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Old May 28, 2020, 8:02 am
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Heathrow - Antalya
Heathrow - Antigua
Heathrow - Barbados
Heathrow - Bermuda
Heathrow - Cancun (Now Suspended)
Heathrow - Cluj-Napoca (Cancelled before launch)
Heathrow - Gdańsk (Cancelled before launch)
Heathrow - Lahore
Heathrow - Malé
Heathrow - Mauritius
Heathrow - Menorca (Now Suspended)
Heathrow - Newquay
Heathrow - Nuremberg (begins 27th March 2022)
Heathrow - Orlando
Heathrow - Perugia (begins 27th June 2022)
Heathrow - Ponta Delgada (begins 2nd July 2022)
Heathrow - Portland (begins 3rd June 2022)
Heathrow - Riga (Cancelled before launch)
Heathrow - Saint Lucia
Heathrow - São Paulo - Buenos Aires (begins 9th December 2021 - New Combined Route)
Heathrow - Terceira (begins 10th July 2022)
Heathrow - Wroclaw (Cancelled before launch)

Gatwick - Doha
Gatwick - Islamabad (begins 27th March 2022 - Switching from LHR)
Gatwick - Manchester (begins 27 March 2022)
Gatwick - Montego Bay

London City - Barcelona (begins 19th June 2022)
London City - Belfast City
London City - Gibraltar (Now Suspended)
London City - Guernsey
London City - Jersey
London City - Luxembourg (begins 27th March 2022)
London City - Milan Malpensa (begins 27th March 2022)
London City - Salzburg (begins Feb 2022)
London City - San Sebastián (begins 8th July 2022)
London City - Thessaloniki (begins 18th June 2022)

Manchester - Faro (Now Suspended)
Manchester - Porto (Now Suspended)

Newcastle - Faro (Now Suspended)

Edinburgh - Faro (Now Suspended)
Edinburgh - Guernsey

Belfast City - Birmingham
Belfast City - Exeter
Belfast City - Glasgow
Belfast City - Leeds/Bradford
Belfast City - London City
Belfast City - Newquay

Southampton - Alicante
Southampton - Bergerac
Southampton - Berlin
Southampton - Chambery (begins 18th December 2021)
Southampton - Edinburgh
Southampton - Faro
Southampton - Florence (begins 30th April 2022)
Southampton - Ibiza
Southampton - Limoges (begins 14th May 2022)
Southampton - Malaga
Southampton - Mykonos
Southampton - Nice (begins 14th May 2022)
Southampton - Palma de Mallorca
Southampton - Salzburg (begins 11th December 2021)

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Terminated Routes

Heathrow - Abu Dhabi
​​​​​​Heathrow - Beirut
Heathrow - Buenos Aires (Direct Service)
Heathrow - Calgary
Heathrow - Charleston
Heathrow - Dammam (via Bahrain)
Heathrow - Doha

Heathrow - Durban
Heathrow - Helsinki - Specific thread
Heathrow - Islamabad
(ends 9th December 2021 - Switching to LGW)
Heathrow - Jeddah (short adhoc operation in July over Hajj)
Heathrow - Kuala Lumpur
Heathrow - Leeds Bradford - Specific thread
Heathrow - Montpellier
Heathrow - Moscow SVO - Specific thread
Heathrow - Muscat
Heathrow - Osaka
Heathrow - Podgorica
Heathrow - Seoul
Heathrow - Seychelles


Gatwick - Almeria
Gatwick - Bermuda
Gatwick - Bilbao
Gatwick - Cape Town
Gatwick - Cologne
Gatwick - Edinburgh
Gatwick - Genoa
Gatwick - Las Vegas
Gatwick - Lima
Gatwick - Malé
Gatwick - Milan Bergamo
Gatwick - Nuremberg
Gatwick - Toronto
Gatwick - Vienna

London City - Gibraltar
London City - Isle of Man
London City - Manchester
London City - Milan Linate
London City - Munich
London City - New York JFK (A318 retirement)
London City - Rome
London City - Venice

Stansted - Berlin
Stansted - Chambery
Stansted - Faro
Stansted - Florence
Stansted - Ibiza
Stansted - Malaga
Stansted - Mykonos
Stansted - Palma de Mallorca

Manchester - Alicante
Manchester - Faro
Manchester - Florence
Manchester - Ibiza
Manchester - Malaga
Manchester - Mykonos
Manchester - Nice
Manchester - Palma de Mallorca

Newcastle - Faro

Edinburgh - Faro

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Routes Switching from Long Haul to Short Haul

Heathrow - Amman
Heathrow - Cairo
Heathrow - Moscow DME

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Temporary Suspensions for W21

Heathrow - Billund
Heathrow - Pisa
Heathrow - San Jose, CA
Heathrow - Sydney

Gatwick - Alicante
Gatwick - Dubrovnik

London City - Nice


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NB: All LGW Short-Haul services will depart from LHR up to and including 26 March 2022 (excluding LGW-GLA/MAN)

