The stars come out tonight as they say in Tinseltown which is why for us we’re reviving an old classic, Flyday Friday… the City of Angels.
All on the back of news from our friends in La La Land that even more than ever before we’re flocking back to California.
Weekly flights and seat capacity are both set to eclipse pre=pandemic records this year.
Thanks to new services from Delta and Norse and increased flights from Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, United Airlines…
And Ireland’s national airline carrier Aer Lingus.
Who are there for the good times and the bad.
Fair Lingus
As in when my friendliness got the better of me on board my flight from Dublin to LA.
And I agreed to hold my fellow passenger’s half-full sick bag.
When unbeknownst to me the fuels from it got into my lungs and put me out of action for a whole day.
The good folk at Aer Lingus, of course, got me moved to another seat.
And also looked after my fellow passenger throughout the flight and organised for a wheelchair for at LAX.
Of course as they say in ad world other airlines are available.
LA Story
And on June 30, Norse will launch their first-ever London to Los Angeles service, the first LGW-LAX flight since pre-pandemic, offering seven flights per week with 2,366 seats.
Delta restarted their LHR-LAX route on March 26 after an eight-year break.
They now operate a daily nonstop service, offering Delta’s full range of cabin offerings with 1,967 weekly seats available.
Existing carriers are set to increase their number of weekly LA flights between now and July with forecasts showing that American Airlines will add nine new weekly flights.
Virgin Atlantic adding seven, United Airlines doubling their weekly offering from seven to 14 and Aer Lingus adding two additional weekly flights.
This will take the total number of direct, non-stop weekly flights from the UK and Ireland to LA in July to 98 with 28,119 seats, compared to 83 flights and 23,963 seats in 2019.
So there’s no excuse for not getting yourself taking the advice of Flyday Friday… the City of Angels.
And write a new chapter in your LA Story.
And do get out as close as you can to the Hollywood sign which will be 100 years old this year.
I know next time back I will, having missed out last time. And this time I’ll sit in a row on the plane on my own
