BA launching New York flights from Gatwick
British Airways will launch daily direct flights from London Gatwick to New York on May 1.
It means BA will fly to New York from all three of London’s main airports – Gatwick, Heathrow and London City.
Daily flights on flight BA2273 will depart Gatwick at 16:40, arriving into New York’s JFK airport at 19:30.
The returning BA2272 will depart JFK at 22:00 and land back at Gatwick at 10:00 the next day.
The airline said the flight has been timed for ‘fantastic’ connections to its network of short-haul flights to 112 destinations across Europe.
Prices will start from £390 return in World Traveller, £893 in World Traveller Plus and £1,574 in Club World, including all taxes and charges.
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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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