short-haul routes. 2009 was also the year BA launched what remains the only transatlantic route from London City, to New York JFK. BA now has a fleet of 6 Embraer E-170 and 18 Embraer E-190 aircraft based at London City. What is now BA CityFlyer took delivery of its first Embraer aircraft in 2009, replacing much less efficient Avro jets. The real turning point came after BA had jettisoned what was left of its regional operations (earning itself the moniker “London Airways”) and turned its attention properly to London City. ![]() The first BA operated route launched in April 2003 to Glasgow, operated by a subsidiary British Airways CitiExpress, using a 110 seat RJ100 jet aircraft. The first BA liveried flight from London City launched in 1999 when British Regional Airlines began a three times daily service to Sheffield. It’s CityJet that can take credit for building the airport’s presence. BA’s start there was fairly inauspicious.
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