Club World London City

BA began the service in September 2009, using two Airbus A318s fitted with 32 lie-flat beds in an all business class cabin.

Due to the short runway at London City Airport limiting fuel uptake, westbound flights from London to New York made a stop at Shannon Airport for refueling, where passengers on board flight BA1 cleared US Customs and Immigration, arriving in New York as domestic passengers.

[5] Although the fuel stop in Shannon led to a longer flight time compared to flights departing from Heathrow Airport to New York, passengers still saved time flying the London City service because they could check a bag just 20 minutes before departure compared to the 60 minutes required at Heathrow.

[13] The subsidiary was established as Acoperco Limited on 14 March 2012,[12] which applied for operating and route licences with the Civil Aviation Authority the same month.

[14] The Club World London City services returned to being operated directly by British Airways PLC in 2015 although no changes were made to the aircraft, crews or product offered.