When I was sent a link to itv.com by a reader yesterday morning, I was more than a little surprised by what I read.
British Airways had announced that it was launching flights from Stansted.
This made no sense at all – until I saw the details.
British Airways is launching flights to Faro, Malaga, Ibiza and Palma
Use of the plural above was a mistake! There is a grand total of one flight per week, per route.
All of these flights will take place on a Saturday or Sunday
All of these flights will use tiny Embraer 190 aircraft
Alert readers will have worked out what is going on now. London City Airport is closed between lunchtime on Saturday and lunchtime on Sunday. This means that British Airways has a few planes hanging around with not much to do.
Until now.
Just look at these flight times:
Ibiza – departs 06.45 (lands 10.15), returns at 11.00 (lands 12.30), Saturday only
Malaga – departs 13.15 (lands 17.15), returns at 18.00 (lands 19.50), Saturday only
Palma – departs 20.45 (lands 00.15), returns at 01.00 (lands 02.30!), Saturday (back Sunday) only
Faro – departs 05.40 (lands 08.30), returns at 09.05 (lands 10.00), Sunday only
Basically, the same plane will be flying all of these services.
The good news is that there is a new ‘Escape’ lounge at Stansted – although whether it is open for a 5.40am departure is another matter!
Flights are now available for booking, for cash or Avios, at ba.com.
The services run from 28th May to 30th October.
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Are there CE seats on these flights?
Excellent news, at least 2 of those places are where I would choose to go for a short break and Stansted is far more convenient.
There should be, but the plane is 2×2 so the only benefit would be the meal and lounge access (which you get via Priority Pass anyway).
Interesting: in similar Air Canada Express aircraft Business is 2 + 1 with leather seats.
Where did you send to Harry? Any way to make this easily work without opening foreign bank accounts?
We already had the account abroad.
You could possibly send it to a friend’s a/c abroad, they can repay you via PayPal for a very small fee.
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