Operations began in the summer of 1987 from its base at London City Airport to Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris using two de Havilland Canada Dash 7.

Together with Brymon Airways, with whom it competed directly on the Paris route, the airline was responsible for launching operations from the newly constructed airport.

In 1988, the airline was renamed as London City Airways so as to identify more closely with its base.

Orders were placed for three de Havilland Canada Dash 7, the final airframes of this type that were produced.

They took up the recently released British Airways unused Concorde registrations G-BOAW, AX and AY.