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Where does British Airways fly from London City Airport?

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Following on from our articles looking at where British Airways will fly from London Gatwick and from Heathrow Terminal 3 this summer, I wanted to take a fresh look at the BA Cityflyer operation at London City Airport.

British Airways will operate to 22 destinations from London City Airport for Summer 2024.

In the airline world, ‘summer’ starts on the last Sunday in March when the timetables switch, and runs to the last Sunday in October.

Where does British Airways fly from London City Airport?

These routes are all operated by BA Cityflyer, a separate British Airways subsidiary.

It operates a fleet of Embraer E190 aircraft. These are smaller planes that are able to take off and land from London City’s short runways.

The E190s feature 2-2 seating (image below) in both business class (Club Europe) and economy (Euro Traveller). A densification programme is about to begin which will reduce the currently generous 33″ pitch from row 12 and add eight more seats (two rows) to each aircraft.

Service on board differs to British Airways flights from Heathrow and Gatwick. Economy passengers are offered a snack and a soft / alcoholic / hot drink, just like the old days on Heathrow and Gatwick services. Club Europe passengers receive the same service as they would on a mainline flight, albeit from a different catering company to Heathrow flights.

There are no lounges at London City Airport – none at all. It’s not BA being mean and refusing to pay! However, there is no need to arrive too early for a flight from London City, especially as the airport has now switched to the new ‘keep your liquids and laptop in your bag’ security scanners.

Where does British Airways fly from London City Airport?

British Airways routes from London City Airport

The following information is based on BA’s schedules for Summer 2024. It excludes Winter-only routes, which are mainly to ski destinations.

No flights depart London City Airport between 1pm on Saturday and 11am on Sunday so flight schedules can be a little odd at weekends.

I have included the total of weekly flights below. Numbers can vary by month, hence the ‘+’ against some routes.

  • Amsterdam (22+ flights per week)
  • Barcelona (4+ flights per week)
  • Belfast City (13+ flights per week)
  • Bergerac (5 flights per week in June, July and August only)
  • Berlin (22+ flights per week)
  • Dublin (21+ flights per week)
  • Edinburgh (30+ flights per week)
  • Faro (4+ flights per week)
  • Florence (14+ flights per week)
  • Frankfurt (10+ flights per week)
  • Glasgow (22+ flights per week)
  • Ibiza (11+ flights per week)
  • Malaga (7+ flights per week)
  • Mykonos (2 flights per week in June, 6 in July and August only)
  • Nice (9+ flights per week)
  • Palma de Mallorca (4+ flights per week)
  • Rotterdam (17+ flights per week)
  • San Sebastian (2 per week)
  • Skiathos (3 flights per week in June, July and August only)
  • Split (2 flights per week in June, July and August only)
  • Thessaloniki (2 flights per week in June, July and August only)
  • Zurich (15+ flights per week)

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Comments (94)

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  • lumma says:

    I’d just love to see a single economy seat available for point from LCY to/from Florence

    • dougzz99 says:

      Does the guaranteed seat release not apply to LCY?

      • lumma says:

        I think it does but I’ve never saw a seat available at relatively short notice on the route. There always seems to be CE seats on every flight but no economy. Whichever points option you choose you’re looking at over £300 worth, which seems really bad value for a flight to northern Italy.

        • Erico1875 says:

          Same with the City Flyer routes from EDI. San Sebastian and Palma have CE seats but rarly economy

          • Andrew says:

            I’ve picked up several to and from FRA over the years. Always take them over LHR, but we will see what happens with these 2 extra rows.

  • HertsSam says:

    In the late 90’s I flew once from LCY to MAN on a Sunday evening. I got there 5 mins before check in closed but my seat had been given away and I was put on a flight an hour or 2 later.
    So 2 flight on a Sunday evening to Manchester.
    Was on a turboprop plane which is my one and only flight on that type of plane. Nervous throughout.

  • IslandDweller says:

    HertsSam. That would have been VLM, not BA.

    • HertsSam says:

      Really? I know it was over 20 years ago and my memory is not what it used to be but I am fairly certain it was BA or an offshoot/subsidiary.
      According to Wikipedia VLM was a Belgian based airline. I know we were in the EU then but would VLM have offered flights with start and end points in a different country?
      But you are right, the airline might not have been BA but another airline.

      • Graham D says:

        It was definitely VLM flying LCY-MAN on a Fokker 50 turboprop. I used it many times back in 2004/2005.

        • HertsSam says:

          Thanks to both of you. I stand corrected.

          • Blair Waldorf Salad says:

            Recently there was a BA Saturday LCY-MAN and Sunday MAN-LCY service during the winter ski season. BA ran one ski route from MAN departing on a Sat, returning on a Sun, then positioned the aircraft back to LCY.

  • Craig says:

    Is the Belfast flight stopping? I would be quite disappointed as it is very very handy for me to fly back to see parents

  • ADS says:

    “Economy passengers are offered a snack and a soft / alcoholic / hot drink, just like the old days on Heathrow and Gatwick services”

    on my recent flights from LCY to Dublin I seem to remember the “snack” as being a couple of mouthfuls of crisps …

    do other routes get proper snacks?

  • Asier says:

    They should resume flights to San Sebastian EAS (Basque Country) ❤️

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