BA commence selling LCY-NYC

British Airways today started selling tickets for it's new premium service which will serve London City Airport and New York JFK. The first flight will take to the air on September 29 with a daily return except Saturday when LCY is closed. The service will increase to two flights per day from mid October. All flights will be operated by A318 in a 32 seat lie flat layout.

Weekend leisure fares start from £1901.10 and business fares start at £4,912.10 rising to £5,625.10 for fully flexible.

BAW 001 will depart LCY at 12.40 and arrive at JFK at 17.05 with a westbound fuel stop allowing passengers to avail of the new full US CBP (Customs and Border Patrol) clearance at Shannon.

The return, BAW 002 departs JFK at 18.30 and arrives in LCY at 07.05 the next morning, flying non stop.

BAW 003 will depart LCY at 16.00 and arrives in JFK at 20.25, again stopping at Shannon. BAW 004 will depart JFK 21.50 and flies non stop to LCY arriving at 10.25 the following morning.

Shannon arrival times will be approximately 1 hour after departure from London.

Commenting on the new service, BA's chief executive Willie Walsh said that "In the harshest trading environment airlines have experienced, we believe that it is more important than ever to embrace the future and innovate. That is what this historic new route is all about. Reviving the BA001 flight number for the first long haul route out of London City could not be more appropriate."