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New Routes

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)

COVID-19 BA Suspended Routes, Changes in The BA Network, Speculation & Discussion

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Jul 25, 2021, 12:40 pm

#691

BAeuro

Join Date: Oct 2018

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kingstontoon

I'm starting to think the Polish routes and Riga won't start at all sadly. I have a cancelled Wroclaw I was going to use to come back from any Polish airport on 22 August using the 300 mile rule but there are now no BA flights from anywhere in Poland that day. There's a KRK and WAW lunchtime on 23 August but I have no confidence those won't be cancelled.

I'm also booked RIX-LHR on 5 September and can see that going too. Any idea whether BA would move us onto the Air Baltic for free (this does carry a BA code I believe)?

I agree, I don’t feel confident they’ll start now - which is a real shame. Notably, they 4 new routes are not on sale for S22 either, unlike other new routes like Antalya and Perugia.

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Jul 25, 2021, 12:44 pm

#692

ISTFlyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BAeuro

I agree, I don’t feel confident they’ll start now - which is a real shame. Notably, they 4 new routes are not on sale for S22 either, unlike other new routes like Antalya and Perugia.

Can't speak about Perugia but
I know that BA wanted more slots for Antalya and Dalaman when the Turkish SHGM distributed the slots that were emptied after the bankruptcy of Monarch and Tui.
BA wouldn't like to lose the slots because Ryanair UK, Jet2, Wizzair and Easyjet would immediately grab those Antalya slots if BA leaves them.

Jul 26, 2021, 10:37 am

#693

Waggy

Join Date: Feb 2004

Location: London, UK

Programs: BA Gold, VS Gold

Posts: 398

Quote:

Originally Posted by ISTFlyer

Scheduled to resume on 4 November 2021 and flights are loaded for S22.
Costa Rica is currently on the UK's red list and if they remain on the red list for the foreseeable future, I guess the suspension of this route would be extended again.

Thanks IST.
I can't see any direct flights LGW-SJO loaded on ba.com after 30th April. Any idea when May 2022 onwards might be updated? Am just starting to plan what will be my 3rd attempt to get to CR in summer 22 so was wondering whether I'll have the option to fly direct or whether I'll be looking to go via US or Madrid!

Jul 26, 2021, 10:57 am

#694

Contrast

Join Date: Sep 2016

Posts: 86

Any news or speculation if LGW-EDI will be restarting this year?

Jul 27, 2021, 2:00 am

#695

Speedbirdsouth

Join Date: Feb 2021

Posts: 187

Quote:

Originally Posted by Contrast

Any news or speculation if LGW-EDI will be restarting this year?

nope, no news just speculation/guess work. Earliest will be for Summer 22 (if at all)

Jul 28, 2021, 5:56 am

#696

Freddorick

Join Date: Dec 2016

Posts: 398

Any idea of the SEZ termination is permanent? Or is there a chance BA might load flights again at one point?

Thanks,

Jul 28, 2021, 7:06 am

#697

Speedbirdsouth

Join Date: Feb 2021

Posts: 187

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freddorick

Any idea of the SEZ termination is permanent? Or is there a chance BA might load flights again at one point?

Thanks,

I think it was permanent, odd, I would have thought destinations like SEZ, MLE, MRU and Caribbean would be good use of aircraft premium leisure focus while business travel is slow to recover

Jul 28, 2021, 10:12 am

#698

dbarton

Join Date: May 2004

Posts: 74

With today's UK news allowing quarantine-free entry from EU and USA-------but NOT from Canada------afraid a restart of BA flts to YUL and YVR increasingly unlikely

perhaps even YYZ might become doubtfull Sept onwards

Unsure how UK would handle Canadian visitors who have CDC vaccine cards---which many had in Florida earlier this year

Jul 28, 2021, 10:48 am

#699

ENTP

Join Date: Aug 2014

Location: London

Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, HH Diamond

Posts: 1,916

RIX suspended, well not even starting at all, this year. Might see if I can rebook onto AY for 100TP rather than 40 e/w

Jul 28, 2021, 12:02 pm

#700

steview111

Join Date: Dec 2017

Posts: 209

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbarton

Toronto has been operating throughout the entire pandemic, so it isn't doubtful.

Jul 28, 2021, 12:51 pm

#701

memesweeper

Join Date: Jan 2016

Location: South East England

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Waggy

I have no effective crystal ball ... I was booked to fly to San Jose over xmas and BA have already cancelled my flight. We’re rebooked a few days earlier on another BA flight but I’m getting increasingly pessimistic. The route is only a few days a week at best, and if BA are already dropping odd days from the schedule over winter the possibility the whole route gets canned again over winter is very real.

Our plan B, if BA cancel flights this winter but keep the route running later in 22, will be to postpone, and fly at a later date. If they can SJO completely I might dig my heels in for a re-route on Iberia this winter. Like you, I really, really, want to go.

Jul 28, 2021, 5:55 pm

#702

dylanks

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I started a rolling suspensions section (routes that have not flown since March, 2020, and which keep getting pushed back 1-2 months in advance, e.g. PHX, SAN). I've definitely missed many, so please add if you think of others.

Jul 28, 2021, 7:06 pm

#703

aztimm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dylanks

Thanks for that!
It now looks like AUS-LHR got pushed out a week (from the last time I checked), with flights scheduled to resume on Monday 6 Sep. I'm scheduled to fly it that Wed, 8 Sep. Who wants to bet that will happen?

Jul 28, 2021, 10:21 pm

#704

dylanks

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aztimm

I would be happy to take the bet against it resuming by the 8th.

Jul 30, 2021, 7:15 am

#705

Waggy

Join Date: Feb 2004

Location: London, UK

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Quote:

Originally Posted by memesweeper

My original trip was summer 21, then rebooked summer 22 originally on direct service out and via MIA back - when that was canned they rebooked my outbound via MIA. When it became clear than US travel wasn't opening up I looked at doing the trip via MAD but to avoid an overnight at MAD (and all the COVID testing that would have involved) to stay in transit required a 6:20am start to make a safe connection (the 7:20am was too close a call for me at only 45 mins since I feared getting to SJO without my luggage!). In any event all irrelevant since Costa Rica remains on red list.

I will try again this summer and if there is no direct will book via MIA again I think as next best since can use 2:4:1 and avois on that routing