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Old Dec 28, 2020, 12:22 am
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Probably they are waiting for the slot usage rules to be precise before updating the schedule.
Unless there is a spike in demand, there is no reason for Terminal 3 to re-open at this point.
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Old Dec 28, 2020, 1:45 am
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Any speculation regarding the LGW SH routes moved to LHR, if they will be moved back to LGW with the S21 start or if they will be kept at LHR? I'm looking at TRN and for the moment is still scheduled from LGW starting from the end of March...
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Old Dec 29, 2020, 2:11 pm
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The slot usage rules for the summer would determine everything.
Before authorities make a decision on slot usage rules, nothing close to certain could be mentioned about the future of LGW short-haul routes.
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Old Dec 29, 2020, 2:55 pm
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Does anyone want to speculate when BA will process the suspension of SFO until mid-March? I'm curious to find out exactly what mid-March means!

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Old Dec 30, 2020, 5:00 am
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Surprised Dominican Republic/Punta Cane (PUJ) doesn't feature yet.

Dominican Government announced the cancellation of flights from that destination since last 22 December, due to the detection of a new COVID-19 strain.
https://dominicantoday.com/dr/touris...g-from-the-uk/

We have a BA Holidays trip booked for end-Feb, which looks highly vulnerable!
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Old Dec 31, 2020, 5:26 am
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Wasn't the Heathrow - Marrakech route suspended too?
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Old Dec 31, 2020, 8:12 am
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Originally Posted by hoipolloi
Wasn't the Heathrow - Marrakech route suspended too?
No, it remains a winter seasonal route operating from Oct-Apr.
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Old Dec 31, 2020, 6:24 pm
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Does anyone want to speculate when BA will process the suspension of SFO until mid-March? I'm curious to find out exactly what mid-March means!

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I would be more interested to know if this news turns out to be true. So far, I have only read about it on sfgate.com a couple of days ago. My flight SFO-LHR is on January 25 and I would highly appreciate it to know if this service is going to be suspended or not. Do you have any further information regarding this?
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Old Dec 31, 2020, 10:15 pm
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I would be more interested to know if this news turns out to be true. So far, I have only read about it on sfgate.com a couple of days ago. My flight SFO-LHR is on January 25 and I would highly appreciate it to know if this service is going to be suspended or not. Do you have any further information regarding this?
Well, yes, that would come first. I haven't seen anything else so I'm beginning to question it! It did seem a bit strange as I understand that is a decent cargo route for BA. Something to do with fish. Mostly.

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Old Jan 1, 2021, 1:49 am
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SFO was listed as a destination for crew bidding which is currently open for February. It's also the first month in a long time which we can actually see trips listed rather than just bid for days off.
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Old Jan 1, 2021, 7:13 am
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Originally Posted by RB211
Well, yes, that would come first. I haven't seen anything else so I'm beginning to question it! It did seem a bit strange as I understand that is a decent cargo route for BA. Something to do with fish. Mostly.

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The SFO metro size is only the 12th largest in the US, but usually has the benefit of the tech industry. In general the tech industry has taken covid very seriously and there’s very little demand to fly currently with many tech companies minimizing travel until at least Q3.

Combine that with the California lockdown which has closed in restaurant dining and there’s even less demand for fish as well.

I had been scheduled to fly via SFO in November but the loads for the week were so light that I was not surprised when flights were cancelled (and that’s saying something as the flights I took via LAX and DFW were at around 20% of capacity).

I think I read that passenger volume was down 90% for US-UK/Europe, but I would guess that number is closer to 99% for the Bay Area.
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Old Jan 1, 2021, 10:26 am
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Spain has extended the travel ban for the UK until 19th January.
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Old Jan 2, 2021, 8:52 am
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Booked to fly to Cancun from London Gatwick in 2 weeks. Flights are still leaving 3 times a week. I am surprised by this.
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Old Jan 2, 2021, 11:50 am
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Originally Posted by dylanks
The SFO metro size is only the 12th largest in the US, but usually has the benefit of the tech industry. In general the tech industry has taken covid very seriously and there’s very little demand to fly currently with many tech companies minimizing travel until at least Q3.

Combine that with the California lockdown which has closed in restaurant dining and there’s even less demand for fish as well.

I had been scheduled to fly via SFO in November but the loads for the week were so light that I was not surprised when flights were cancelled (and that’s saying something as the flights I took via LAX and DFW were at around 20% of capacity).

I think I read that passenger volume was down 90% for US-UK/Europe, but I would guess that number is closer to 99% for the Bay Area.
And yet, other than it being a bit spotty between now and the end of the week, it's scheduled daily to +355, with that SF Gate article appearing to be the only source of the rumoured suspension.

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Old Jan 5, 2021, 12:52 pm
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And yet, other than it being a bit spotty between now and the end of the week, it's scheduled daily to +355, with that SF Gate article appearing to be the only source of the rumoured suspension.

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Chris McGinnis made an update - BA will not be suspending service. I'd like to take credit, as I wrote to him, and he credits "reports quoting an SFO spokesperson that BA would also suspend winter flights were questioned by several readers"

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/articl...e-15827109.php
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