British Airways Business Class Airbus A318 London City to New York JFK FULL FLIGHT
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- This is one flight that had been on my hit list for a long time and finally I was able to make it work and secure a seat on it, the British Airways all-Business Class Airbus A318 service from London City to New York.
Tried to capture as much of the experience as possible so hopefully the video is enjoyable for you. This flight was also rather empty with just 12 passengers on board including myself which certainly enhanced the 'exclusivity' factor greatly.
British Airways
Airbus A318-100
G-EUNA
BA001
LCY-SNN-JFK
21/04/16
Seat 7A
Load - 35%
The BA 747 looking on dismissively as the little runt pulls up.
Да точно в аэропорту jhon f jenedy
Well there aren't many 747s left, so the 747 knows it won't live much longer, while the perky little 318 can look forward to a much longer lifespan.
its because the engines are the same, and if the plane is bigger..
Little and large
SANTI & Leon GAMER 2737 - FIFA 16/17 y mas. the engines are not the same. The 747 engines are at least twice the size of the A318.
I remember when i didn't know what ETOPS meant and i asked a pilot and his response was (Engines Turn Or Passengers Swim).LOL
Aviation Nut
@aviation nut That is such a good way to remember it!!!!!!!!!! ::::)
Aviation Nut couldn't be more true 😂😂😂
I remember when I was 13 going to New York as a birthday treat, it was night time over New York in the snow and I thin it was the big 747 started approaching JFK and banking you could see all sky scrapers lit up and all the bright lights. It looked so nice
yeah I used to fly BA all the time to London on the 747's love those planes!
The A318 has always been my favorite jet! I've flown on it internationally from Paris to Bologna, Paris to Moscow and St-Petersburg to Paris. But as soon as I heard this little guy had the ETOPS rating to fly transatlantic, I just had to see! Thanks for uploading, I now know what my next flight to Europe will be!
Jean Kremer Same,the A318 is my favourite
Lovely, 1 suggestion. Keep your text a little longer in the screen. I had to pause everytime.
To this day, i'm still staggered an A318 can make it from LCY-JFK direct..... it just amazes me such a tiny jet can go so far, yet the bigger brothers can't.
I believe the A319/A320 can make it TATL but with severely limited PAX, so much so the route would not be feasible on that plane.
Disregard, via SNN... I did wonder how it was possible to go so far without making a fuel stop.
thefiestaguy Well the return leg is JFK-LCY direct but as you said with only a maximum of 32 pax, it is a low payload.
That said the NEO/MAX will become commonplace on East Coast-Europe flights in the near future able to operate with a decent load
So basically, on any small jet, the only way they can make it profitable is if it's business passengers only? or First...... small pax so need a high turnover, therefore make it an all business class flight.
does it still fly?? or no more ?
Neo Marcellino It is only 6x weekly now, used to be 11x weekly. The BA001/2 operates but the BA003/4 has been suspended indefinitely.
the reason why this flight stops at SNN is simply to refuel. The runway at LCY is too short for an A318 to take off with a full load of fuel
John .Mitch Plus for immigration so they can skip queues at JFK as it’s domestic.
Dude I am a real world pilot and as far as I know A318 cannot fly to JFK without refueling. It is using the same concept as of a charter plane it also needs to stop at a lot of airports just so that it can refuel. And as far as you are concerned that the runway at LCY is too short for takeoff with full fuel then we takeoff with a flaps 2 config for lower speeds required for takeoff.
@@t-banggaming8414 yeaj but at lcy climb gradient is also an issue so flap 2 isn't necesarily going to help.
Mr. Pilot Yes it can, it literally flies direct from JFK-LCY on the return flight, oh dear.
@@juliettebravosprteam4072 It has the range but needs a lot more runway than there is at LCY to get that weight off the deck. SNN was chosen as a clever dual purpose stop on the outbound - refuel and clear US immigration.
I had to click the video to make sure I read that right, a transatlantic voyage on an A318 huh.
