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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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Sep 22, 2021, 4:16 am

#751

Jojobarnes

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I don't get SEZ being cancelled either; surely if Seychelles goes green (and I don't understand why it hasn't), flights will be reinstated? It seems like a perfect destination in the current climate - high spend, leisure orientated...

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Sep 23, 2021, 1:24 pm

#752

aztimm

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LHR-AUS will be returning, for 3x week at least.

https://www.austintexas.gov/news/bri...3zCd5-Kjy6ECWo

Quote:

AUSTIN, Texas – Following a 17 month absence, transatlantic service will return to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, as British Airways will soon resume their popular nonstop service from Austin to London-Heathrow (LHR) on October 13.

Having operated in Austin since March 2014, British Airway’s resumed service is scheduled for three days a week on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Flight number BA190 will depart Austin at 8:05 p.m. and arrive in London at 10:10 a.m. the following morning. BA191 departs at 12:10 p.m. arriving in Austin at 4:45 p.m. All times are local.

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Sep 26, 2021, 9:02 am

#753

BAeuro

Join Date: Oct 2018

Location: London, UK

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Posts: 3,440

A few updates:

London City - Munich/Nice will not operate in W21
Tomorrow is the last day of service for London City - Guernsey/Jersey and Edinburgh - Guernsey, with the routes not being on sale for S22
Providenciales will be served from LHR in W21, as a tag from Nassau.

Sep 26, 2021, 9:19 am

#754

Lefly

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TRN was moved from LGW to LHR for W21, well before the Gatwick news... How much in advance it will be clear if BA will actually operate the route at all this winter?
The first flight is scheduled on 31/10, and last year they went on and on cancelling every flight starting 3 weeks ca. from departure.

Sep 26, 2021, 11:18 am

#755

northeastflyer

Join Date: Mar 2013

Location: Newcastle UK

Posts: 1,114

As many people will be, I'm currently booked on a LGW FAO flight next June that is currently in that no man's land situation whereby the flights are not on the schedule for obvious reasons, but we haven't had notification of whether the flight is cancelled or moving to LHR. As time goes on seats (actual seats) are disappearing from the LHR departure on the same day. Does anyone know roughly when we'll be notified of our options? I realise it's a long time away, however due to various reasons most of my trips are booked not long after the flights become available. Thanks.

Sep 26, 2021, 11:26 am

#756

KARFA

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what date are you looking at?

Sep 26, 2021, 12:12 pm

#757

northeastflyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KARFA

what date are you looking at?

LGW FAO 24 June. I maybe should have mentioned that's it's a standard Avios booking.

Sep 26, 2021, 12:29 pm

#758

Contrast

Join Date: Sep 2016

Posts: 86

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedbirdsouth

As things stand this is in addition to LGW which still appears to be operating Sat, Mon, Thur.

LHR MRU winter only (currently)

Interesting to see the return of MRU at LHR. I wonder if it does well that BA may consider bringing it back to LHR

Sep 26, 2021, 12:37 pm

#759

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Quote:

Originally Posted by northeastflyer

LGW FAO 24 June. I maybe should have mentioned that's it's a standard Avios booking.

so to answer your question, i don't think anyone has any real idea exactly who the LGW issue will play out so it may be a while before you hear anything for definite.

however, if your LGW flight is cancelled you would be rebooked on the LHR flight regardless of whether there is reward space. The LHR flight is far from full so i really wouldn't be concerned so far ahead

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LHR - 24/06/22 3:45 PM
FAO - 24/06/22 6:40 PM
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Sep 26, 2021, 12:42 pm

#760

Speedbirdsouth

Join Date: Feb 2021

Posts: 187

Quote:

Originally Posted by Contrast

Interesting to see the return of MRU at LHR. I wonder if it does well that BA may consider bringing it back to LHR

may well do. Remember pre covid LGW had evening departures to CPT, MLE and MRU. With MLE moved to LHR pre covid and CPT not returning to LGW, combined with spare LHR slots, the premium nature of MRU and LGW now left with just one evening long haul it would seem to make sense

Sep 26, 2021, 1:24 pm

#761

Jojobarnes

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Quote:

Mauritius wasn't always an evening departure - it varied dependent on the day. Male and Cape Town were both seasonal routes anyway, so BA were comfortable with having a sole LH evening departure from Gatwick on various days of the week in the past. Though MRU is a more premium destination it does get support at both ends of the plane; whenever I flew it the aircraft was always generally full in all cabins.

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Sep 26, 2021, 2:05 pm

#762

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Quote:

Originally Posted by northeastflyer

Does anyone know roughly when we'll be notified of our options? I realise it's a long time away, however due to various reasons most of my trips are booked not long after the flights become available. Thanks.

You can be certain that at some point before your flight was scheduled to depart, you will find out whether it does or not

. BA doesn't know yet which flights are going in November yet. Next June is not going to be at the top of their priority list.

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Sep 27, 2021, 12:10 am

#763

northeastflyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KARFA

Thank you. Nothing can be done about this, but as time goes by, the non LGW flights become more booked up, physical seats are booked, I potentially lose my row 1 seat that's been booked from the start. That's the frustrating part as it's one of the few BAEC perks that I appreciate. It's happened already with other flights over the coming winter schedule. That's life.

Sep 27, 2021, 1:51 am

#764

Speedbirdsouth

Join Date: Feb 2021

Posts: 187

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jojobarnes

MRU was always an evening departure until a one per week Monday I think mid afternoon departure was added, loads were never as good on this due flight times. MLE was year round until it became seasonal but yes it’s right to say there was a time where there was only one evening departure, I just wonder post covid whether BA would just take the MRU back to LHR

you’re right regarding loads it was often full in all cabins.

Sep 27, 2021, 12:47 pm

#765

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Does anyone have information on LHR-CHQ (Chania, Greece) flights?
It looks bookable on the BA website, but has dropped off of Google flights. Should I be concerned?
Haven't yet booked, but was going to use a BA credit to do so.