Time for some good BA News.
British Airways has announced new routes and frequency upgrades today with:
South America:
London Heathrow – Buenos Aires – Now a Direct flight as opposed to a stop in San Paulo (with both having direct flights daily)
Caribbean:
London Gatwick to Barbados will increase from 10 to 12 flights a week
London Gatwick to Antigua will increase from five to six services a week
London Gatwick to St Lucia will increase to daily flights from five a week.
Mexico:
London Gatwick to Cancun, (set to be launched in November 2010), will have it’s freqncy increased from 2 to 3 services a week
United States of America:
London Gatwick to Tampa FL will increase from five to seven flights a week
London Gatwick to Orlando FL will drop from nine to seven flights a week.
All the changes above commence 27th March 2011.
Japan – The star addition to the new route list.
London Heathrow to Tokyo Haneda will start 19 February 2011, and operate five days a week with a Four Class 777 (First, Club World, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller), give BA a direct link into HND, and JAL’s local network to expand into.
Operational details:
London Heathrow to Haneda
Between February 19 and March 26, the service will operate on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The flight will depart from London Heathrow at 0800 local and arrive at Haneda 0500 local the following day.
Haneda to London Heathrow
Between February 19 and March 26, the service will operate on a Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The flight will depart from Haneda at 0625 local and arrive at London Heathrow at 1000 local.
From March 27, 2010 the flights will arrive and depart from Heathrow approximately one hour later.
London Heathrow to Tokyo Narita will continue as normal for now.
The HND prize is significant as the airport is opened up to more foreign traffic. It will be interesting to see how other carriers operate. Already the America’s have awarded their routes. It’ll be interesting to see how the rest of the European industry reacts….
