Alaska Airlines crosses the Atlantic for the first time April 28. Meanwhile, nine days earlier, British Airways restores a UK nonstop to St. Louis, the first since 2003.
Nine days earlier, something perhaps as consequential happens quietly.
Today, April 19, British Airways launches four-times-weekly nonstop service between London Heathrow and St. Louis Lambert International Airport. BA221 departs LHR at 16:25 and arrives in STL at 19:30; BA220 departs STL at 22:00 and arrives back at Heathrow at 12:05 the following day. The aircraft is a Boeing 787-8, with all three BA cabins — World Traveller, World Traveller Plus, and Club World (business cabin.)
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on Live and Let's Fly.
