Air France-KLM's Irish subsidiary CityJet is to begin a three times daily service from George Best Belfast City Airport to London City beginning on
March 26.
CityJet has announced a total of eight new routes from London City Airport,serving destinations in Switzerland, Spain, Italy, France and the UK.
Under the brand-name 'CityJet for Air France', it will serve Geneva, Madrid,Milan Linate, Nice and Zurich. It will also open routes to George Best
Belfast City, Dundee and Edinburgh in co-operation with ScotAirways.
Brian Ambrose, Chief Executive of George Best Belfast City Airport said:"We're delighted with this announcement and look forward to welcoming
CityJet and the London City to our expanding route portfolio.
"From summer 2007 the total number of scheduled destinations served from Belfast City Airport will be 23 including the recently announced routes to
Rennes and Cardiff. Travellers now have now a choice of daily services to four different London airports."
Starting on 26 March, the new routes will take the total number of destinations CityJet serve from London City to 10. It currently serves Paris
Orly and Dublin.
CityJet CEO Geoffrey O'Byrne White said: "We are pleased to underline our commitment to London City where we have had a presence for many years while
simultaneously pursuing our development with our revamped fleet."
CityJet, which operates three BAE Systems Avro RJ85ERs, 19 British Aerospace 146-200s and two 146-300s, is expanding its fleet with the addition of 23
ex-Mesaba Avro RJ85s.