Cool Vid.
british airways only use the a318 for this flight. they don't use it on any other routes
Canadian airline westjet fly's a 737-600 from Canada to Dublin every day
A318 is short-range so yeah that kind of made me feel like I just got pranked
They only use it with 32 seats, so the range will be substantially increased but the first time I heard it I thought the same thing "wait a minute, hows that even possible" was my first thought.
As fun as it would be flying the a318 to JFK I would rather be on a 747 or any of BAs other aircraft they use from London Heathrow to JFK instead of this since the a318 isn't as fast as the 747, when you fly for so long the difference between mach 0,76 (which is a normal cruising speed for the a318) and mach 0.85 which is the speed a 747 travels at becomes more noticeable.
I was very glad to see the video review of the flight!
Thank you very much!
Thank you - I enjoyed making it!
CaptainDoony they have in flight data roaming is that new or have they never told us that
CaptainDoony good video how long was the flight. Seemed light it didn't take very long compared to flight to the us I have been to
12 passengers and they run out of soufflé? Come on!
olli2591 the flight attendants probably ate them all
@@joshuajoe1419 Those filthy gluttons
Holy shit the acceleration
elsamso it has better acceleration than the Concorde.
Thank you for uploading this great vid. Flying in an almost-like private jet at a regular business class fare. That is awesome.
I was lucky enough to fly on the old BA001 (Concorde) in 1998 Take-off looks almost as much fun on this from LCY.
That's alot of fuel burnt just for 12 passengers!
Jim Taliadoros but a lot payed from the 12 pax too hahahah
You gotta wonder how they make any money on that route.. JP4 aint cheap...
lvsluggo007 they would charge for money for this trip because it is harder to come by and it is less profitable
Think of this from a business perspective: 1. LCY is right beside London's Docklands where alot of the finance and big business in the UK is based, so getting to the flight is only a short ride in a car/taxi or the DLR so no time is wasted there
2. Ireland has US preclearence reducing the time at JFK
3. When at JFK, no faffing about with security. A courtesy car/taxi can drive you to Wall Street and the Downtown Manhattan area otherwise the Subway can take you there as well. BA have this flight to make it a whole lot easier for big business clientel to get where they need to be. It also means if you want to travel business class LHR-JFK you have a better chance of a seat, even though it will be slim.
its a CEO's flight
35% full and they ran out of Souffle, tight fisted so and so's lol. Great video
It's bloody good soufflé
Classes on the BA A318: Business, Business, Business, Business and Business
Good vid. I much prefer written commentary notes to a burbling voice-over. Love City Airport. It is so much more civilised than the major hubs.
Also, that was very nice to have afternoon tea while flying to New York...You did well with this flight.
You did very well having the seat by yourself...I miss the Concorde both British Airways and Air France flying into New York. So, now this is a class as you can get flying Business on a regular aircraft.. Still having only what 45 people onboard when full is very cute...
Nice! I have never been on this type aircraft. Thanks for sharing.
You missed nothing! haha I've flew an A318 couple of times with Avianca, and it's basically the same thing as an A319, which is far more common.
Very nice report , thx 4 sharing. LCY is really a charming airport , nice BA service.
Nice review! The sound of shutting the engine is cute!
One World Flyer was that what the ‘sawing sound’ was at the end of the video?
A318: The little jet that could.
OMG that lil' A318 is so adorable ^_^ But it goes further than its Big Bad Bros! This flight must cost an absolute fortune but so worth it for convenience and exclusivity. Flight 001! :-O
the seats cost £3000 each way..!
FANTASTIC Trip Report!
I don't remember, that BA have A318s in their fleet yet........very nice!
I find it amazing that an a318 can fly that far without the need for a stop.
It is quite a way. However Norwegian for example fly fully laden 737-800's from northern Norway down to the Canary Islands which is almost 7 hours - I personally find this more of a feat.
David Lima you don't have to be so rude, i knew that just that typically that plane wouldn't perform that flight
it stopped in shannon...
