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British Airways is a leading airline on the highly lucrative New York-London route.
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The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has changed the airline’s offering on the route.
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Boeing 777s now solely fly between New York and London instead of Boeing 747s and premium Airbus A318s.
British Airways has long dominated the skies between London and New York, shuttling a lucrative mix of business and leisure travelers to the tune of $1.1 billion in some years.
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Recent history has seen British Airways deploy some of the most exclusive aircraft to New York from airports across the UK capital. Most notably, the Concorde served the route for nearly three decades.
British Airways retired the Concorde in 2003 but replaced it six years later with the Airbus A318. Though a slower and smaller jet, the entire aircraft consisted solely of 32 business class seats and utilized London’s City Airport as opposed to the busier and more distant Heathrow and Gatwick Airports serving London.
And until 2020, the mighty Boeing 747-400 was a staple on the route that offered an exclusive first class cabin in the nose of the aircraft as well as 86 business class seats on the main and upper levels of the aircraft.
Source: SeatGuru
The COVID-19 pandemic, however, forced British Airways to downsize and retire its most iconic aircraft, including the Boeing 747 and Airbus A318. Now, only its Boeing 777 aircraft fly…