British Airways returns to UK airport for first time in 4 years – with three 3 new routes to city and beach destinations
THREE brand new routes to popular holiday hotspots have been launched by British Airways this week.
They include trips to the south of France, a popular Italian city break location and a Balearic island.
Flights to Nice, Florence, and Ibiza will be operated by BA CityFlyer on both Saturdays and Sundays.
They will all take off from London Stansted, with the airline returning to the airport for the first time since before the global pandemic.
That means the airline now offers flights from four London airports.
The first of the flights set off on Sunday, May 19 to Florence at 7.40am.
That was shortly followed by the Nice departure at 8.35am and the afternoon service to Ibiza at 3pm.
Ciaran Brannigan, London Stansted’s Commercial Director, said: “London Stansted serves more European destinations than any other UK airport.
“These new services to Ibiza, Florence and Nice are strong additions to our route network.
“I’m sure these routes will be very popular with passengers from across London, Cambridge and the growing East of England region.
“We look forward to working closely with British Airways to build a strong working relationship and ensure these new flights are a success.”
Additionally, BA also recently announced that it will launch a new route to Split in Croatia from September, also from Stansted.
Elsewhere, another new route has also been launched by British Airways to a popular city break destination.
From today, the airline is offering new routes to Dublin from London Gatwick, with 12 services running every week.
The flights will run throughout the summer, offering extra chances to visit the Irish capital this year.
The route will be operated by Emerald Airlines in Dublin and will be on a single economy plane with 72 seats.
Everything you need to know about visiting France
- Brits need to have a passport with at least three months left on it.
- No visas are needed for anyone staying up to 90 days within an 180-day period but you need to make sure your passport is stamped on entry and exit.
- You may also need to show proof of accommodation and funds, around €120 a day.
- The country uses the euro with with around €10 working out to £8.55.
- France is one hour ahead of the UK
- Direct flights to France from the UK take between 1-4 hours depending on the destination
- Or you can travel by train with Eurostar, with destinations including Paris or Lille.
Tickets are available now via the BA website from £40.
BA has also launched some flights from lesser-known airports in the UK this month too.
These include two other City Flyer flights which launched over the weekend from Southampton Airport.
Brits can now fly from the airport in Eastleigh to both Bergerac and Majorca this summer.
This is in addition to Faro and Malaga, which already operated from Southampton with British Airways, as well as winter flights to Chambery.
Meanwhile, TUI is also launching brand new flights from four UK airports next summer.
And this budget airline has announced that it will be starting long haul journeys from the UK later this year.