New Orleans is to get a direct link from Heathrow from next year with the start of a British Airways service.
Four years of negotiations have resulted in the new flight, which will operate four times a week from March 27 2017.
The new service will depart London at 3:40 p.m and arrive in New Orleans at 7:40 p.m. The flight from New Orleans will depart at 9:10 p.m. arriving in London at 12:00 noon the next day.
BA’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, will serve the route, with 214 customers across three cabins, including 154 seats in World Traveller (economy), 25 seats in World Traveller Plus (premium economy) and 35 seats in Club World (business).