BA CityFlyer

✅ Trip Verified | Return Edinburgh to London City BA's CityFlyer remains the most pleasant way to get to and from London from Edinburgh. The Embraer 190 has much better legroom than the 170 so look out for the type flying when booking. The blue leather seats and 2 - 2 layout make for comfort. Trip to London City on Oct 2 at 08:45 on the EMB190 was wholly smooth. Fantastic view of the three Forth bridges on departure. So much legroom and space, and I'm 6ft 1in & 19st. On time more or less, pleasant crew, and a free breakfast of bacon rolls or a platter of fruit salad and organic yoghurt. Water, and hot drinks. Just what was needed. LCY is so easy to get through in arrival and I was on the DLR to the city in 10 minutes flat. A great start to the day. Returning home on Oct 3 at the 14:40 on the smaller EMB170 was much less comfortable due to turbulence for at least 20mins thanks to the tail of a US hurricane passing over GB. The reassuring captain apologised several times and explained he was trying to get clearance to a higher level. Good to be kept informed. The crew were marvellous. Kind, cheerful, the best of BA. Drinks and snacks served despite the plane lurching about. All comp, including a good Glenlivet malt. Edinburgh arrival fine and into tram within 20 mins of touchdown. These jets aren't new and it does show a bit but it's a cut~above experience still compared to the alternatives. The tickets to LCY on the travel app I use are a little more than Gatwick but if you can miss the absolute peak flights the difference isn't much and, to me anyway, worth it for the good service and central location and efficiency of London City Airport.

✅ Trip Verified | Zurich to London City. Average short haul flight experience. Easy and smooth morning flight to London. Cabin was narrow but ok, although not very clean. The business class was half empty and the cabin crew was sometimes friendly, but most of the time enjoying themselves while chatting to each other. BA served hot food on this short flight: it looked not good and it was not good. Otherwise nothing special.

Not Verified | London City to Paris Orly. I arrived just over one hour prior to my flight and proceeded to check-in. Whilst the queues were not long, it did take at least 20 minutes due to the multitude of bags of some passengers. Boarding was orderly and we left on time. The E170 has a lot of legroom compared to other BA cabins, though the cabin has started to look a bit dated with older seats and torn magazines. The onboard service was appreciated, though it was not exceptional. The service was somewhat lethargic, but they were attentive. After about 45 minutes, we began our descent into Orly. Overall, it was a great flight and if you live somewhat closely to LCY, I would recommend CityFlyer over the regular BA service ex-LHR.

✅ Trip Verified | London City to Granada . BA Cityflyer still feels like it could be a quality carrier worth paying for if only details were paid closer attention to. London City is a delight to fly through even though it was a bit overcrowded and the fact check-in staff were directly employed by BA really paid off as they were warm, welcoming and friendly. E190 is a pleasure to fly, the legroom is fantastic and the 2-2 seating is fantastic for couples travelling as we were. The inclusion of complimentary food and drinks with a full bar service that includes alcohol (and quality Fever Tree tonic) is appreciated. Quickly off in small but perfectly formed and clean Granada was also a nice end to the flight with luggage out immediately. Unfortunately these positives are really cut with some quite prominent negatives that are very noticeable. The plane was not clean. Secondly the crew - some of these really shouldn't be working in a customer facing environment. Lastly the food while complimentary is of poor quality.

✅ Trip Verified | London City to Mykonos. I usually love BA Cityflyer from LCY - really good airline, nice planes and plenty of room. This trip we flew Club Europe to Mykonos - a 3hour 45min flight. The service was atrocious. There is no BA lounge at LCY so really the only differentiation is the on-board product; they should really make an effort. The crew spend most of the flight chatting in the galley. They eventually came out after 50 minutes and gave us a drink. Food was good, but they did not provide ice-cream or desert as per the menu. The CSM dropped a salad at my feet, tomato all up my legs and on my shoes without an apology. The remnants just sat there for the rest of the flight being trodden into the carpet. No tea and coffee was offered. No hot towels. In fact, there was very little engagement with any passengers. This was not a bust flight, there was no turbulence or other reason for a lack of service. It really did just appear that the crew could not be bothered. Such a shame when a business ticket on this flight costs nearly £300 one way, On a positive note, we flew back in economy and the service was far superior! This may have just been a bad experience but come on, BA, you should be delivering what you advertise. I have complained but I guess it will fall on deaf ears.

