Where does British Airways fly from London City Airport?

This article is sponsored by BA Cityflyer

This month, British Airways is celebrating 25 years of flying from London City Airport, so we thought it was a good time to highlight how easy it is to fly from the airport and where you can go.

Yesterday we looked at how smooth the airport experience can be when you fly on British Airways from London City Airport.

Today, we want to look at where you can fly with BA Cityflyer and what it is like onboard.

British Airways is operating to 21 destinations from London City Airport during the winter season, which started on the last Sunday in October.

If you book by 11th November, for travel before 31st March 2025, you can save 25% on various city break routes from London City Airport. Florence is as low as £57 each way and Berlin as low as £65 each way.

What does BA offer at London City?

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). The entire fleet had new seating, pictured below, installed this year.

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 laptop in your bag’ security scanners.

BA Cityflyer promotes a “From check-in to gate in 20 minutes” message to highlight to consumers how seamless and efficient their offering is.

British Airways routes from London City Airport

The following information is based on BA’s schedules for Winter 2024/2025.

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

Here are your options – note that not all flights operate for the entire winter season which runs to the end of March:

• Amsterdam
• Barcelona
• Belfast City
• Bergerac
• Berlin
• Chambery
• Dublin
• Edinburgh
• Florence
• Frankfurt
• Geneva
• Glasgow
• Ibiza
• Malaga
• Milan
• Nice
• Palma de Mallorca
• Prague
• Rotterdam
• San Sebastian
• Zurich

The biggest changes for the winter schedule is the replacement of summer sun routes with popular ski destinations such as Geneva and Chambery.

Book on ba.com by 11th November to take advantage of the current 25% discount on selected routes.

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