Nice video. London City looks like a hoot. love how close you get!
Due to A318's steep approach compatibility it can fly longhaul. The distance from Shannon to JFK is 4,954 km whereas the A318's maximum range to fly non stop is 5,700km (3,600 miles) plus with less seats onboard makes this flight possible.
Really nice video. Well done. Thank you for sharing
Very nice video! Enjoyed and liked! :D
Awesome footage!!!
awesome video! I wanna try this flight some day
I flew on an Armenian Airlines a318 from Yerevan to Moscow, business class. Its such a cute baby airbus & pretty comfy too for medium to short haul flights, especially in business. I would much rather fly on a 318 than a stupid turboprop.
Plane must've been empty for that steep take off. Amazing. Great video.
The flaps were retracted quite quickly after takeoff from Shannon
Thanks great vid! There is another video on RUclips done by BA where a captain explains the A318 has larger fuel tank, different navy system for North Atlantic and more powerful engines as well as aerodynamic features for London city steep approaches. It answers the questions as to why they use that aircraft and explains all those features are non standard.
It has been my dream to fly BA001 and fly either business class or first class.
The new partly carbon fiber Bombardier C-Series CS100 will be flying this route as a Business Class only route. It has the super quiet Pratt GTF, Geared Turbo Fan engine which cuts noise by between 60 and 75 percent over same power jets The increase in fuel mileage is 21 percent so the plane surprised everyone and it became a Trans Atlantic jet because of the great performance.
The dog bark at the end is soooooo nice 😍😍😍😍
That was great you had the seat beside you....Nice...
Thank you for this. I have long been curious about this particular flight.
I'm wondering why anyone would choose this route in preference to LHR-JFK direct? Maybe because you can get U.S.customs/immigration clearance at Shannon and avoid the interminable queues at N.Y.?
Because if you work in the City or Canary Wharf, LCY has way lower ground travel times.
That's a incredible good business class for such a small plane!!!! In my opinion it's almost as good as the 787 business class!!!
Wow the landing at JFK looked extreme soft even if the approach looked quite turbulent
Yeah it was a smooth touchdown
I'd imagine it was TOGA for take off instead of FLEX lol
It would be great if BA were to offer an LCY to MDW service. An icing on the cake for the Chicago Department of Aviation. MDW is one of the world's fastest growing airports.
great video. always wondered why EUNA was used for this trip and you have answered all them questions i had.
4:15 I was scratching my eye at this very moment and my vision was all blurry, and I thought that flybe was a Southwest plane at LCY for a split second and was utterly confused
I would love to do this flight one day
I flew on a bigger plane from Paris to London...
SpaceManJoe who hasn't
SpaceManJoe I flew on an even bigger train from LHR to LCY.
Oh wait... That was a train. My bad.
@@RB747domme you flew on a train?
SpaceManJoe so
Well BA use a B777 to Madrid from Heathrow on a regular basis and Iberia use an A340 on the LHR - MAD route as well.
The sounds at 21:34 remind me as to why I love flying.
Oh my God is this all-business class plane? Look great! Thanka for sharing this experience. P.S: I agree that dirty windows are enemies of air spotter haha.
Travip Flight Review Yes this is all Business class 😀
35%full you just wonder how much of a loss that route is 😭
the seats cost £3000 each way..!
Maybe BA should consider replacing A318 with CS100, which is able to perform non-stop flight between LCY - JFK, without refuelling in Shannon
Can u finish read all.the words you typed in 3 sec everytime? If u cant plz make it longer that people can read wtf u type in the video.
Little plane has POWER
If you search from LONDON to JKF BA's business class, you will find depart from LCY is cheaper than LHR and LGW.
I didn't know that we can travel in buisness classes in the A318 and I didn't know that this aircraft can ensures the distance London/New-York City... It's a huge discovery for me !
