Air France switches Strasbourg flights to London City
Air France will switch a twice daily service from Gatwick to Strasbourg to a three times daily flight from London City Airport from October 28.
Flights will operate three times daily from Monday to Friday with a reduced service at weekends.
Departures from at 07.05, 11.50 and 16.05, and return flights from Strasbourg at 10.45, 16.00 and 19.10, are aimed at business travellers, MEPs and civil servants travelling to European Parliament sittings, as well as holidaymakers.
Return fares start at £98, including taxes per person
The flights will be operated by 31-seater Dornier 328 aircraft offering a two-class service.
The Gatwick flights were operating for Air France by Brit Air while the Lond City service will be run by CityJet.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
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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