✅ Trip Verified | Remote stand at Edinburgh with overloaded long bus ride to get there. Aeroplane nice but floor dirty, and crumbs in harder to reach to clean places. Clearly given no more than a cursory wipe. Cabin crew didn't smile and weren't chatty, but were efficient. Cheese and tomato toastie was tasty, coffee acceptable and good to get free service. Legroom good. Seat comfort good. Landed 5 mins late in London City and had gate furthest away from the domestic arrivals hall so long walk through corridor and up some stairs, down again. City airport conveniently located to get to London though. Basically all was fine but not amazing, and not particularly premium, and not worth the price. A good, but not value for money option.

✅ Trip Verified | I flew London City to Palma return on an Embraer E190. We left on the outward journey on time and arrived slightly early. The return was nearly an hour late leaving because of the aircrafts late arrival. I had exit row seats both ways. Unlike its big brother, BA, Cityflyer still include food and drink which was fine.

✅ Trip Verified | I flew Business class on the nifty 76 seat E170 jet out of London City routed to Dusseldorf. The cabin interior looked a bit tired inside, the jet being 10 years old and prior to this the aircraft served with other airlines. Whilst Eastern Airways won’t be in the league with the legacy carriers, I found the flight comfortable and the crew courteous and attentive. Overall no complaints with the fight, we were delayed outbound and the pilot made up some time en route. Eastern did exactly what was said on the tin and that was getting me from A to B as comfortably and safely as possible.

✅ Trip Verified | Due to my work I was required to travel to London, however as no airline offered cheap prices on such short notice, I decided to travel with BA CityFlyer from Rotterdam to London City. Traveling to Rotterdam The Haque Airport is pretty doable by public transport from Rotterdam Central Station or The Hague Central Station by bus and/or underground. Once arrived, I went straight to check-in my luggage which was fast and efficient as there was literally no queuing time. After passing the usual struggle at security I had a hour left before boarding starts. Due to work in progress on Rotterdam's terminal, there wasn't much to do (wifi was fast and constant though with lots of seating areas). Boarding was done in a nice and efficient way, however what do you expect of only boarding approximately thirty people? The cabin was comfortable. Plenty of legroom, leather seats and a good view in front of the wing, however I'd like to note that it would have been better if they actually replaced their magazine and safety card by a new one as the current one was in a very very poor state. Departed on time, it was a pretty short and straight leg with the pilot informing us several times with departure, arrival and weather information and 15 minutes into flight, the flight attendants served us a pretty limited service for British Airways terms (might had to do with a short flight of only 55 minutes), which included a drink of choice and a biscuit or chips. Once arrived with a not so smooth landing, the plane was quickly parked and deboarding started within a few minutes. Walk to customs (in peak, this is terrible) and baggage drop-off was just a few minutes. BA CityFlyer is an excellent airline providing you with plenty of legroom and friendly staff, however I still found it very pricey and catering could have been improved.

✅ Trip Verified | Edinburgh to London City. BA CityFlyer still offers the sort of premium service you used to be able to expect of BA. As I was flying from Edinburgh I was able to access the excellent lounge at the airport thanks to my frequent flyer status (BA Gold). The lounge is spacious and has plenty of sockets to charge up your devices and desks in order to work. On-board the aircraft is configured 2-2 seating and the legroom is much better than the mainline BA flights into Heathrow and Gatwick. There's still complimentary catering in economy on flights to London City and this (for me) meant a beer and some crisps. I occasionally travel business class (Club Europe) on this route and the catering offered there is more substantial than that offered from Heathrow/Gatwick. All in all it's just a much better experience. Once landed it's less than 10 minutes from the aircraft door to the platform of the DLR. It's the best way to travel if you need to be in Edinburgh for a day of business.