Skies open for BA
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British Airways’ new subsidiary airline OpenSkies has launched its first commercial flight between Paris Orly and New York JFK.
OpenSkies was set up to take advantage of the EU US Open Skies aviation agreement which allows carriers to fly between any destinations in the EU and US. OpenSkies will operate daily services between Paris and New York on Boeing 757 aircraft, carrying up to 82 passengers.
British Airways’ Chief Executive Willie Walsh said, “This is an exciting new chapter in our history as, for the first time, we will be flying directly between continental Europe and the US.”
OpenSkies’ customers have a choice of three cabins. Biz, the business class cabin, has 24 seats that convert into the only fully flat beds in the Paris-New York market. Prem + offers 28 reclining leather seats with a 52″ seat pitch while there are only 30 seats in the economy cabin.
A second Boeing 757 is scheduled to join OpenSkies later this year from BA’s fleet and there will be six aircraft by the end of 2009. Other European destinations being considered include Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Milan.
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