2020年7月31日 · British Airways is retiring its sole Airbus A318, which also means that the Club World London City route will be discontinued for good. This was a special flight, as it was operated by a plane with just 32 business class seats.

The Airbus A318 is a small commercial, narrow-body (single-aisle) aircraft with a retractable tricycle landing gear and is powered by two wing pylon-mounted turbofan engines. Two suppliers provide turbofan engines for the A318, CFM International with the CFM56-5B engine and Pratt & Whitney with the PW6000 engine.

2021年2月18日 · British Airways has sent its Airbus A318 Baby Bus to Twente Airport in the Netherlands. The aircraft was retired by the airline last year, after its only route from London City (LCY) to New York City (JFK) was suspended, meaning that it was no longer needed. Many aircraft have been stored or retired as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020年7月31日 · British Airways is to end its flagship Airbus A318 service between London and New York. The news was revealed in the IAG results presentation earlier today, as the group confirmed the retirement of the Airbus A318 fleet.

2021年9月29日 · 12 years ago today, a British Airways Airbus A318 took to the skies from London City Airport. The flight marked the start of an era, with the launch of flights between London City Airport, and New York's JFK Airport.

The Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic downturn has sealed the fate of British Airways’ baby bus, as the lone A318 exits the fleet. Originally used as flight numbers for the legendary Concorde, BA1 and BA2 were more recently associated with the British Airways Club World London Cit...

2025年2月2日 · DALLAS — In 2009, British Airways (BA) began an all-business class Airbus A318 service between London City Airport (LCY) and New York’s JFK Airport. The Airline terminated this illusive service in 2020, a victim of the pandemic. This route is the glamorous side of the type’s relationship with BA, but the story starts a decade earlier.

2020年7月31日 · Pros: departs from London's City Airport, comfy seat, attentive flight attendants, great food, just 32 passengers on a busy day. Cons: mandatory stop on westbound flights, window seats don't have aisle access, no high-speed Wi-Fi.

2020年7月31日 · Covid 19 claims another scalp, British Airways boutique service from London City airport to New York JFK, a tiny A318 with just 32 flat bed business class seats (making it the smallest jet by seat count to ever operate bookable transatlantic flights).

2018年12月13日 · British Airways’ A318 has just 32 business class seats, spread across eight rows in a 2-2 configuration. British Airways’ A318 business class cabin This jet is so just so sleek and such an awesome experience.