Travelers soon will have another air option when traveling from New York to Brussels or Paris when British Airways launches a new airline—OpenSkies—in June. The new airline will feature daily flights to both destinations on Boeing 757 aircraft that can carry up to 82 passengers. The carrier will offer three distinct traveling classes: business, premium economy and economy. The business class cabin has 24 seats that convert into 6-foot flat beds. There will be 28 premium economy seats with a 52-inch seat pitch and 30 economy seats. The plan is to operate six 757s by the end of 2009, all of which will come from the current BA fleet, according to Dale Moss, the managing director of OpenSkies.
|Willie Walsh, CEO of British Airways, says: "We're celebrating the first major step in 60 years towards a liberalized U.S./European Union aviation market. That means we can fly between any U.S. and European Union destination."
—Joseph Kornik