All-business-class flights unveiled for Luton-Newark
Tickets have gone on sale today for a new boutique all-business-class flight from London-New York, which launches on April 24.
Special launch fares start at £1,007 return for two people traveling together on a ‘duo intro’ ticket, available for the first 500 passengers who book with the airline, La Compagnie.
A ‘solo intro’ fare per person for £646 round-trip is also offered during the introductory fare period.
The airline was launched last year and has been operating a service between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Newark since July.
The UK-New York service will operate from London Luton Airport and will fly into New York Newark.
La Compagnie CEO and co-founder Frantz Yvelin said: "It is time to bring business-class air service back to where it belongs, where personalised service is offered at respectable fares."
The airline uses redesigned Boeing 757-200 aircraft, featuring 74 lie-flat seats in a spacious, single aisle cabin.
Initially, there will be a three-times-a-week return service, which will increase to daily by the end of 2015.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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