No surprise on the timing given AF's announcement of LAX-LHR just yesterday:
BRITISH AIRWAYS has appointed a group of top executives to the board of BA European, a new subsidiary that will start flights from European cities to America next summer.
The “airline within an airline” is expected to fly from Paris and Brussels to New York from May.
The operation is a radical departure for BA, which has never made � and never legally been allowed to make � transatlantic flights from continental cities direct to the US. Instead, it has concentrated operations at Heathrow, its UK base.
The official launch for BA European is expected within the next month. It is not known what brand it will fly under, but it is expected to operate two Boeing 757s with about 102 seats in two classes, Club World and World Traveller Plus.
BA European is BA’s response to the introduction of “open skies” between Europe and America, which allows European airlines to fly from anywhere in Europe to the US, and vice versa.
The “airline within an airline” is expected to fly from Paris and Brussels to New York from May.
The operation is a radical departure for BA, which has never made � and never legally been allowed to make � transatlantic flights from continental cities direct to the US. Instead, it has concentrated operations at Heathrow, its UK base.
The official launch for BA European is expected within the next month. It is not known what brand it will fly under, but it is expected to operate two Boeing 757s with about 102 seats in two classes, Club World and World Traveller Plus.
BA European is BA’s response to the introduction of “open skies” between Europe and America, which allows European airlines to fly from anywhere in Europe to the US, and vice versa.
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