Hugo25 y this plane is all business class, there are no other classes on this flight and pf course this plane can! 😀
CaptainDoony, I just want to say thankyou for Uploading this! I have been waiting for a full (great quality) video of this flight. It is a brilliant video and you are 100% worth more than 101 subscribers. Keep up the vids, I love them. Proud subscriber! Can I ask what camera would you recommend to record HD 1080P flight videos ?
Thanks, I think that is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me haha :). I use an iPhone 6S recording at 60fps for majority of my videos. Sometimes use 30fps for lower light situations.
+CaptainDoony When's the return flight lol? 😂😂. What did you get up to in New York then...? 😊
Quite a few intra US flights to come before that. I connected in New York onwards to Los Angeles. That video is up tomorrow, American A321T!
I was surprised to see BA using an A318 on a London to New York route, although making the entire aircraft Business Class was a nice & interesting touch & option. Still, crossing the pond on an aircraft that's barely 100ft long is something u don't see everyday. Even stopping in Ireland before the Atlantic crossing, I'm sure it stretched the A318's 3,100mi range. Also, that was one of the shortest (& necessary I'm sure flying outta LCY) takeoff roles I ever seen. Most takeoff roles last between 30-45sec. I had to watch it twice to make sure I wasn't seeing things, as that takeoff role was a mere 20sec on the dot...gotta hand it to Airbus, those CFM engines really get up & go.
I'm curious...Can u tell me how long the flight from SNN to JFK was pls??
Thx 4 posting this, enjoyed the vid. ;-) Nate- Pittsburgh, PA
Nathan Huffman SNN (Shannon) is in the Republic of Ireland, not Scotland! (Or were you referring to a different flight?)
Sean MacCormac my mistake
It's written at the end that the flight from SNN to JFK was 6hours and 30 minutes
Very nice video
i didnt know those damn a318's could go to JFK. They are damn good
Gavin WIse damn yes sir
very nice video
Great video
Very exclu! No riff-raff. No democrats. I'd do this in a heartbeat!
BA 001 was a Concorde flight number.
Stuart Lee Thats what this flight was made to replace 😀
Stuart Love that " no democrats"
Sir Lancelot is great, fuck democrates 😂
This is London to NY, its probably mostly democrats.
Nice flight review
Chanced upon your video... very well shot... very nice!!...only one small request... please show internal views of the aircraft too during the flight duration... otherwise..your shots of the wings etc... super!! thanks for sharing!!
There’s a restaurant opposite to the gates. You see planes takeoff, land and taxi from there :)
I bet the 747 bullies the small a318
The first flight I've seen that serves Southern Comfort (my fave)
BA's senior management has cut-back on the expenses to the point where it has become noticeable for those travelling in business-class. I pity the economy travellers, where the meal service has been reduced further.
Woahhh an a318 can go transatlantic ?!?! Coooool Nice vid btw
12 passengers! Even at full business class prices, I doubt this flight broke even. If it did, the ticket cost must have been high.
BA Club world tickets from LCY easily tops 6k.
Well. 6,000 US gallons of fuel minimum each way. More via Shannon refueling because of climb fuel burn on the leg out best of LCY short runway. But let's be generous.
Jet fuel is $2.75 USD per gallon, roughly $33,000 in fuel alone (round trip).
Landing fees, general maintenance (not including Heavy C-Check inspection), crew, divided by 12 passengers probably cost around, $25,000 per flight, 50K total.
The aircraft is worth $55 M USD. Capital cost per flight (lease or internal financed) not including interest, works out to 1,600 total flights (12 hrs per flight x 2), over 20,000 hr TTAF before being sold used or recycled for parts is $34,375.00 USD (Round trip).
Estimated C-Check cost: $10M USD ($13,000 USD per RT)
Total round trip costs: $130,375.00 USD
Total revenue: $144,000 USD, assuming $6,000 is charged EACH way.
And we haven't added cost of capital, interests, corporate services (reservation system, management/ SG&A) let alone profit.
