London City Airport opened a new British Airways Cityflyer route to Toulon on May 26, giving passengers another way to reach the south of France from the heart of the capital. The launch was marked at the departure gate with a French Riviera-themed send-off, complete with deckchairs, parasols, a live saxophonist and refreshments for travellers.
For people searching London City Airport news today, the draw is simple: a new leisure link has just gone live, and it lands in a part of France already familiar to the airport’s passengers. Anne Doyere said the Toulon service was the only London route to the city and that it strengthened London’s connection to the south of France alongside the existing BA Cityflyer service to Nice. She added that the launch reflected the airport’s push to broaden the range of destinations it offers, and thanked BA Cityflyer and Toulon–Hyères Airport for making the route possible.
The airline’s own message was in the same vein. Ian Romanis said BA Cityflyer was delighted to introduce the route and that it gave customers a convenient link from central London to the French Riviera, with Toulon adding choice for travellers heading to the region. The airport also staged a rose wine-tasting bar inspired by Provence, underlining that this is being sold as a summer leisure addition rather than a bare-bones transport link.
That positioning matters because Toulon is not a blank spot on the map for London City. The airport already serves Nice, which covers much of the same stretch of coastline, so the new flight is as much about giving passengers another entry point as it is about opening new territory. In practice, it means travellers bound for Toulon–Hyères Airport now have a second London City option in a region where the airport already has a foothold.
What London City has not yet said is how often the Toulon service will operate or how long it will run. For now, the launch itself is the story: a fresh route, a marked-up departure gate and a clearer push by the airport to make its leisure network feel more like a destination menu than a single choice.
