British Airways are continuing to boost their options at London City Airport, with its BA CityFlyer operation expanding by four aircraft for the 2019 season.
The airline will add four Embraer E-190 aircraft to is 22 strong Embraer fleet. This will increase the fleet to 26 aircraft.
British Airways – BA Cityflyer E-190 at Dublin Airport – Image, Economy Class and Beyond.
British Airways Cityflyer has been working away at London City Airport, adding more Rome and Zürich to the network. The additional four E-190s will allow the launch of new destinations on the CityFlyer network.
Tom Stoddart, managing director BA CityFlyer, on the addition of the aircraft states:
“It is an exciting time for us at London City Airport. The four new aircraft shows our commitment to giving our customers an even bigger range of destinations and flight times.
“This growth will see the number of job opportunities in East London increase with direct employment opportunities for pilots, cabin crew and engineers, as well as indirect roles for our various suppliers in and around the airport.”
Luke Hayhoe, general manager commercial and customer for BA states said
“It is very positive to continue the year-on year-expansion at London City Airport. We added 13 per cent more capacity in 2018 and will add nearly 20 per cent in 2019. The new route to Rome will increase the number of British Airways’ destinations from London City Airport to 33.”
Meanwhile Richard Hill, Chief Commercial Officer at London City Airport, added
“BA CityFlyer is London City Airport’s largest airline partner and this investment in four additional E-Jets demonstrates absolute commitment to its base at London’s most central airport, and continued growth as we enter 2019.
“An enlarged fleet will mean more choice for tourists and business travellers alike, giving customers more flights to the destinations they love, under the British Airways brand. Introducing a Rome service and adding frequency to Zurich, already one of our busiest routes, keeps London connected to major European cities, and is a real endorsement of the London City proposition by our home-based carrier. We look forward to further new route announcements in the near future.”
The BA CityFlyer E-190 fleet is currently operated as a two-class aircraft with 98 seats that can be operated as Club Europe (in a 2-2 formation) or EuroTraveller (in a 2-2 formation) offering 30″ seat pitch and 18″ seat width throughout (bar a few places on the plane.).
There has been no indication where the aircraft will be coming from to British Airways at this time.
You can check out a review of the service I had on one in Club Europe here. I’ve also done legs in EuroTraveller too in an E-170 which has a similar passenger experience.
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