BA CityFlyer marks 10th Anniversary at London City
British Airways is celebrating a decade of success and growth of its regional airline business. BA CityFlyer, firmly established at London City Airport, which celebrates its 30th birthday this year, has reason to cheer as the regional airline is the airport's biggest operator in terms of routes, customers and aircraft movements. BA CityFlyer, the wholly owned British Airways subsidiary headquartered in Manchester, marks its 10th anniversary this month. The number of customers using BA CityFlyer has more than quadrupled and aircraft numbers have doubled in the past 10 years, according to the airline. Adam Carson, BA CityFlyer’s managing director said:
“The 10-year anniversary is a significant milestone for us. Initially a business-based airline we listened to what our customers told us and moved into leisure flying as well, reaching a whole new market but at the same time expanding our core business network."
BA CityFlyer was launched on March 5, 2007 with 144 flights a week, increasing to 250 flights to six UK and European destinations with a month. This summer it will fly from London City and regional airports to a record 54 destinations in the UK and Europe. The airline is expanding its regional operation to fly from Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol airports as well as increasing schedules at Stansted, Edinburgh and Dublin. “The key to our success is our schedule, offering our customers well-timed and well-priced flights and plenty of choice to destinations they want to fly to, Carson explains. "London City and Edinburgh airports have both been key to our operation, with aircraft and crews based there, but adding another London airport, Stansted, to our network was a major expansion ahead of new regional flying from Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol from May this year.”
More recently the airline has expanded its leisure flying, serving popular European sunspots and this summer almost two million seats will be on sale from London City.
Some of BA CityFlyer’s destinations and low prices include each way fares to Milan from London City and Stansted from ￡45, Manchester to Alicante, Ibiza, Nice and Palma from ￡49 and Bristol and Birmingham to Palma and Ibiza from ￡49.