British Airways adds six new routes from London City Airport for Summer 2022, bookable now

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• PGW says:

  12 Jan12 January 15:03

  I second the point on Club Europe on these routes. Snag an exit row in.Economy and you will have better seat that any of those in Club. Maybe there’s a very marginal benefit fo those chasing Tier Points but beyond that I don’t understand why anybody would pay the difference.

  • Bluekjp says:

    12 Jan12 January 22:44

    You’ve must blindly walk past seats 2c and 2d in Club on the Embraer 190’s. They have the most legroom in Club Europe departing any London airport by a country mile with the only exception being when a longhaul aircraft is occasionally used when cargo space is required.

  • Andrew H says:

    13 Jan13 January 09:24

    Damn – I booked Club with Avios to Berlin in May.

    Never mind…

• supergraeme says:

  12 Jan12 January 15:30

  Yep, they helpfully changed my LCY-Linate booking to LCY-Malpensa, ruining my cheap car hire and lumbering me with expensive options. Boo.

  • Russ says:

    12 Jan12 January 16:48

    But it gives us more choices don’t it 🙂

• nick says:

  12 Jan12 January 17:05

  Note for anyone booking the summer holiday routes that if Club loads exceed 24 you won’t be served a hot meal, it’ll be a cold salad instead. This is because the BACF Embraers don’t have enough oven space for more than that. Never an issue on business-routes, but will be on the beach flights.

  • Benilyn says:

    12 Jan12 January 17:52

    No carbs before marbs though with the salad?

  • IslandDweller says:

    12 Jan12 January 19:03

    I’m sure you’re correct about not getting a hot meal if the Club load is more than 24. But I don’t think oven capacity is the issue. I’ve been on E190 when the whole 98 passengers have been served a hot breakfast, so the ovens can do a lot of hot meals.
    I suspect it’s a service issue – there is only one crew member for Club and one for the rest of the plane

    • Nick says:

      13 Jan13 January 00:54

      There are two crew members, who serve in both cabins. It’s definitely an oven issue. No idea how other airlines set up their aircraft but for BACF that’s the reason. And they won’t heat at the back and carry up to the front (which other airlines might choose to do).

      • Bagoly says:

        13 Jan13 January 09:18

        They could even cap the number of Club seats at 24, with the last few priced very high to crimp demand.

        • Ben says:

          13 Jan13 January 09:36

          Or they could carry a mix of hot and cold meals (24 hot and the rest cold) – as they do on mainline BA. That way at least MOST people who want a hot meal will get one, rather than nobody getting one.

• Richard S says:

  12 Jan12 January 18:37

  Prague dropped from end of March then…

• Josh Critchley says:

  12 Jan12 January 19:55

  ‘Exclusive’
  No it isn’t.
  It’s a BA press release available to anyone on Reuters.

  • Rob says:

    12 Jan12 January 21:54

    Er, no. We published this article at 10.30, the BA press release went out at 2pm.

    • Josh Critchley says:

      13 Jan13 January 08:57

      In which case that’s an offence of improper market disclosure.

      • Rob says:

        13 Jan13 January 09:07

        I’m sure your legal knowledge on City matters trumps what I learned in 17 years – and I remain a Fellow of CISI – but I think you’ll find writing about a flight which is publicly available for booking on the BA website is not problematic 🙂

• Andrew J says:

  12 Jan12 January 19:58

  Although now that the CX and QF lounges are open again at T3, I’m more interested in booking BA short haul flights from there.

• Marcin says:

  13 Jan13 January 01:08

  18 flights per week to Luxembourg? Is that correct?? Seems a lot!

  • Rob says:

    13 Jan13 January 07:55

    Heathrow looks likely to be cancelled, that’s why.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      13 Jan13 January 09:43

      LCY isn’t a replacement for LHR is reality though.

    • dougzz99 says:

      13 Jan13 January 10:02

      When LUX was T3 with the lounges open that was the day return of choice for the I can eat and drink hundreds worth of food and champagne on a £40 return mob.

      • astra19 says:

        13 Jan13 January 10:35

        Same! I had friends who lived there for years and I always had a grand time visiting.

• ACK says:

  13 Jan13 January 08:41

  Interesting comment about CE seats on BACF. Only flew in Y before but had the pleasure of flying AY in J on E190. This was summer 2021, multiple times and everyone had an empty seat next to them. I couldn’t even book a seat next to mrs ack. Thought this was common on a 2×2 seater.

  • dougzz99 says:

    13 Jan13 January 11:19

    Airlines with proper business class seating usually go 1 + 2 layout in business on the Embraers. I love the single seats on the smaller aircraft. BA are not going to leave half the seats empty in business, just not how they see the market.

  • dougzz99 says:

    13 Jan13 January 11:26

    Just to add, I think in terms of the flight rather than the other bits and pieces that make business class, the economy experience on a E190 is preferable to the Club Europe experience on a A3xx, especially if it has new squashed in seating. On longer flights where the food and drink become a factor maybe not for all, but personally I’d take better space over cheap champagne and poor food any time.

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