British Airways expands to Cincinnati, its 27th US city

The city of Cincinnati is getting a second trans-Atlantic flight.

Beginning June 5, British Airways will offer nonstop service from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to its main hub in London. There will be 35 lie-flat seats and 25 in premium economy on the flights.

British Airways will run the flight five times per week during the summer and four times during the winter.

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British Airways has the biggest footprint of any European carrier in the U.S. and will add Cincinnati as its 27th destination.

Neil Chernoff, director of networks and alliances at British Airways, said that it will open up these destinations to customers on each side of the Atlantic.

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Cincinnati is getting a boost from landing the nonstop service to London. The hub was the second largest in the early 2000s. Hundreds of daily flights were flown from CVG.

CVG was dropped as a hub by Delta after it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008. Delta's nonstop to Paris was the only regular route to Europe.

The London service will give the airport a second route and a shot of prestige.

British Airways has a nonstop service from CVG to London-Heathrow, which is great news for the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana region. Business travel, economic development, and tourism between the UK and the United States are all impacted by this flight.

The carrier has announced plans to add more flights on its existing London routes from both Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and Portland International Airport (PDX).

Oneworld travelers might like the route as a way to travel to Europe. There were 20,000 award tickets available for one-way to London in the economy and 60,000 for business. One-way tickets on the Cincinnati-London route are available in June for 30,000 miles in economy or 57,500 miles in business.

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