Where does British Airways fly from London City Airport?

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.

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.

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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