BA to start Gatwick to New York flights

April 2008

British Airways will begin daily flights from Gatwick airport to New York JFK airport from 27 October, but at the same time is axing daily flights from Manchester airport to JFK.

The new daily flights from Gatwick will bring the total number of BA flights from London to New York JFK to 62 a week as the airline already operates 55 weekly flights from Heathrow airport.

"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," says BA general manager network planning, Lynne Embleton.

A Boeing 777 aircraft will be moved from Heathrow to operate the new flights from Gatwick to JFK. The plane will offer four classes on the route to New York - First, Club World, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller cabins. The Boeing 767 that currently flies from Manchester airport to JFK will be moved to Heathrow.

BA will also begin new daily short haul flights from Gatwick this October to Oporto in Portugal and Valencia in Spain. Second daily flights from Gatwick to Alicante and Turin will be added at the end of October. Flights to Warsaw will move from Gatwick to Heathrow in October too.

Written by: Nick Purdom