Airliner World – April 2018

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Airways subsidiary, and as such part

of the IAG Group, the airline has its

own leadership team led by Managing

Director Adam Carson. It operates as a

separate accounting entity and enjoys

a certain amount of autonomy.

This enables the airline to achieve a

lower cost base and ensure a return on

its services.

“We have a reasonable autonomy,

but need to work in harmony with the

greater BA/IAG,” Luke Hayhoe, General

Manager Commercial & Customer, told

Airliner World.

The carrier’s operations are always

marketed as British Airways, with the

fleet wearing full BA livery with

additional ‘Operated by BA CityFlyer’

titles under the cockpit window.

Customers enjoy the full British

Airways product on board, including

Euro Traveller and Club Europe

cabins and the opportunity to earn

Avios points.

Because of LCY’s unique

geography, close to

Canary Wharf in the heart

of the city, aircraft

must make a steeper

approach than they

would at other

airfields.

The carrier was
launched in 2007
after British Airways
offloaded its BA Connect
subsidiary to Flybe.
MARTYN CARTLEDGE

The E-Jets have enabled
the airline to expand
its network, thanks
to their better range
and payload.
MARTYN CARTLEDGE

Embraer 170 G-LCYF
(c/n 17000298)
glistens in the
sunshine while
taxiing at Frankfurt.
AVIATION IMAGE NE T WORK/
SIMON GREGORY