This flight took a bath in red ink before it left the ground. Probably explains why only one flight (each way) now only operates instead of twice daily.
Wath an amazing video !
Amazingly long flight for such a small aircraft.
its real
omg an a318 flying to jfk from lcy/shannon
Dennis Korolevych I know right
Dennis Korolevych my thoughts exactly
Dennis Korolevych it’s London city
It would be better if It flies London City - LaGuardia !!
beeney2 nope
It can handle ones with preclearance (Air Canada flies there), but they limit flights to only those under 4 hours.
LaGuardia is a bad airport imo, not good.
If they did LCY to laguardia I believe they wouldn't make it bc the mtow for the runway at LCY wouldn't get the to ny. Just a thought
LaGuardia is limited to 1500 miles max distance from it
Awesome video mate!
Fantastic upload, as per - thank you... Given the Shannon stop (which I don't quite get!), would you recommend onto others or is a direct Heathrow approach the way to go? Thinking of chartering for my 40th next year!
Thanks! The A318 service without a doubt feels more exclusive and calmer than any equivalent LHR service. It's rarely rammed full so crew attentiveness should be better than LHR also. As to whether it saves time I would say no personally - Pre Clearance is good on arrival at JFK but it still took around 20 minutes of queuing before you have to go through a security checkpoint of sorts (shoes off, bags, electronics scanned etc) and immigration at Shannon.
lovely video
I didn't know the Airbus A318 was capable of transatlantic flights!
They're really cutting it close to that a318's max range
At 17:16 you're still in Canadian airspace, over CYFC/YFC, looking south towards Saint John CYSJ/YSJ and the coast of Nova Scotia in the far distance. ;-)
nice video
It amazes me how such a tiny plane flies trans-atlantic.
Great vid! What did you shoot this on?
iPhone 6s - 60fps mode
Captain Doony. The plane fuels in Shannon to fly to Nyc JFK & then later that evening it flies back from Nyc to London City Airport. They can't refuel @ London City Airport. That's why it stops @ Shannon. I fly often between London Heathrow & Nyc Jfk. I prefer the direct flight from London Heathrow to Nyc Jfk on a 747 or a 777.
They do refuel at London City, but not much because if they put enough fuel to go straight to New York its to heavy and the plane can't take off on the tiny runway
+Alex Russell Thanks for the info. Never realized that was the reason.
shayne sealy
6:18 yes! I love when you can hear the engine buzz from the PA.
Good video :D
Oh and wouldn't an A319 be able to do LCY-JFK nonstop because it has greater range?
FlightFilms It would be the same as they still have to stop in Shannon for fuel as London city runway is too short for a full tank.
I would prefer the higher altitude ceiling of the larger aircraft when crossing the Atlantic. Nice video though
The A318 doesn't fly any lower than the B744/B777 that plague the LHR-JFK route. We were at FL370 & FL390 on this flight.
How the... can a A318 go DIRECTLY from london to New York?WTF I didn't expect that wow 😳
excusitywar169 minimal payload is how
I'm really shocked a plane that small can make that trip!
The only time I went on that was at farnbourough air show
holy, that acceleration
The smallest airbus is a220 rigth? Nice video!
Imo thus business class seat is better than ba's standard a380 business class seat.
Amazing route, if you are an aviation enthusiast. Also it is nice concept to have a whole plane yours in business class, kinda like a private business jet. BUT, is that route even profitable at all? If I was a business class passenger why should I take this route, make a stop on SNN and not simply take the enormous 747 on business class from Heathrow and fly direct? Just wondering, i am sure there must be a reason for this flight.
Could they fly to Laguardia? The plane is small enough and by going through preclearance means the lack of customs wouldn't be a problem. The benefit is that you're closer to Manhattan.
Matt Andaloro Performance wise it would be no problem. The LGA perimeter rule would be the biggest hurdle I would have though.
Good as a diamond and precious
You take the comments on screen away too quick I can barely read them lol but great video interesting that the 318 can fly this route
Cool vid