It has been announced that Air France KLM has purchased Belgian airline VLM. The airline has the largest number of flights out of London City Airport. Air France KLM started a massive expansion at London City in 2007 through their Irish subsidiary CityJet and VLM will add destinations including Manchester, Rotterdam, Jersey, Brussels and Luxembourg to the AF KLM London City route network.
CityJet for Air France flight AF 5187 from London City to Nice. Arrived at the airport just before 1pm which was plenty of time before the 14:30 departure. Although I was checked in online I still needed to drop off the luggage (thanks to the rules about liquids meaning I have to check my dangerous contact lens solution in the hold). Dropping the bags off only took a few minutes as there was only one person in the queue. Security was quick, and I was sitting down to lunch less than 15 minutes after arriving at the airport. (more…)
The CityJet for Air France service to Belfast City Airport is operated by ScotAirways using their Dornier 328 aircraft, the flight is about an hour long.
The final leg of the trip to Cairo featured an upgrade to World Business Class on the 747 after a few hassles with airport security. A relaxing end to an interesting couple of weeks.
I mentioned a while ago about Air France by CityJet launching new services from London City. Most of these services are now fully operational. However, for reasons I’ve not yet been able to get an answer to the services to Edinburgh, Dundee and Milan Linate are still listed as ‘coming soon’.
UPDATE: Milan Linate has been quietly removed from the list of destinations.
Due to strike action from Danish SAS cabin crew there’s a higher than usual demand for KLM‘s Amsterdam to Copenhagen services. The first leg of the journey was from London City to Amsterdam Schiphol on flight KL1564 which is, as usual, a KLM Cityhopper Fokker 50. The flight was almost full, 42 of the 50 seats were occupied and the flight was delayed slightly waiting for the final passenger to clear security.
VLM Airlines, the airline that operates the largest number of services from London City Airport, has announced an increase in capacity on their London – Rotterdam route. (more…)
Air France subsidary CityJet has announced a number of new services from London City Airport in addition to the services they currently offer to Dublin and Paris CDG/Orly. (more…)
In response to competition on the London City to Amsterdam route KLM Cityhopper is making steps to make their offering more competitive with rival VLM Airlines. (more…)