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British Airways to Launch Daily Flights From London to New York

Posted on: Monday, 21 April 2008, 09:00 CDT

British Airways is planning to increase its services from London to New York's John F Kennedy International Airport, by starting daily flights from Gatwick on October 27, 2008.

The new flights mean that the airline will fly 62 times each week from the capital to John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) as the Gatwick flights will operate in addition to 55 weekly flights from Heathrow. The new flights from Gatwick will operate on a four class Boeing 777.

British Airways will also start new shorthaul routes from Gatwick in October 2008, with daily services to Oporto and Valencia. Second daily services from Gatwick to Alicante and Turin will also be added from the end of October 2008. Flights to Warsaw will move from Gatwick to Heathrow in October 2008.

British Airways is to suspend its daily flight from Manchester to New York JFK in October 2008, and move the Boeing 767 aircraft that operates the service to Heathrow.

Lynne Embleton, general manager of network planning at British Airways, said: "The new Gatwick service will give our customers even more choice when flying between London and New York. Not only do we already have an extensive schedule from Heathrow to both JFK and Newark but next year we will launch business-only flights from London City."

Source: Datamonitor

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