British Airways is getting ready to restart parts of its network, in readiness to welcome passengers again through July.
Expect to see more larger aircraft in the sky with the Chatham Dockyard tail – British Airways Boeing 787-9 arriving at London Heathrow, Image, Economy Class and Beyond
The airline will attempt to restart services to more places across its network – at reduced frequencies.
Europe is a core part of this, with the airline adding destinations across the area.
UK Domestic flights will also be increased with the following routes from London being moved to coming back to a daily operation
- Belfast
- Inverness
- Jersey
- Manchester
- Newcastle
- Newquay
Double-Daily services to
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
Moving on to the Long Haul network , the airline will welcome back the following destinations by the end of July
- Bermuda
- Dallas
- Miami
- Seattle
- Toronto
- Barbados
- Kingston.
Already served
- San Francisco
- Boston Logan
- Chicago O’Hare
- Los Angeles
- New York -JFK
- Washington Dulles
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
Safety Measures onboard
As well as the aircraft being cleaned – including seats, screens, seat buckles and tray tables after every flight and each aircraft is completely cleaned from nose to tail every day – and of course HEPA filters being installed.
Passengers will need to play their part too, by checking-in online, downloading their boarding pass and where possible self-scanning their boarding passes at the departure gate
You’ll need to observe social distancing requirements and using hand sanitisers that are placed throughout airports
And of course – wear a face mask. British Airways requires that you bring enough for your flight – and bring enough to replace them every four hours for longer flights
In Quotes
Alex Cruz, British Airways’ Chairman and CEO, said:
“Following months of lockdown and stress, we know people will want to travel to be reunited with friends and family and to take a well-deserved break.
“We have put in place measures – to UK Government and aviation regulator standards – to ensure we’re doing all we can to protect the wellbeing of our customers and colleagues and we’ll be asking them to play their part in that too.”
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Since Alex Cruz was put in post, it appears he has systematically driven BA to drop quality in all areas. Penny-pinching, disregard for customers’ views and a lack of understanding of why UK people are loyal to the UK flag carrier. An absolute disgrace! He probably thinks he can get away with it due to Covid-19.
Willie must be pulling his hair out, having revived and envigorated a somewhat laclustre offer, only to watch it destroyed by someone who cares not a jot for the customer, with only pleasing the shareholder in mind.
I fully understand the need to keep shareholders on board, however if regular customers such as myself and my American partner, choose to take our custom elsewhere due to this “dumbing-down” he will hopefuly reap as he has sown.. BA is bigger than this!,
Your details on all the BA flights are incorrect, there are more flights that that
What was published was mostly the international flights. Europe Flights were mentioned as ramping up – sadly, I didn’t have the list at time-of-publication.
Always check BA.com in the first instance.