Port of Oakland and British Airways officials and guests gather for a press conference at a vintage British Overseas Airways Corporation(BOAC) Flying Boat at the Oakland Aviation Museum in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. British Airways is launching a new service from Oakland International Airport to Gatwick Airport in London, England starting in March 2017. This will be the airlines first route from Gatwick to California. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)